I don't think Wal-Mart would benefit from a stronger economy the way Kroger would. It's my opinion that people do not aspire to shop at Wal-Mart.Such companies aren't ones that DC should be so proud to have recruited.
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Saturday, October 05, 2013
Quote of the day: Walmart
From the 2013 Analysts Roundtable in the 9/16/2013 issue of Supermarket News:
Then maybe DC needs more aspirational consumers.
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