The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart ↪
Being in the lawn sales business I actually see this happen about once a year. Walmart approches Kubota about doing the same thing to which Kubota quickly responds…no
The vice president had a bigger surprise for Wier, though. Wal-Mart not only wanted to keep selling his lawn mowers, it wanted to sell lots more of them. Wal-Mart wanted to sell mowers nose-to-nose against Home Depot and Lowe’s.
Wier took a breath and said, “Let me tell you why it doesn’t work.”