Productivity Quote by Greg Thain

There was a proposal in California that would keep out Wal-Mart but allow Costco. You opposed it. Are you nuts? That's true: I always…

— James Sinegal

At Wal-Mart, it goes back to Sam Walton and the foundation and business model that we simply operate for less, or everyday low cost.…

— Mike Duke

Walmart was built on the idea that we could give our customers access to the items they need every day at the lowest prices…

— Doug McMillon

“The retailers’ discounter strategy is most successful and appropriate when there is share to be taken from smaller, less efficient competitors. Sam”

— Greg Thain

Wal-Mart, with its legendary focus on customer value in terms of price, is innovating in sustainability. Now, we're beginning to see the mirror image,…

— James M Strock

The problem with Wal-Mart is that it's a business model premised on offering the customer low prices at any cost - any cost to…

— Liza Featherstone

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in…

— Hillary Clinton

Low prices at Walmart are a given. Customers almost take that for granted. But they also want to save time, and that goal is…

— Doug McMillon

“To the extent that retailers can achieve this goal, they will be rewarded in higher sales and profits.”

— Herb Sorensen

“[Walmart]s largest innovation consists in getting rid of the central Fordist principle of paying the workers enough so that they can afford to buy…

— Steven Shaviro

Yes. I think the anti-Wal-Mart is Costco, which pays much better and has much better health benefits and which is profitable and offers low…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“There are two kinds of retailers: there are those folks who work to figure how to charge more, and there are companies that work…

— Brad Stone