9 ordspråk av Bob Buchanan
Bob Buchanan
Clearly, there are some overtones for the industry, but I think largely Wal-Mart has some of its own issues. I think they are still very sloppy with store-level execution.
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Federated (Department Stores) was below plan. Target was well below plan, ... We have enough data to know the month was not good.
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Good technology is ensuring that the right product is in the store at the right time.
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It looks like in some cases, there's going to be some disappointing results coming out.
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It looks like sales really happened in the last few days, following a pattern we've seen in the last few years,
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It's certainly disappointing by any measure, ... I think the industry is going to be close to flat, with a zero- to-1 percent rise. Coming in, we thought the month would be up 2 to 3 percent.
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It's feast or famine. Some are getting (sales growth through discounts), some are getting it at full price.
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My hope would be that with the two dolls, they'll be able to appeal to a broader range of ages.
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We've gone from a situation where retailers were wildly excited about the prospects for 1996 to one where reality has set in.
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