Lee Scott
Lee Scott
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You know, we opened a record number of stores last year.
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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.
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Because in our clippings I see a lot of articles that are very positive about all the stores that are voted by local communities.
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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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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.
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The potential right now for success at that school is very, very high. Of the 30 kids in my class, about 10 are Hispanic. It's very difficult for me to look at those kids that I'm teaching now and know that statistically there's a good chance some of them will drop out of school.
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There are going to be some people who never want Wal-Mart. That's OK.
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Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good.
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So I think we have an obligation with our size to make sure that we are open to what people have to say to us because the people who criticize us, they're not all mean-spirited.
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And what I am trying to say to them that through our ads and through our discussions is if you don't want us in your community, that's your choice, but don't say it's because of wages.
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We've got to figure out a way to cause communities to also want them, the political, organized bodies.
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Our customer base is not necessarily a leader, an early adopter.
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Many of them are doing it because they are concerned about smart growth.
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It's hard for us in our stores to be a leader in technology.