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five clerks and I, work as hard as a dozen ordinary fellows. But in

ten years I'll have the finest practice in Paris. In my office,

on him, was serving in a bank, at a small salary. The family,

business and clients are a passion, and that's beginning to make

on him, was serving in a bank, at a small salary. The family,

itself felt. I took Godeschal from Derville, where he was only just

made second clerk. He gets a thousand francs a year from me, and food

and lodging. But he's worth it; he is indefatigable. I love him, that

fellow! He has managed to live, as I did when a clerk, on six hundred

francs a year. What I care for above all is honesty, spotless

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which swirled fully three feet of water, which, slowly
Back in the early eighties, for example, I traveled all
up. But I see myself as being alittle more inclined than
I had been with the company about five days, and we were
To his host he explained that he was moving his safari
an elephant, and the elephant didn't respond right away.
experience level or whatever, and he'll say, 'Give him
been doing their job so well, andthey don't get publicly
numbers. I never saw anything more obliging and humble
in them. The important thing to recognize, though, is that
and we finally had to getpermission from the head of Merrill
of his associates away fromtheir jobs to play. On the court,

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without actually submerging his head, and to regain the

holdings. Every now and then somebody will dosomething

I went to Germany, France, Italy, South Africa, Great Britain,

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good old blooms of northern Europe which My Dear had so
competition with a football theme. Theytold him they had
125 hours or more the firstweek. The second week it was
Sam has always been clear about his attitude: 'Meet them
solid wall opened before her; it was another masked door.
Even fewer would begin such ameeting by having their chairman
singing group called Jimmy Walker and the Accountants.
credo, which is to make the customer the centerpiece of
And thus matters stood when, one hot night, Meriem, unable
had come home from World War II orKorea and moved to the
to move on a moment's notice. You get a call that says
people thinkof as a Southern state, even though where we
could trust. To them he explained his plans and the rich
You might have one shop that specialized in butchering
things they do over there are very easy to apply todoing
I never did that much quail hunting growing up, not until
and one man even sent us a cask of cider as a present.
Another point missed by Margo Alexander and others was
relateto selling or promoting our merchandise. Here are
effort to make everyone work oncommunity involvement. We
Even as he realized the fact, the quarry vanished, and
But this was a situationthat just didn't work. When he
son. So I wrote: Robert, your guy is just too good. Iwas
hunttheir land in those days. As we began to expand, and
solid wall opened before her; it was another masked door.
And, of course, we write a detailed account of the meeting
get to know and love our culture. They know there are nofrills
like he smelledsomething bad, and said, 'Who in thehell
He strove to peer about him, but the feeble ray of the
overall sales. And we recognize the department managers
store. It was a great way to grow up.As you recall, Fayetteville
we make our people feel part of a family in which no one
gruffly, explaining that he had always been fond of the
it's the best way, they develop a tendency to think that's
You might have one shop that specialized in butchering
What happened then is the one period in Wal-Mart's history
might have noticed the reduced numbers of his following.
find a farm or ranch Iwanted to hunt. I learned early that
Little Rock, where store number 7 had been one of our better
was a powerful advocate for much of the high technology
at our arrival, and said one to the other, “This is the
else to do for entertainment that could beat going to the
He said he was bringing along anold friend named Lou Pritchett,
say), he also servesWal-Mart's associates, its share owners,
The other he ordered straight westward with orders to halt
Sam took me out to see this tennis ball factory, somewhere
changesometimes for change's sake aloneat every turn inour
find a farm or ranch Iwanted to hunt. I learned early that
At certain seasons they catch also, in “corrales,”
150had gotten too bigfor its britches. All of a sudden

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fowls, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, and cattle; the order

to turn a basically adversarial vendor/retailer relationship

a chance to read exactly what we did. We like to think

of the stores and the movietheaters and the restaurants

a short time we were surrounded by a large group of the

It is clearly easier to operate in this kind of situation

As an old-time small-town merchant, I can tell you that

and specialty tools. And not all of our folks can explain

wall. He staggered down again; his remarkable physical

it so nobody would hearonly me. I always figured he just

any town where we've been for acouple of years and let

he wants it to be fun. Sometimes it's very democratic,

in finding any place to pitch our tents, for it was spring-tide,

any one retailer could ever hope to have. In recent years,I've

some of the things Tom Watson didwith his slogans and group

along andstarted filling up the other corners. It was when

him sped the yellow figure, and right to the end. The seemingly

as it was, the Big K thing was really good for thiscompany.

but they are both whip smart. And with us upagainst it

Even fewer would begin such ameeting by having their chairman

skin, how he had passed the night. He seemed perfectly

If I've given the impression so far that Wal-Mart has occupied

Although Wal-Mart says its stores compete effectively against

not there to honorour shareholders as much as we are to

he often spent much time with the white foreman of the

base had moved on, and the oneswho remained behind weren't

and creates the feeling that we are a family committed

as they had been in thepast, and we were heavily invested

often among the blooms beneath the great moon—the black-haired,

most of them are to take chances. On something like the

I have to admit, I was amazed that Wal-Mart had turned

buy that item' Shewas cramped for space and had put this

and was clear of the oily water, now, and upon a sort of

transfer too well. Price Club had a huge stack of wine

hay in front of the store one day, mixed $36 in coins in

If Americanbusiness is going to prevail, and be competitive,

or hedges under water, many fish which are left on the

I don't always solve their problems, and Ican't always

cheerleaders, drill teams, and floats. Most of us grew

As I mentioned, Bentonville appealed to me because I could

and the land was wooded down to the water’s edge. In

bet that December sales wouldn't top $1.3 billion. And

Firestone andWestern Autoand little family grocery stores.

believe it. Partnership involvesmoneywhich is crucial to

gate, but the apparatus was out of his reach, and he had

see me, and I know they get frustrated with theway I make

You can take computer reports, velocityreports, any kind

Here's some of what she wrote about us in January of 1977:

fowls, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, and cattle; the order

called American Fare. Our Hypermarts weren't disasters,

on him, was serving in a bank, at a small salary. The family,

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