John Fleming Quotes

"This is positioned as a premium brand within Wal-Mart, ... We have a customer that is very interested in fashion and takes a great deal of pride in their personal style, and we haven't really had an offering for them."

"This really appeals to a fashion-forward consumer. Our strategy is to become more relevant to customers who are already in the store across more categories."

"We're always looking at what the competition is doing, ... But do we want to become like Amazon? No. Amazon is an online shopping mall. It benefited from building a great asset early in the game. We're about store integration and expanding the customer reach to Wal-Mart stores."

"We're not trying to be Target, we're trying to be Wal-Mart but more relevant to our customer."

"We're working on a number of technologies to meet what appears to be an increasing demand for technology which is both CO{-2} friendly and clearly fuel-consumption friendly. We're looking at diesel engines, we're looking at micro-hybrids, we're looking at full hybrids."

"It's clear that carmakers must offer cleaner models. There's a wide range of technology available."

"I think we would ignore them as a threat at our peril. It isn't going to make life any easier."

"The way we see it, the DVD rental service was simply the missing piece for our customers, ... We were already selling DVDs, DVD players and recorders."