There are five business days until the comparable-store sales figures come out. Stores will be assessing things, and we could see some warnings, if they haven't done well. |
They're paying attention to their problems. They are aware that when it comes to store-level execution there are problems and they're paying attention to it. |
This holiday season Wal-Mart hasn't been able to differentiate itself from the competition or really take advantage of the early wave of promotional activity. |
This is a favorable development for Saks and a big improvement to its balance sheet, which shows a lot of debt leverage, |
This is about putting your career on the line. They need to go in there and do something really dramatic to retool the business. |
This remains one of the most interesting major retailing case studies in the past 20 years. |
To be concerned about the strength of consumer spending is wise. Wal-Mart as a barometer of consumer spending is significant. Consumer spending will start to moderate off of its hot pace in the second-half of the year. |
Unlike Europe, Asian markets are more receptive to big-box formats, ... The model of relationships between households, labor, production, the market and resources are more easy to replicate there. |
Wal-Mart's much slower rate of sales growth in November clearly shows this is a matured global business, ... As supermarket goods continue to increase as a percentage of sales -- and this includes consumables and perishables sold in big volume at Sam's Club -- we will expect to see a persistently slower rate of top line growth. |
Wal-Mart's much slower rate of sales growth in November clearly shows this is a matured global business. As supermarket goods continue to increase as a percentage of sales -- and this includes consumables and perishables sold in big volume at Sam's Club -- we will expect to see a persistently slower rate of top line growth. |
We are not surprised to hear of the sale of 24 Kmart units to Home Depot, |
We are not surprised to hear of the sale of 24 Kmart units to Home Depot. |
We believe Lewis is the better person to lead a customer-centric business, |
We had a strong back-to-school season and discretionary spending on low-priced items has trended higher, ... These are good indications for Halloween, which typically sets the tone for the rest of the holiday shopping season. |
We had a strong back-to-school season and discretionary spending on low-priced items has trended higher. These are good indications for Halloween, which typically sets the tone for the rest of the holiday shopping season. |