Lee Scott
Lee Scott
american-businessman associates care customers grow street wall
If we take care of the customers and associates and grow the business, Wall Street will be pleased.
allowed american-businessman define people ways
I think in some ways we have allowed other people to set the agenda. Other people to define who we are.
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But they are also better, our competitors are better because Wal-Mart exists.
american-businessman truth wages
Because the truth is our wages are really competitive and they're good.
american-businessman element truth
I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people.
american-businessman people
In some ways, people forget about average working people, and how they live their lives.
american-businessman fiscal starts stores taking tone
We want to set a tone going into our fiscal year that starts Feb. 1, that Wal-Mart Stores is going to be aggressive in taking care of customers, taking care of our associates, communications and merchandising.
american-businessman associates behind bounce expect respect understand walk
I expect that our associates will walk with a little more bounce in their step and understand that this company is behind them and has respect for them.
asking possibilities rather second
We were devastated. We were asking him all the possibilities - was there anything at all that could be done? - and we said we would rather have a second opinion.
bring business club great helped respect tom true wholesale
Tom Grimm is one of the true pioneers in the wholesale club business and we have great respect for the improvements he has helped bring to the Sam's Club member,
continues current customer difficult expense gas higher improve leverage miss plan prices stores
Wal-Mart Stores did miss their plan as our customer continues to be impacted by higher gas prices and it is difficult to improve our expense leverage in the current environment.
appeal category example excited great organic range wider
We are particularly excited about organic food, the fastest-growing category in all of food. It's a great example of how Wal-Mart can appeal to a wider range of customers.
confident continue earnings forward momentum record reporting sales year
We are confident our earnings momentum will continue and look forward to reporting another record year in sales and earnings,
results
Our results were not up to Wal-Mart standards,