Lee Scott
Lee Scott
concern customer economic employment erase income oil portion prices
The only real economic concern I have is that oil prices will erase improvements in employment and real income for a portion of our customer base...an important portion of our customer base,
american-businessman bad company indicative manager somehow store
Or if you have one store manager that makes a bad decision, is that indicative that that is somehow what your company represents? No.
asking possibilities rather second
We were devastated. We were asking him all the possibilities - was there anything at all that could be done? - and we said we would rather have a second opinion.
billion earnings environment excess net pleased quarter report retail year
In a challenging retail environment, I am pleased to report our first year with net earnings in excess of $6 billion and our first-ever quarter with earnings over $2 billion,
appears concern customer economic employment erase income inflation oil portion prices
Inflation in the U.S. appears to be well under control, ... The only real economic concern I have is that oil prices will erase improvements in employment and real income for an important portion of our customer base.
care challenges determined difficult facing health national requires solution solving
Health care is one of the most difficult challenges facing this country. Solving this requires a national solution ... it requires all of us working together. At Wal-Mart, we are determined to do our part and lead.
I don't like to think it's about image. What we want to do are things of substance.
believe energy good higher holiday impacts lingering
Even with the lingering impacts of the hurricanes, and the impact of higher energy prices, I believe we will have a good holiday season.
company directed organizing slowing
It's not directed at organizing our workers. It is directed at slowing this company down.
add american-businessman anyway bunch cause people rules store struggling work worse
You can't take a store that is a struggling store anyway and add a bunch of people and a bunch of work rules that cause you to even be in worse shape.
less sell spending
You can't sell for less if you're spending more,
american-businessman businesses employed individual million people small
If you had all the small businesses who employed 1.5 million people collectively, would there be individual instances of issues?
performance solid
It was a solid performance, but we can do better,
cautious consumer improvement remain seems until
The consumer still seems to us to be very cautious and probably will remain so until we see improvement in employment,