I have heard about the look of Walmart and we know Brian was at Sams (where is pulled them out of Canada as well.) I found these posts for when Walmart cut big, when our fearful leader was at the helm of Sams. Sound familiar to anyone?
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2009-02-10-walmart-job-cuts_N.htm and
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11walmart.html