Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
aware fight identified lay market move operating saying strategy suburbs sure urban walk
Wal-Mart has identified a strategy of urban expansion, and they're not going to walk away from it, ... They know that operating in an urban market is different from the suburbs and I'm sure they were already aware of things like zoning laws. Did they really need to put up a fight in Inglewood? No. What they did here is lay down the marker. Wal-Mart is saying that they've identified a new market and they're going to move it and attack.
redefining
Wal-Mart is effectively redefining its future, and not before time.
banking customer food opportunity ought sees toy
Wal-Mart sees banking as an opportunity to give the customer a better deal. That's what Wal-Mart's about. That's why they have demolished the food and toy industries. If it's better for the customers, then that's the way it ought to be.
associate brand empire invest likely media publishing pull rather
We're likely to see advertisers pull away ... They would much rather invest in Oprah's media publishing empire rather than associate with the Stewart brand now.