Patricia Edwards
Patricia Edwards
ability build buy gesture gives maryland money nice places pleased positive stores
It's a nice gesture and it will buy them positive publicity. If this gives them the ability to build stores in Maryland and other places that have not been very pleased with them, it will be money well spent.
almost arms dove galloping running
It started out running, galloping on fours like a dog, but when it dove I could see the arms come up. It was sizable, almost like a bear, but not a bear, not the way its arms moved.
change looking tall totally
They're looking to totally change that, and that's a tall order.
anywhere build company country difficult gone ground local
It is really difficult for Wal-Mart to go into a new country and just build from the ground up. They're doing it in China. But if you look at anywhere else they have gone into, they have always partnered with a local company of some sort.
care customers expect people
They take care of their people. And they expect their people to take care of their customers in response.
parents plant reap
If parents don't plant the crop, they won't reap the harvest,
best knows systems target
Wal-Mart has the best systems in retail, and Target knows how to do merchandising. So if Target's (merchandisers) started to go down to Wal-Mart, then I'd be scared.
america bones change looking totally
Wal-Mart has made no bones about being the place small-town America shops. They're looking to totally change that, and that's a tall order.
absolutely hurting
For the Wal-Mart audience, it's absolutely a factor. It is hurting a lot of people's back-to-school shopping.
fact feet matter trying turnaround
The fact of the matter is that when you're doing what is essentially a turnaround and trying to get feet back under something, it doesn't always go that smoothly.
bathroom bedroom moving parts sure walk watching
There are so many moving parts right now. It's like watching someone walk through a bedroom in the dark. You're not sure if they're going to make it to the bathroom or stub their toe.
couple hundred
If I live to be a couple hundred years old, the story will not change,
gave parents promised
All the parents were promised things, and they never gave them.
challenge consumers define face value
The challenge they face is value. Upper-end consumers define value differently than a moderate-income shopper.