Is Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) losing its position as the "retailer to be in" when it comes to product vendors stretching from China to the U.S.? Not so long ago, any company making any retail widget was considered a fool not to join with the world's largest retailer to grow market share and constantly see growing sales. Unfortunately for some, giving the retailer so much business ended up in disaster. A lesson learned: never put all your eggs in one basket.But Wal-Mart's command of the "Everyday Low Price" is starting to anger some Chinese suppliers that believe they can no longer sell to Wal-Mart due to the low costs the retailer has demanded in the past. One way to get Wal-Mart to listen to reason: threaten to leave the retailer over the prices stated in those billion-dollar purchase orders. Has pricing power shifted from Wal-Mart back to large vendors? In some cases, yes. When Chinese suppliers think prices are too cheap, the bottom of the barrel is not far behind in terms of Wal-Mart's approach of selling at the cheapest retail price possible.
It seems as if the world has heard this story before. Well, we're here to hear it again. Wal-Mart's
efforts to drive inventory out of its lair and into the lairs of its vendors (for many reasons, including
inventory-carrying costs) 
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