Lee Scott
Lee Scott
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That's when they become the experts and can help teach the other kids. It's the highlight of my day.
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More and more, more and more digital, in particular, I think you'll see in our stores next year, as we start combining these digital products and they interface with each other, you'll see that represented in Wal-Mart.
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Many changes we see now are very positive.
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The planned square footage growth for the coming year represents approximately 46 million square feet of new retail space, which will be the largest square footage increase in the company's history and a 9 percent increase over the fiscal 2002 total,
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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,
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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.
We see that we can be better for communities than we have been in the past.
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If anything, the negative press and the criticism take away the opportunity to feel as good as you can feel about your employment.
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Global procurement will be key to improving the customer experience around the world through better merchandise and lower prices.
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We're pleased our trend of year-over-year increases in sales and net income continues. We added more than seven billion dollars in sales in the quarter and ended the year strong.
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Health care is one of the most difficult challenges facing this country. Solving this requires a national solution ... it requires all of us working together. At Wal-Mart, we are determined to do our part and lead.
I don't like to think it's about image. What we want to do are things of substance.
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In a challenging retail environment, I am pleased to report our first year with net earnings in excess of $6 billion and our first-ever quarter with earnings over $2 billion,
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If you had all the small businesses who employed 1.5 million people collectively, would there be individual instances of issues?