To win against Wal-Mart is not what they want to do. They don't want to go head-to-head in terms of price and brand.

We're not going to go head-to-head with them [Wal-Mart], though we do take certain categories, ... We're going to go out there and make sure the difference between us and a Wal-Mart would not be that great...We're focusing on customer service.

They've done an outstanding job. I see men at meetings wearing pink bracelets. Everyone knows what it is.

That's also fostered a willingness to wear pink.

It's certainly part of our cultural heritage. We've been predicting for a while that by 2015, 60 to 70 per cent of the Canadian retail sector will be foreign-controlled.

It's certainly part of our cultural heritage, ... We've been predicting for a while that by 2015, 60 to 70 per cent of the Canadian retail sector will be foreign-controlled.