New La Sirena Multi Centro Bani (*Walmart)

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Ramos Group job's fair in Bani

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BANI, Peravia province. In order to capture line and supervisory staff for its new multi center La Sirena in Bani, which will open later this year, Grupo Ramos will make a job fair on Friday 20th and Saturday July 21st at the Cultural Centre Perello, located on the Carretera Sanchez Km 2.5 of the municipality.

Those interested in positions in La Sirena Bani must place your updated resume, 2x2 photo, copy of Identity Card and Certificate of studies at the Cultural Center Perello, between the hours of 9 am to 6 pm on Friday July 20th, and 9 am to pm on Saturday 21st.

During the job fair, Ramos Group will seek to recruit personnel to fill 288 jobs in the areas of Home, Hardware, Housewares, Women, Children and Infants, Men and Footwear, Food, Health & Beauty, Kitchen, Fruit and Vegetable Deli , Dairy and Frozen Food, Meat and Fish, Bakery and Confectionery, Box, Storage, Security and Maintenance.

For production jobs, such as butchery and kitchen, will be valued work experience and technical training, company executives said.

La Sirena Bani is the local number 22 under the Ramos Group large multicenter format.

The trading company, which also operates supermarkets and discount stores Pola and Aprezio, has over 30 stores.
 

NALs

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Probably by the end of this year or beginning of 2013.
 

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While a La Sirena is similar to a small WalMart, the products sold in La Sirena are not at the same quality level of Chinese imports as they are in a WalMart with La Sirena getting B and C grade proucts. There has been an abundance of rumors that WalMart will purchase La Sirena, but so far those rumors have not come to fruition. The original post only serves to add to that confusion and feed the rumor mill by having La Sirena and WalMart in it. It would be better to say that La Sirena is similar to a WalMart.
 

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While a La Sirena is similar to a small WalMart, the products sold in La Sirena are not at the same quality level of Chinese imports as they are in a WalMart with La Sirena getting B and C grade proucts. There has been an abundance of rumors that WalMart will purchase La Sirena, but so far those rumors have not come to fruition. The original post only serves to add to that confusion and feed the rumor mill by having La Sirena and WalMart in it. It would be better to say that La Sirena is similar to a WalMart.

Oh! They are buying in, just not as many here calculated. It will be a partnership, but for that partnership to work La Sirena has got to expand to the point of being the largest chain retailer/supermarket offering in the country.

About plastic products? Walmart owns the patent or majority of the goods they sell at their stores on this section. They make money at the manufacturing level, supply, distribution and retail end. They even tried to manufacture themselves in China at one point, only to back off when the Chinese manufacturing sector balked as they wanted to expand it buying the entire industrial park they were located at. The sold the last two pilot plants in 2009 there.

Now, use that knowledge and couple it with the DR's own manufacturing capacity, next door pool of low paid workers...

It's only a matter of time of when La Sirena starts their own manufacturing sourcing in the DR for a lot of their goods.

First they need market coverage and to become the largest kahuna in the country.

Just last month they signed a compromise to have certain home electronics' manufacturers create an exclusive line for their DR stores. That's to say that a TV model that's only sold at their stores, can't matched for value with anything offered by other retailers. You kill the competition and create a single supply network for the goods.
 

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I was not referring only to plastic products that are inferior in La Sirena versus WalMart, but just about any product made in China. If a partnership agreement is signed some day, then I hope it will open up the management of La Sirena to bring in the higher quality Chinese products.

As for an exclusive line of televisions, let us hope that will get the price down to being only 20% or 30% higher than in the US instead of being between twice and three times the price for a comparable model. TVs of the 32 inch size can be had for $199 US like this

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2555830&CatId=3813

and I have seen larger sets on special for less than $300 US like this

Proscan PLCD3903A 39 Class LCD HDTV - 1080p, 1920 x 1080, 60Hz, 16:9, 3000:1, 8.5 ms, HDMI, PC Input at TigerDirect.com

A 39 inch set for $250.
 
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PICHARDO

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I was not referring only to plastic products that are inferior in La Sirena versus WalMart, but just about any product made in China. If a partnership agreement is signed some day, then I hope it will open up the management of La Sirena to bring in the higher quality Chinese products.

As for an exclusive line of televisions, let us hope that will get the price down to being only 20% or 30% higher than in the US instead of being between twice and three times the price for a comparable model. TVs of the 32 inch size can be had for $199 US and I have seen larger sets on special for less than $300 US like this

Proscan PLCD3903A 39 Class LCD HDTV - 1080p, 1920 x 1080, 60Hz, 16:9, 3000:1, 8.5 ms, HDMI, PC Input at TigerDirect.com

A 39 inch set for $250.


It's not as much their fault as it's the draconian import fees they must pay at the ports to the gov.

This is all changing as more FTA are introduced with more countries. We're bound to carry out an extensive FTA with Taiwan and later main land China. Same with Japan.

But before we do that, the DR will move away from the paper/metal currency to e-currency, in order to cut tax evasion to less than 1% in most aspects (since tax exempt sectors will continue to be a focus of tax evasion).

For the DR the need to insert a flat tax that's collected at the transaction point, no matter by whom, will be the key to creating a consumer driven market unlike today.

La Sirena (*Walmart) is at the forefront of the new wave of large biz dynamics in the DR for the past decade.
 

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Oh! They are buying in, just not as many here calculated. It will be a partnership, but for that partnership to work La Sirena has got to expand to the point of being the largest chain retailer/supermarket offering in the country.

About plastic products? Walmart owns the patent or majority of the goods they sell at their stores on this section. They make money at the manufacturing level, supply, distribution and retail end. They even tried to manufacture themselves in China at one point, only to back off when the Chinese manufacturing sector balked as they wanted to expand it buying the entire industrial park they were located at. The sold the last two pilot plants in 2009 there.

Now, use that knowledge and couple it with the DR's own manufacturing capacity, next door pool of low paid workers...

It's only a matter of time of when La Sirena starts their own manufacturing sourcing in the DR for a lot of their goods.

First they need market coverage and to become the largest kahuna in the country.

Just last month they signed a compromise to have certain home electronics' manufacturers create an exclusive line for their DR stores. That's to say that a TV model that's only sold at their stores, can't matched for value with anything offered by other retailers. You kill the competition and create a single supply network for the goods.

So much of what you say has no basis:

1- La Sirena is already the largest chain/retailer in the country.

2- La Sirena has carried for years exclusive lines of home electronics that are not carried by other retailers and have exceptional value.
 

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It's not as much their fault as it's the draconian import fees they must pay at the ports to the gov.

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You can say that again. But realize that even with a free trade agreement, the DR will cook up some fees to maintain the ridiculously high prices just like they did with DR-CAFTA and US made cars. Did DR-CAFTA really make a difference in what you can purchase a US made car for in the DR "out the door"?
 

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So much of what you say has no basis:

1- La Sirena is already the largest chain/retailer in the country.

2- La Sirena has carried for years exclusive lines of home electronics that are not carried by other retailers and have exceptional value.

Exclusive is just the import rights, the price/value compared outside that import window is not even comparable!

La Sirena (*Walmart) is not the market's larger retailer, it's bigger than other chains and stores in the country, but not the single most largest retailer by means of $$$ and volume. Which is why they are growing so aggressively now!

You can have more stores than other chains, but not sell or move more volume than others at the same time. Which what's the case for La Sirena until now, or at least until they expand more and can capture more market share in the DR.
 

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You can say that again. But realize that even with a free trade agreement, the DR will cook up some fees to maintain the ridiculously high prices just like they did with DR-CAFTA and US made cars. Did DR-CAFTA really make a difference in what you can purchase a US made car for in the DR "out the door"?

The DR-CAFTA works on the merits of origin and %, the other first car VAT is doomed for the negative impact it has had so far. It's a matter of time.

All this is pinned onto how effective we can become in reducing tax evasion a lot more than today. A switch to the e-currency is only half the answer to that problem as there are more problems to deal with than just the normal things.

We're bound for the flat tax on all transactions of money, save for tax exempted sectors and some in a borrador that will eliminate taxes for about most exports which make use of the local resources by level of %.

We need to reduce government, balance the budget and increase compliance before we can take those roads ahead.

But it's doable!
 

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La Sirena is not the market's larger retailer, it's bigger than other chains and stores in the country, but not the single most largest retailer by means of $$$ and volume. Which is why they are growing so aggressively now!

Been quite long enough........OK, who's bigger than La Sirena NATIONWIDE with SIMILAR PRODUCTS FOR SALE ........

B in Santiago
 

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Been quite long enough........OK, who's bigger than La Sirena NATIONWIDE with SIMILAR PRODUCTS FOR SALE ........

B in Santiago


Market's larger retailer in value and volume is not equal to being the one with the most stores in the country, if you didn't know that.

You can have a chain of only 10 stores and be a larger retailer in value and volume than a 20+ stores retailer.

I know it's hard for you to grasp, but it's ok! It's you after all!
 

waytogo

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Market's larger retailer in value and volume is not equal to being the one with the most stores in the country, if you didn't know that.

You can have a chain of only 10 stores and be a larger retailer in value and volume than a 20+ stores retailer.


I know it's hard for you to grasp, but it's ok! It's you after all!

WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER THE FRICKEN QUESTION....
"YOU" STATED LA SIRENA IS NOT THE MARKETS LARGEST RETAILER.........
A QUOTE FROM YOU.......NOW STOP BULL$HITTING EVERYONE AND ANSWER THE QUESTION...........
You can't and you never will............personal insults just show how small you really are........
NOW, please answer the question.......but you can't.......can you...........
WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR SO-CALLED 10 STORES THAT IS BIGGER THAN LA SIRENA..
B in Santiago
 
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Market's larger retailer in value and volume is not equal to being the one with the most stores in the country, if you didn't know that.

You can have a chain of only 10 stores and be a larger retailer in value and volume than a 20+ stores retailer.

I know it's hard for you to grasp, but it's ok! It's you after all!

What YOU said:

"You can have a chain of only 10 stores and be a larger retailer in value and volume than a 20+ stores retailer"



What YOU Did Not Say:

"That there is such a chain that is a larger retailer in value and volume than a 20+ stores retailer (La Sirena)"



If there is: NAME IT!
 

PICHARDO

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The biggest fish in the DR is Corripio by a long margin...

They supply directly both, from the small to large retailers in the country, to their own direct retail operations.

They do both retail and wholesales to the tune that La Sirena hardly will reach within the next 10 years...

But if you had to ask, it shows how little you know about the DR in the first place...

They move more value and volume on their retail operations than La Sirena chain stores do for Grupo Ramos!

And Corripio is a RETAILER if you didn't know!