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I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
Businessman
Businessperson
Economist
Entrepreneur
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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I learned a lesson which has stuck with me all through the years: you can learn from everybody. I didn't just learn from reading every retail publication I could get my hands on, I probably learned the most from studying what John Dunham was doing across the street
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Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.
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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.
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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.
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Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
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Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.
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Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
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Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.
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Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
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A computer can tell you down to the dime what you've sold, but it can never tell you how much you could have sold.
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