George Whalin
George Whalin
customers economy gas hard higher market prices stock time year
The upper end of the economy has done very well and the stock market is at a 3-1/2 year high. This bodes well for the high-end merchants. Discounters would have had a hard time because their customers were impacted by higher gas prices and uncertainty about jobs.
issue less money saving
This convenience issue is enormous, and it has less to do with saving money than with saving time.
rid soon
They need to be rid of (Rampage) as soon as possible.
attracting good mall problem stores
If the mall has other good stores in it, they shouldn't have any problem attracting other retailers.
boycott cause folks hurt hurts realize smaller worse
I realize that these folks have got a cause but they hurt the smaller retailers. The boycott hurts them worse than anybody.
employees generally good holidays near retailers staff store stores weather
Generally retailers would like to have employees come to the store when they most need them. They want to staff stores when they are the busiest, like on weekends, near the holidays or when the weather is good or bad.
coming effort facing government groups interest pressure putting separate special tied
I don't think the union-based special interest groups and the government are two separate issues. I think they're tied together. Now more than ever Wal-Mart is facing a lot of pressure coming from so many different directions. I think that's why Wal-Mart is putting more effort into communicating with the media.
baffling guy marketing qualified running
He's not a retailer. He's never been a retailer. The guy who's running merchandizing and marketing is not a guy who's qualified to do that. This is baffling to me. It's mind-boggling.
baffling guy marketing qualified running
He's not a retailer. He's never been a retailer, ... The guy who's running merchandizing and marketing is not a guy who's qualified to do that. This is baffling to me. It's mind-boggling.
behind
If it hasn't been done yet, they're way, way behind the curve,
domestic driver growth room
The no. 1 domestic growth driver will be grocery. Wal-Mart has a lot of room to grow there. It's already the No. 1 grocer in Texas.
maybe
That's pretty lofty, and maybe a little unrealistic.
business businesses car card credit forget highly selling simply tried turned volatile
It's a highly volatile business and simply not Wal-Mart's specialty. Let's not forget that Sears tried getting into a lot of other businesses -- it was selling insurance, it had a car rental service, a credit card business. It turned out to be a disaster.
business businesses car card credit forget highly selling simply tried turned volatile
It's a highly volatile business and simply not Wal-Mart's specialty, ... Let's not forget that Sears tried getting into a lot of other businesses -- it was selling insurance, it had a car rental service, a credit card business. It turned out to be a disaster.