15 Quotes by John Simley

We believe that recent and imminent technological advances will require a modernization of the item pricing law in the near future.

If we're going to make this work, the price must be transparent to the consumer.

Our feeling is that it was an incorrect interpretation and it weakens the state's environmental statutes. We have quite a few of these things. The experience indicates that customers make fewer trips of a shorter distance over time. That's a significant reduction in road miles. They're going to one place instead of 14 places to get what they need. We think that's relevant.

We have not had any instances where a store has been unable to function.

We haven't had a report from any store in the country that has seen a disruption to its operations today that we could attribute to the boycott.

Wal-Mart has been at the forefront of that effort. Our company was among the first retailers in the industry to screen current associates with sex offender registries in every state that allows it.

When you look at a store, there are multiple quantities of 100,000 items. You are talking about millions of items on hand. They move through the store very quickly and that makes it enormously difficult and costly. But it is the law in Michigan, and we are bound to comply with it.

We are still waiting and seeing at this point.

There's no indication that any number of employees have not shown up for work. Monday is traditionally a slower day for business.