Lee Scott
Lee Scott
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People aren't going to talk about it except me and that is communication and the visits I have personally had in our meetings with our store managers saying if you do these things you will be terminated, period.
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There are going to be some people who never want Wal-Mart. That's OK.
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Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good.
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So I think we have an obligation with our size to make sure that we are open to what people have to say to us because the people who criticize us, they're not all mean-spirited.
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And what I am trying to say to them that through our ads and through our discussions is if you don't want us in your community, that's your choice, but don't say it's because of wages.
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You know, we opened a record number of stores last year.
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Our customer base is not necessarily a leader, an early adopter.
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Many of them are doing it because they are concerned about smart growth.
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It's hard for us in our stores to be a leader in technology.
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I just think that it's maybe fashionable today to try to take individual actions and individual failures and take the broadest possible brush and try to paint a company.
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Where we have been incorrect in what we have done, then I think we have an obligation to settle.
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The beauty of this country and what people participate in is the competitive nature that we allow to exist and the fact is that we are better because we have great competitors.
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One of the things that strikes me is so many of the critics are people whose lifestyle doesn't change when the price of fuel changes, or if they keep a Wal-Mart store out of their area.
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And the greeter is what sets the tone for this company and I've been on TV a little bit this morning.