28 ordspråk av Burt Flickinger
Burt Flickinger
About 95 percent of the time, weather is an unrealistic excuse, ... Less than 5 percent of the time, there's either a very low or no relationship at all between weather and a dramatic decline in sales and profits.
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Americans are work-stressed, time-stressed, and they're eating out more. Sugar and fat is tasty and it gives immediate gratification.
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Between warehousing, utilities and transportation costs, retailers have been paying unprecedented premiums for their supply chain. Therefore shoppers will be seeing substantially higher prices by year's end.
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Consumers are wearing this year what they wore last year. We're already seeing a slowdown in apparel and accessories and that's a pretty bad barometer going into the winter season.
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Consumers increasingly have a conscience and are increasingly shifting to competitors.
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Food manufacturers will capitalize on fads as long as they're around and its profitable for them. When it's over, it's on to the next thing.
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For busy parents who stock up on baby food and other items, if they can't easily find it in Wal-Mart, they don't have time to go back. They'll just go to the competition. It's critical for Wal-Mart stores to be fully stocked and have experienced staff on weekends.
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For the first time in nearly five years, there is a real softness in the upper-tier department store sector.
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He's a brilliant person, but did not have extensive executive experience
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It is critical for Wal-Mart to start doing a billion dollars a day in sales starting on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, which is the big 30-day push for Christmas and year-end sales.
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It presents a challenge to Wal-Mart, especially in key battleground states like California,
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It was a really disappointing year for department stores, particularly those in New York.
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It will still set an all-time U.S. record. But that said, the retailers expecting a 6 [percent] to 7 percent increase in sales will be happy to get half of that.
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It's a sad day, with more than 100 people out of work during the holidays.
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It's a superb strategic acquisition for Bon-Ton and a great disposition for Saks,
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