Respect for the individual. No matter who you are in Wal-Mart, you are important. It comes from Sam Walton. Montoya, who had never flown before, changed her travel plans after flying through a thunderstorm on her way to Arkansas. When Wal-Mart throws a party everyone wants to come.
Vendors salivate at the thought of the opportunity to schmooze and increase their sales.
Wal-Mart employees are treated like VIP's. But, not everyone is thrilled by the invasion. Although the presence is big, all of the events are private. Traffic snarls irritate the natives, who curse Wal-Mart as they sit in lines behind around 200 vehicles. A Fayetteville Wal-Mart employee frowned when she said no one from the store had been selected to attend.