April 11, 2024· 58 min

Tractor Supply's CEO on How It Escaped the Post-Pandemic Curse

Orality
Model
50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,836 words)
M:29%
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,534 words)
M:29%
GuestHal Lawton(6,976 words)
M:93%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic30%
literally, completely, very
Engagement88%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, well
Repetition100%
know (176x), like (83x), they (57x)
Parallelism100%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., But I'm sure it's very satisfy..., But what I actually did this w...
Sound Patterns43%
49 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases5%
at the end of the day, you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%
maybe, could, may
Passive Voice2%
are used, been turbocharged, been asked
Abstract Nouns19%
investment, recommendation, construction
Subordination5%
because, since, provided
Sentence Length47%
Avg: 16.9 words/sentence
Word Complexity47%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style12%
996 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style96%
literally, completely, costly

Description

A bunch of companies saw their share prices boom during the pandemic. Peloton surged because no one could go to gyms. Zoom jumped because no one could go to the office, and so on. Since then, many of these companies have come crashing down back down to earth. However, one pandemic winner that has yet to see its stock price mean-revert is Tractor Supply Co. Its shares have been up about 270% since their 2020 lows. The retailer has ridden a demographic and cultural shift as more Millennials move away from cities and decide to become hobby farmers growing their own chickens, vegetables, and fruit. In this episode, we speak with CEO Hal Lawton about the Tractor Supply business model, including how it's bucked the post-pandemic pattern and what it's doing to lock in customers for the long term. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.