Bayard Winthrop
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You know, everyone likes to pound on Walmart, but Walmart has actually taken a stand on this issue. And they've made a real commitment to domestic production.
You know, everyone likes to pound on Walmart, but Walmart has actually taken a stand on this issue. And they've made a real commitment to domestic production.
You might think on the face of it that I would be an anti-Walmart person, but boy, do I value a company like that that has taken a stand.
You might think on the face of it that I would be an anti-Walmart person, but boy, do I value a company like that that has taken a stand.
You might think on the face of it that I would be an anti-Walmart person, but boy, do I value a company like that that has taken a stand.
They reached out and said, would you fly out to Bentonville and talk to us? We were having a hard time on the textile side of things. We'd love to, you clearly have figured something out. We'd love to learn from you. And so I went and we had this conversation that began, you know, what ended up being a year and a half long process.
They reached out and said, would you fly out to Bentonville and talk to us? We were having a hard time on the textile side of things. We'd love to, you clearly have figured something out. We'd love to learn from you. And so I went and we had this conversation that began, you know, what ended up being a year and a half long process.
They reached out and said, would you fly out to Bentonville and talk to us? We were having a hard time on the textile side of things. We'd love to, you clearly have figured something out. We'd love to learn from you. And so I went and we had this conversation that began, you know, what ended up being a year and a half long process.
What they did is they said, listen, we're going to have purchase orders that you can count on. And you can take those purchase orders down into your supply chain and talk to your suppliers that this isn't just words, this is real. And that changed the conversation fundamentally.
What they did is they said, listen, we're going to have purchase orders that you can count on. And you can take those purchase orders down into your supply chain and talk to your suppliers that this isn't just words, this is real. And that changed the conversation fundamentally.
What they did is they said, listen, we're going to have purchase orders that you can count on. And you can take those purchase orders down into your supply chain and talk to your suppliers that this isn't just words, this is real. And that changed the conversation fundamentally.
Things like automated label setting machines, buying screen printing machines so we could bring that in-house and have that piece of the business verticalized. Things like that that allowed us to be more cost efficient faster.
Things like automated label setting machines, buying screen printing machines so we could bring that in-house and have that piece of the business verticalized. Things like that that allowed us to be more cost efficient faster.
Things like automated label setting machines, buying screen printing machines so we could bring that in-house and have that piece of the business verticalized. Things like that that allowed us to be more cost efficient faster.