“Typically, Wal-Mart is not a convenient store to shop, especially if you have want to dash to the store for a handful of products.”
Sandy Skrovan
“These are high-end items that consumers typically find at specialty stores and not necessarily at Wal-Mart, ... The idea is to take our base business and layer it with unexpected products.”
John Fleming
“In this case, Wal-Mart was told about the lion that came into its store, but it chose not to protect the child.”
David Massey
“Wal-Mart obviously has that policy across the country, but also instructs the store managers that if it's not permitted, it's not permitted. It gets kind of confusing.”
Clint Norred
“We're trying to prepare for Wal-Mart, ... We wanted someone interested in the store, not the stock price. We were intrigued with AWI (Associated Wholesalers), a true cooperative owned by its store-customers. We started buying off them in September-October of last year and the more business we did, the more we liked them.”
Dave Moore
“For every Wal-Mart store opening, we have a number of grants that our stores give to their local neighborhood charities and organizations.”
Melissa O'Brien
“We're not going to go head-to-head with them [Wal-Mart], though we do take certain categories, ... We're going to go out there and make sure the difference between us and a Wal-Mart would not be that great...We're focusing on customer service.”
Peter Lynch
