There are so many moving parts right now. It's like watching someone walk through a bedroom in the dark. You're not sure if they're going to make it to the bathroom or stub their toe.

If I live to be a couple hundred years old, the story will not change.

They're looking to totally change that, and that's a tall order.

Their target consumer is really feeling the effects of the higher gas prices.

It is really difficult for Wal-Mart to go into a new country and just build from the ground up. They're doing it in China. But if you look at anywhere else they have gone into, they have always partnered with a local company of some sort.

Wal-Mart has made no bones about being the place small-town America shops. They're looking to totally change that, and that's a tall order.

All the parents were promised things, and they never gave them.

The U.S. consumer right now is hungry for fashion that's new.

For the Wal-Mart audience, it's absolutely a factor. It is hurting a lot of people's back-to-school shopping.