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Albert is unhappy and he isn’t sure why. Sadly, we never care. The root of Albert’s malaise, I think, is that he has sold out. He has entered into a partnership with Huckabees, a chain of K-Mart-like stores, to throw some muscle behind his coalition to save a local wetland. Russell’s sly appropriation of American corporate-speak provide the best moments in the Huckabees script: therapy would be unbecoming for a corporate executive, so Brad rationalizes his sessions with “existential therapists” by insisting they...
...weak stock market and why long-term interest rates have been falling. But from the data we look at, the economy continues to expand pretty well. Our retail and manufacturing business is strong. We're moving a lot of stuff ahead of the holidays. Our retailer customers include Wal-Mart and Home Depot, and they continue to show expanded shipping patterns and plenty of inventory building. They expect a good holiday season...
...company pays lip service to customer service, but anyone who has endured an airline's phone-support hell or talked to a clueless sales clerk in an electronics store knows the truth. In many cases, the customer comes dead last. A company like Toys "R" Us may blame Wal-Mart for destroying its core toy business, but "[nobody's] customers just walk away; they will put up with a lot of stuff," says business strategist Fred Wiersema. "By the time they switch, they are really...
Albert is unhappy and he isn’t sure why. Sadly, we never care. The root of Albert’s malaise, I think, is that he has sold out. He has entered into a partnership with Huckabees, a chain of K-Mart-like stores, to throw some muscle behind his coalition to save a local wetland. Russell’s sly appropriation of American corporate-speak provide the best moments in the Huckabees script: therapy would be unbecoming for a corporate executive, so Brad rationalizes his sessions with “existential therapists” by insisting they...
...QUESTIONS: CEO H. Lee Scott on Wal-Mart's retailing reputation...