Patricia Edwards
Patricia Edwards
challenge consumers define face value
The challenge they face is value. Upper-end consumers define value differently than a moderate-income shopper.
five four impressed next road strides
I've been very impressed with the strides they have made, but I think that it's going to be a bumpy road for them in the next four or five quarters.
news
There?s not a lot out there that?s new.
promote
If they promote this correctly, it could be huge.
basement believe bring crying everybody family people prayer
People were crying - they couldn't believe that they had come so far. And the very first thing I did was to bring everybody downstairs into the basement so we could have a family prayer meeting.
alone consumer directly moderate sell skip straight tough
To skip straight over moderate and go directly to the low- end consumer doesn't make sense. It would be a tough sell for Kohl's to get him, let alone a Wal-Mart.
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.
consumer fashion hungry
The U.S. consumer right now is hungry for fashion that's new.
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.
crazy god strength
I told God he had to give me the strength of 10 people. And you know, he did. That's the only way I could have managed something as crazy as this.
children football help john parents smith
I told parents that if John L. Smith had been there to tell parents how to help their children get on the MSU football team, there would have been a packed house,
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.
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.
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.