Expectations have been brought back to reality. |
I don't understand why the stock reacted so favorably to them saying they were renting out space in their stores. Frankly that is an admission that your business in trouble. |
If I can get a free rental every week in store, why wouldn't I take the extra freebie for the same price? |
If I can get a free rental every week in the store, why wouldn't I take the extra freebie for the same price? |
If they could get even half of those late fees back, it would be a good start. |
It was a case where he had to make a strategic decision, and he stuck it out, but the jury is still out whether it pays off for them. So far it's been a huge hit (with customers), but the timing was tough. It happened at the same time rental business fell off. |
Japan turned positive after seven quarters of negative comparisons. That's the story here. |
She's the right candidate. I like her approach at how she looks at the business. She walks into a store and wants to see it through the consumer's eyes. |
The DVD sell-through market is big business. The studios are not going to jeopardize the Wal-Mart channel. |
The good news is that we knew the fourth quarter was going to be bad. Did we know the (same-store revenue comparisons) would be down 10 percent? I was thinking more like 7 percent. |
The luxury market seems to be more resilient to changes in the economy, whether its gas prices or (other) things like that. |
The Street was hoping for positive comps in Japan, and also some investors were expecting same-store sales growth in the U.S. to be 10 percent or higher. |
This is just a company that is stuck competing with Target and its not a good position to be in. |
When the industry was falling off a cliff they made a huge acquisition which was a huge mistake. That's what's driving them into bankruptcy. |