Burt Flickinger Quotes
12 Burt Flickinger quotes:
"Food manufacturers will capitalize on fads as long as they're around and its profitable for them. When it's over, it's on to the next thing."
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"For busy parents who stock up on baby food and other items, if they can't easily find it in Wal-Mart, they don't have time to go back. They'll just go to the competition. It's critical for Wal-Mart stores to be fully stocked and have experienced staff on weekends."
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"Retail planning has a very long lead time and it's tightly controlled,"
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"The biggest implication of Wal-Mart bringing payment processing in-house is the potential for it to save an unprecedented amount of money in yearly fees."
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"Consumers increasingly have a conscience and are increasingly shifting to competitors."
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"The company is in so much of a free fall. It looks like it's going to get worse before it gets better."
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"Starting with the recession in the mid-70's, the worse the economy got the better Wal-Mart sales would be. Now, like everybody else, Wal-Mart is using every excuse in the book to disguise company-specific problems."
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"He's a brilliant person, but did not have extensive executive experience"
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"When it comes to their eating habits, consumers will continue to choose the proverbial sin over salvation -- or fat and sugar -- over the lack of it."
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"Now, rather than former outsiders having a big voice in the company, it will become more of a meritocracy."
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"Wal-Mart and Target have both been criticized for their eminent domain use."
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"Most retailers made major mistakes of putting their distribution centers at greater distances from each other when energy prices came down and stayed stable in the 80s and 90s . Retailers are long-hauling freight anywhere from 300 to 700 miles. With 50 cents a mile for a 20-ton diesel freight truck, it adds up."
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