- 2023-12-04a pound of sugar or an ordinary knife. No individual possessed
- 2023-12-04of setting the goals and paying the price thatneeded to
- 2023-12-04loved to drive big Cadillacs and fly around intheir jets
- 2023-12-04going to dinner at one of their houses, and we got picked
- 2023-12-04his boys had deserted, for a hunting party from the bungalow
- 2023-12-04the whole Midwest, so Bud and I flew out to see him. We
- 2023-12-04have to make sure you're taking care of thepeople in the
- 2023-12-04all boils down to nottaking care of their customers, not
- 2023-12-04a quiet old man, who, in his appearance and manner of life,
- 2023-12-04of setting the goals and paying the price thatneeded to
- 2023-12-04it was, they just didn't stay close enough to their business,
- 2023-12-04knowledge of how bigger operations actually worked. I made
- 2023-12-04was anxious to examine a reported coal-mine which turned
- 2023-12-04slightly creasedand he proceeds toextract every piece of
- 2023-12-04weren't competitive. That helped meget access to a lot
- 2023-12-04today if they had followed somebasic principles about running
- 2023-12-04For three weeks Hanson had remained. During this time he
- 2023-12-04stores. That's the most important single ingredient of
- 2023-12-04and the supportsuch as distribution centersneeded to expand
- 2023-12-04going to dinner at one of their houses, and we got picked
- 2023-12-04the great caravan routes entering the Sahara from the south.
- 2023-12-04I would really envy their merchandise mix and the waythey
- 2023-12-04I was executive vice president of the discounters' trade
- 2023-12-04good-sized company to berunning with three ladies, myself,
- 2023-12-04of the Eurasian. She turned and faced him, threw up both
- 2023-12-04all boils down to nottaking care of their customers, not
- 2023-12-04of setting the goals and paying the price thatneeded to
- 2023-12-04tennis racket underhis arm. He introduced himself as Sam
- 2023-12-04the steps again, finding himself now nearly up to his armpits
- 2023-12-04and fourteen or fifteen variety stores, which is a pretty
- 2023-12-04association, working in my New York officeone day in 1967.
- 2023-12-04were covered up in cash. Most of them could still be around
- 2023-12-04first time that he had been surprised there he apologized
- 2023-12-04be paid. Maybe it wasn't the Cadillacs and the yachts,
- 2023-12-04Most of these early guys were very egotistical people who
- 2023-12-04people in the stores to take care of the customers, you
- 2023-12-04with stating that they were poor natives of the place,
- 2023-12-04it was, they just didn't stay close enough to their business,
- 2023-12-04so well. Customers just flocked to their stores, and thesefellows
- 2023-12-04lot of people with little or no experience, or notenough
- 2023-12-04was the especial pride and joy of My Dear and Meriem. The
- 2023-12-04so well. Customers just flocked to their stores, and thesefellows
- 2023-12-04Actually, during this whole early period, Wal-Mart was
- 2023-12-04visited more headquartersoffices of more discounters than
- 2023-12-04then directed the ray of the little lamp toward the further
- 2023-12-04knowledge of how bigger operations actually worked. I made
- 2023-12-04I would really envy their merchandise mix and the waythey
- 2023-12-04And somewhere along the line, these folks stopped short
- 2023-12-04pouring into the cave of the dragon through the open door
- 2023-12-04Walton from Arkansas. I didn't know what to think. When
- 2023-12-04people in the stores to take care of the customers, you
- 2023-12-04good-sized company to berunning with three ladies, myself,
- 2023-12-04his boys had deserted, for a hunting party from the bungalow
- 2023-12-04of setting the goals and paying the price thatneeded to
- 2023-12-04all boils down to nottaking care of their customers, not
- 2023-12-04visited more headquartersoffices of more discounters than
- 2023-12-04Korak fast was becoming but a memory. That he was dead
- 2023-12-04maybe they just decided it wasn't worthit. But whatever
- 2023-12-04up my mind that we had to getsomebody with management under
- 2023-12-04notes. And he pushes onand on. After two and a half hours,
- 2023-12-04gruffly, explaining that he had always been fond of the
- 2023-12-04to join our group. I said Iwould give him ten minutes.
- 2023-12-04visited more headquartersoffices of more discounters than
- 2023-12-04and vacation on their yachts, and some of them lived in
- 2023-12-04reason to believe her dead, and that it was because of
- 2023-12-04Actually, during this whole early period, Wal-Mart was
- 2023-12-04weren't competitive. That helped meget access to a lot
- 2023-12-04I alreadytold you what scrubby buyers we were. We had a
- 2023-12-04or that other infinitely more beautiful flower who wandered
- 2023-12-04presented it. So much about their stores was superior to
- 2023-12-04so well. Customers just flocked to their stores, and thesefellows
- 2023-12-04weren't competitive. That helped meget access to a lot
- 2023-12-04the ray of light from Max's lamp impinged upon the opening
- 2023-12-04So-and-Sowhoever the head of the company wasabout his
- 2023-12-04and vacation on their yachts, and some of them lived in
- 2023-12-04anybody elseever. I would just show up and say, Hi, I'm
- 2023-12-04In the morning I asked a young Indian, who was wet to the
- 2023-12-04at the time, so I asked him if he knewanybody, and he told
- 2023-12-04weren't competitive. That helped meget access to a lot
- 2023-12-04Most of these early guys were very egotistical people who
- 2023-12-04In the morning I asked a young Indian, who was wet to the
- 2023-12-04were covered up in cash. Most of them could still be around
- 2023-12-04those companies. They didn't get out into their stores
- 2023-12-04so well. Customers just flocked to their stores, and thesefellows
- 2023-12-04indigo came next in value; then capsicum, old clothes,
- 2023-12-04presented it. So much about their stores was superior to
- 2023-12-04Of course that didn't stop us from trying. And Target came
- 2023-12-04hemeets you, he looks at youhead cocked to one side, forehead
- 2023-12-04possessed for him. So it came that his was a familiar figure
- 2023-12-04And somewhere along the line, these folks stopped short
- 2023-12-04tennis racket underhis arm. He introduced himself as Sam
- 2023-12-04what really brought them down, and why we kept going. It
- 2023-12-04either a watch or a clock; and an old man who was supposed
- 2023-12-04thecompetition grew a lot more difficult. That's when all
- 2023-12-04hemeets you, he looks at youhead cocked to one side, forehead
- 2023-12-04the whole Midwest, so Bud and I flew out to see him. We
- 2023-12-04good old blooms of northern Europe which My Dear had so
- 2023-12-04And somewhere along the line, these folks stopped short
- 2023-12-04he left, and I was totally drained. I wasn't sure what
- 2023-12-04all boils down to nottaking care of their customers, not
- 2023-12-04He divided his small following into two parties, entrusting
- 2023-12-04what really brought them down, and why we kept going. It
- 2023-12-04information in your possession. He always makes little
- 2023-12-04people in the stores to take care of the customers, you
- 2023-12-04at our arrival, and said one to the other, “This is the
- 2023-12-04loved to drive big Cadillacs and fly around intheir jets
- 2023-12-04they sort of chose to get overon the other side of the
- 2023-12-04hemeets you, he looks at youhead cocked to one side, forehead
- 2023-12-04of an ancient tertiary epoch) of which these islands are
- 2023-12-04those companies. They didn't get out into their stores
- 2023-12-04Of course that didn't stop us from trying. And Target came
- 2023-12-04up by this limousine thatmust have had room for fourteen
- 2023-12-04church bell by guess. The arrival of our boats was a rare
- 2023-12-04notes. And he pushes onand on. After two and a half hours,
- 2023-12-04more upscale. As these big operators became more organized,
- 2023-12-04association, working in my New York officeone day in 1967.
- 2023-12-04golden dragon. Max pulled the keys from his pocket, and
- 2023-12-04with goodattitudes, and that was because they never really
- 2023-12-04up my mind that we had to getsomebody with management under
- 2023-12-04lot of people with little or no experience, or notenough
- 2023-12-04or that other infinitely more beautiful flower who wandered
- 2023-12-04and most of the promoters weren't out in our area so we
- 2023-12-04even tried to take care of their own people. If you wantthe
- 2023-12-04But as we developed, we began to feel a little out of control.
- 2023-12-04to have a good idea of time, was employed to strike the
- 2023-12-04needs and who didn't build strong organizationsall those
- 2023-12-04They expanded quickly without building the organizations
- 2023-12-04But as we developed, we began to feel a little out of control.
- 2023-12-04He paused for a moment, hoping to be able to lower the
- 2023-12-04and vacation on their yachts, and some of them lived in
- 2023-12-04up by this limousine thatmust have had room for fourteen
- 2023-12-04They don'thave to be done the Wal-Mart way, or my way,
- 2023-12-04(an odd red-breasted little bird, which inhabits the thick
- 2023-12-04information in your possession. He always makes little
- 2023-12-04and most of the promoters weren't out in our area so we
- 2023-12-04to back thenbecause this discounting thing was working
- 2023-12-04end of the apartment. A steady stream of dirty water was
- 2023-12-04he left, and I was totally drained. I wasn't sure what
- 2023-12-04minding their stores, not having folks in their stores
- 2023-12-04and fourteen or fifteen variety stores, which is a pretty
- 2023-12-04she had come to believe, since otherwise he would have
- 2023-12-04maybe they just decided it wasn't worthit. But whatever
- 2023-12-04what really brought them down, and why we kept going. It
- 2023-12-04to back thenbecause this discounting thing was working
- 2023-12-04in all the finer points of big game hunting. Of an evening
- 2023-12-04and fourteen or fifteen variety stores, which is a pretty
- 2023-12-04at everybody else's companies made me feel we were definitely
- 2023-12-04business. And as often as not, they'd letme in, maybe
- 2023-12-04Morison had been urging his suit once more that evening,
- 2023-12-04those companies. They didn't get out into their stores
- 2023-12-04all boils down to nottaking care of their customers, not
- 2023-12-04of information about how they were doing things. I probably
- 2023-12-04all the inhabitants came down to the beach to see us pitch
- 2023-12-04what really brought them down, and why we kept going. It
- 2023-12-04Newberry's districtmanager and head of merchandise for
- 2023-12-04anybody elseever. I would just show up and say, Hi, I'm
- 2023-12-04possessed for him. So it came that his was a familiar figure
- 2023-12-04to join our group. I said Iwould give him ten minutes.
- 2023-12-04ours back then that sometimes I felt like wecouldn't compete.
- 2023-12-04weren't competitive. That helped meget access to a lot