{"id":38910,"date":"2021-06-10T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=38910"},"modified":"2021-06-16T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:11:19","slug":"put-the-customer-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/put-the-customer-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart&#8217;s &#8220;Put the Customer First&#8221; Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why does Wal-Mart have such a focus on putting the customer first? Where did this idea originate from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wal-Mart&#8217;s founder Sam Walton believed in putting the customer first, no matter what. 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Wal-Mart\u2019s mission was to lower the cost of living for millions of people around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In retail, \u201cthe customer wants everything\u201d: wide variety, high-quality goods, the lowest possible prices, satisfaction guarantees, friendly and competent service, and a pleasant shopping experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Any retailer that doesn\u2019t provide this is failing its customers. <\/strong>Any business that does this better is improving the customers\u2019 lives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sam Walton had no sympathy for middlemen who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/feeling-entitled\/\">feel entitled<\/a> to a share but provide little value to customers. He also didn\u2019t have sympathy for retailers that did a poor job with customers before Wal-Mart entered. \u201cNobody owes anybody else a living.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wal-Mart Serves the Locals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Similarly, Sam didn\u2019t sympathize with the idea that Wal-Mart hates small towns<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Residents generally like when Wal-Mart enters a town, and Wal-Mart chooses locations where they will get a positive reception.&nbsp;<\/li><li>If the local stores go out of business, the customers have killed them by voting with their dollars, not Wal-Mart. <strong>Local stores that enjoyed huge markups, limited selection, and limited hours were doomed to fail sooner or later.<\/strong><\/li><li>Sam suspected the ire around town shops disappearing comes from people who just want the town to be stuck in time (even if they\u2019ve personally moved away to the suburbs). 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He knows what he can sell for, and we want his bottom price.\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>His buyers cautioned vendors to offer their best possible price, because if they went to the vendor\u2019s competitor and <em>they<\/em> offered a better price, the competitor would get the business.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The principle extends downward to the lowest, most granular level. Wal-Mart needs to constantly battle \u201cbig company\u201d disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Walton mused constantly about the customer experience. When customers walk around aisles, how will they see and buy items? How do they feel on entering and leaving a store? How do they feel about getting help?<\/li><li>Each Wal-Mart needs to cater to its particular customers. 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