George Whalin Quotes

These little niche markets such as banking and publishing don't make economic sense for Wal-Mart. - George Whalin

These are not cookie-cutter businesses. They require unique discipline and mind set. - George Whalin

There's business to be had. The driving factors are the catalog and Internet guys. - George Whalin

There was overall confidence in the consumer's mind, with jobs stable and gasoline prices going down. - George Whalin

There isn't going to be any doubt that they're going to close some stores. It may be substantial. - George Whalin

The whole consumer electronics industry is seeing a flattening of their business this summer. - George Whalin

The upper end of the economy has done very well and the stock market is at a 3-1/2 year high. This bodes well for the high-end merchants... Discounters would have had a hard time because their customers were impacted by higher gas prices and uncertainty about jobs. - George Whalin

The shopping buddy is an interesting concept but it's essentially an experiment. The future of traditional supermarkets isn't that good right now and companies operating in the channel have to find ways to capture the consumer's attention. - George Whalin

The retail business in general is strong, and Federated is doing well, considering it has stores in major cities such as New York and San Francisco, where the affluent shopper is driving a lot of sales. - George Whalin

The no. 1 domestic growth driver will be grocery. Wal-Mart has a lot of room to grow there. It's already the No. 1 grocer in Texas. - George Whalin

Page 2 of 6

<<-First <-Previous Next -> Last ->>