December's barely passable sales made it evident that Wal- Mart must make changes in its U.S. division with even greater zeal. |
For the majority of shoppers, times are as good as you're going to expect. I think there's going to be a degree of celebratory spending. |
Here we're dealing with a minority of shoppers who are in distress, overextended with credit and facing bankruptcy. |
Principal shareholders might be unwilling to accept the risks, and hence, might prefer the option of selling the company. |
Some investors say Wal-Mart has become mature. We believe Wal-Mart became stale. We anticipate that a new air of freshness will be evident soon. That's what we expect from Castro-Wright's leadership. |
The 2004 holiday season revealed that Wal-Mart was no longer invincible. The 2005 holiday season did not erase that impression. |
The company is so big and its purchasing power is so huge... it has the power to keep prices low for its customers. |
To me, this is part of the ongoing propaganda static that (an investor) has to become accustomed to when dealing with Wal-Mart. |
Wal-Mart performed well in November when the chips were down. It demonstrated that a fundamental transformation has occurred over the last year and appears poised for a successful holiday season. |
You'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb to not have known that oil prices went up. But if that indeed has a severe impact on economic growth, you'd still have to say that Wal-Mart is a defensive play. It sells the cheap food and consumables that consumers have to replenish. |
You'd have to be blind, deaf and dumb to not have known that oil prices went up. But if that indeed has a severe impact on economic growth, you'd still have to say that Wal-Mart is a defensive play. It sells the cheap food and consumables that consumers have to replenish. |