Walmart is a large retailer that has some of the largest stores in Canada with suppliers all over the world traveling to fill their shelf space. They are a cost leader in their industry when it comes to their positioning strategy. Recently Rubbermaid has threatened to remove their products from their stores unless they sell their goods at higher prices. What benefit does Walmart have over weakening the bargaining power of suppliers? all three are correct they can backwardly integrate and created their own products limited shelf space in retailing economies of scale allow them to absorb costs