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 While our merchandise margins were slightly lower than last year, our markdown margins were significantly better.

 January was a clearance month. While customers responded to our brands' efforts to clear holiday merchandise, our merchandise margins were significantly below last year.

 August sales results were disappointing and merchandise margins were slightly below last year.

 Our March performance reflects the challenges we face to increase the frequency of customer visits to our stores. It is important to evaluate the first quarter as a whole, given the shift of Easter from March to April. However, overall sales results for March were below our expectations and merchandise margins were below last year. Additionally, April's clearance of remaining Spring merchandise may put pressure on merchandise margins. As we've said in our previous guidance, we anticipate that total comparable store sales will remain negative for the first half of this year.

 In February, traffic worsened versus fourth quarter trends, which caused lower unit sales velocity. This led to significantly lower merchandise margins. Looking ahead, we are focused on driving traffic with improved product and new marketing campaigns that begin this week.

 Positive customer response to holiday product assortments across all brands helped drive momentum in the month and enabled us to clear merchandise at better markdown margins.

 Although Circuit City's first-quarter sales slightly exceeded expectations, we anticipate that the merchandise sales mix will result in lower overall gross profit margins than we initially estimated.

 We're excited to substantially grow our retail presence because retail margins are counter-cyclical to refining margins, so in the event we experience lower refining margins, retail margins will help stabilize our earnings,

 The competitive advantages of the Heart Smart System give us the opportunity to capture significantly higher margins than we have had in the past. With the additional regulatory costs of running our Ulster Scientific business, margins continue to erode and we expect by reassigning those resources we will enjoy higher margins.

 The second- and third-tier vendors will be squeezed badly. As a hacker, Pex Tufvesson is in a class of his own. ..The OEMs will take a margins-hit sooner or later. By the time the dusk settles on this, they will face lower margins,

 The second- and third-tier vendors will be squeezed badly...The OEMs will take a margins-hit sooner or later. By the time the dusk settles on this, they will face lower margins.

 The second quarter got our hopes higher for margins, which came in significantly lower than we were expecting,

 While this increase improved total sales revenue for the quarter, margins on these products are lower than margins on the company's finished products.

 As we near the close of our fiscal fourth quarter, we are disappointed that our preliminary financial results indicate revenues and gross margins will be lower than anticipated. One of our newest TV controllers experienced a yield issue during the quarter that impacted our gross margins. Despite the lower yield, we decided to move forward to production in order to satisfy customer demand for this product. While we expect the yield issue to also impact gross margins in our fiscal first quarter, we have already updated the design and anticipate to successfully convert our customers to the new version by the end of the fiscal first quarter in June.

 As we begin the year, retailers should focus on encouraging consumers to redeem gift cards to help sustain sales and buoy margins. Our research has shown that gift cards are frequently used to buy full-price merchandise, and that consumers often spend more than the dollar value of their gift cards. Retailers that quickly begin to identify what gift card holders are buying and stock sufficient quantities of merchandise should reap stronger sales and margins. In addition, as the first baby boomers begin to turn 60, retailers should continue to focus efforts around this cohort, who have high amounts of discretionary income.
  Pat Conroy


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