IN ON RETAIL.
DOLLAR GENERAL, OKAY, NOW THEY
FOUND SUCCESS, POSITIONED
THEMSELVES AS THE GO-TO STORE
FOR RURAL AMERICA.
THEY BUCKED THE DOWNWARD TREND
FOR BRICKS AND MORTAR, THEY ARE
ACTUALLY EXPANDING, LOOK WHO IS
HERE, CARL TURNER, THE FOUNDING
CEO OF DOLLAR GENERAL AND
RETIRED FOR 15 YEARS AND STILL
SHOWS UP ON TIME.
>> YES, SIR.
STUART: 15,000 STORES, MORE THAN
15,000 STORES.
WE HAVE TAX REFORM, VERY GOOD
FOR RETAILERS, ARE YOU NOW
PLANNING, YOUR COMPANY, ARE YOU
PLANNING TO EXPAND IT EVEN MORE
IN.
>> THAT COMPANY HAS ALWAYS BEEN
AN EXPANDING COMPANY AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE MORE
PLANNED NOW AND TAX REFORM WILL
CERTAINLY BE AVAILABLE.
STUART: OKAY, NOW, YOU'VE GOT NO
COMPETITION FROM AMAZON, NOT
REALLY.
>> WELL, NOW THERE IS ALWAYS
COMPETITION IN THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE FEWER CUSTOMERS THERE
AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR
CUSTOMER WELL AND SERVE YOUR
CUSTOMER WELL AND DOLLAR GENERAL
'S ROLE IS BEING IN STOCK
STUART: YES, BUT YOUR ROLE IS
ALSO TO BE WHERE NO OTHER STORES
ARE SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO YOUR
STORE AND TAKE OVER THE TOWN,
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO?
>> WELL, WE WANT TO BE WHERE THE
GOOD, BUT WE WANT TO SERVE THE
CUSTOMERS, IN FACT, THAT COMPANY
THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES
OVERSEAS?
>> OH, WE HAVE TOO MUCH TO DO
HERE.
I THINK THEY DO.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THEM NOW.
I'M A RETIRED OLD FARTHER.
[LAUGHTER]
STUART: YOU'RE RETIRED.
>> I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT
POLITICALLY CORRECT.
PLEASE DISAVOW EVERYTHING I
SAID.
STUART: YOU WERE CEO FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS OBVIOUSLY.
SO YOU SET OUT THE STORE TO GO
OUT THERE TO RURAL AMERICA AND
NOT THE RIGHT QUESTION TO ASK,
IF YOU COULD MAKE ANY CHANGES,
MAKE ANY CHANGES BECAUSE THEY
KNOW HOW THE RUN THAT COMPANY A
LOT BETTER THAN WE DID, BUT THE
FOUNDATION WAS SET.
OF NASHVILLE.
STUART: YOU RETIRED IN
TENNESSEE, HAVEN'T YOU?
NO INCOME TAX, AM I RIGHT?
UNDERSTAND TAXES AND --
[LAUGHTER]
>> THINGS LIKE THAT.
STUART: WHAT DO YOU DO?
ARE YOU A HAPPY MAN RETIRING?
I ASK THE QUESTION BECAUSE I'M
69 AND A HALF AND I COULD
RETIRE, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I'M
TO PURSUE MY MISSION.
STUART: WHICH IS?
>> GOD, HONORING, CHANGE AND
THERE ARE STRUGGLING PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT WHO NEED THE HELP OF
FBI LAN --
DOLLAR GENERAL IS TO SERVE
PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM A BETTER
LIFE AND TO BE THERE WITH THEM
RUN OUT OF AND WE WILL BE IN
RUN OUT OF TOILET PAPER, STUART.
STUART: IF I FIND A MISSION LIKE
THAT, MAYBE I TOO WOULD RETIRE,
YOU'RE A GREAT MAN AND HAVE DONE
A FINE JOB AT THE AMERICA.