In absolute dollar terms Wal-Mart is outpacing Target but that's primarily because it's the bigger player, |
It would be like when Ford bought Jaguar a while ago and changing its name to Ford-England. |
It?s encouraging that we have some real consensus. |
It's really become a game of chicken, ... But to mix my metaphors, the consumer has also become trained like Pavlov's dog. He expects the pre-Christmas sales and deeper price cuts through the holidays. |
Management distractions can have a tremendous effect on a company. The good news is that Wal-Mart took some action and they're putting more effort into their public relations. |
No doubt, Pier 1 has a substantial brand equity, ... My suspicion is that Buffett sees through the current problems and has confidence in whatever new vision and strategy the company is working on that isn't apparent yet to outsiders. |
On the West Coast, land availability takes a back seat to labor union issues and that's why Wal-Mart has consistently run into problems in California, |
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Several firms that have gone public recently and others that have been public for some time have seen their shares rise considerably. |
That's probably where some of those stores are buying them. It's flooding the market with really inexpensive, poor-quality stuff. |
The more costs Wal-Mart can take out of the system, the more it's able to pass a portion of the cost saved on to the customer in the form of lower prices. |
There's been so much improvement. |
There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the business of selling recreational items. But kids today are moving away from traditional toys and toward electronics at a much younger age. Toys 'R' Us has to adapt to this shift and explore new areas of the business. |
These are very strong numbers that point to a company operating on all cylinders. I don't care what kind of business you are. When you have annual sales of $43 billion, and you're growing you're top line at this rate, you're doing an exceptional job. |
These four companies all had good solid strings of success for a while. They even had Wall Street paralyzed by their success. |