Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sales increases in our pharmacy, home fashions, health and beauty care, consumables and apparel areas, together with a substantial lift in gross margin rate, enabled Kmart to more than triple earnings per share in the quarter before the non-recurring charge.

Specialty apparel is a very fast-moving business. It's also a fickle business of fashion and creativity where the winners are those retailers who can constantly reinvent themselves and their products.

There's been kind of a general malaise in apparel over the last couple of years. We are still suffering the effects of the change from traditional business apparel to casual apparel. Those (casual wear) carry much lower price points and people still haven't figured out what casual is. People are waiting to see how it's going to shake out. Where a woman may have bought a $100 skirt in the past, she's now buying a $20 skirt.

John Fleming

As much as 85 percent of U.S. households go to Wal-Mart and we get 100 million visitors a week at the stores. Yet everyone who goes there buys consumables but not apparel or electronics, which are two huge categories, ... We want to complete the shopping experience for our loyal customers and as well as appeal to a different kind of customer.

a longer-term solution that will permit greater stability in textile and apparel trade.

They know the brands they are going to find and they know that they will usually be able to return items if they need to. In a sense, online retail now looks more like traditional retail, where apparel has long been a mainstay throughout the year and especially during the holidays.

Electronics is particularly hot cause there is nothing else that has created much excitement for consumers. Our research indicates that 44 percent of shoppers have completed their holiday shopping and about 20 percent still have to start it. This weekend we think more dollars will be spent overall. Apparel sales could benefit form colder weather but watch out for electronics to come out on top again.

As soon as the weather became brisker apparel sales went up. Jewelry is also popular because a lot of men purchase jewelry as a last minute gift. Expect a lot of traffic in that area.

a significant increase in apparel imports from China. We are concerned about the impact of this increase on our trade and our industry.

Discounters and apparel are the heart and soul of this period simply because there are so many kids today that are going to school,

William Shakespeare

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy; rich not gaudy; for the apparel oft proclaims the man.

William Shakespeare

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are of a most select and generous chief in that

William Shakespeare

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, / But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; / For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

We are still suffering the effects of the change from traditional business apparel to casual apparel. Those (casual apparel brands) carry much lower price points and people still haven't figured out what casual is. There's no real direction for fashion. People don't know what direction it's going, and for women this is a big issue.

You got extra time to shop. You have warmer weather, and you can buy what's now in the stores - spring apparel and spring decorations.

We've had the biggest hits in the history of sports marketing with the U.S. Olympic apparel and the Canadian Olympic apparel. It's obviously ingrained in the public consciousness.

The stock trade about 17.5 times 2003 earnings. That's at a premium compared with the other apparel companies out there but it's also growing faster than the other companies.

The strength in this component, which includes apparel and home entertainment goods, bodes well for Christmas retail sales.

Gap is working through its turnaround and still dealing with branding issue and how to reinvigorate its core apparel basics.

The big bet for the apparel merchants is not how Easter sales will shape up in April but how the weather acts.

Richard Hastings

Consumers have a way of pulling it together for the holidays. We could see weakness in apparel and footwear sales but electronics, entertainment products and gift cards could do very well in the fourth quarter.

Consumers are wearing this year what they wore last year. We're already seeing a slowdown in apparel and accessories and that's a pretty bad barometer going into the winter season.

Richard Hastings

Consumers are benefiting from a combination of tax stimulus, new products, good apparel fashions and compelling prices.

It's a smart decision to franchise if you want to grow a brand globally. It's especially hard for an apparel retailer -- few have been successful going outside of their home market.

It's a typical, mediocre Christmas season. But we've gone through the last years with no hot new toy and no hot apparel look. There's no reason to shop early.

It seems as though the inflation report provided a few component surprises but no overall surprises as apparel prices continued to drop despite the expectation that they would stabilize or rise slightly.

August is the big month because that's when the bulk of the back-to-school revenues are generated, ... But we got some very positive signs in July, especially with apparel sales showing the strongest monthly gains. Apparel sales are important because they provide the first indication of how consumers are spending their discretionary income.

Bad weather's really been an impediment for apparel sales. This is the time when people want to buy shorts and shirts for spring. They're not going to be doing that when there's two feet of snow out.

As indicated earlier, we were disappointed in our 2005 financial results. Despite certain areas of our business having record performances, such as international apparel and Brooks, we did experience disappointing sales overall in our Sporting Goods segment. Unfilled orders earlier in the year contributed to weaker sales results for the balance of the year for Russell Athletic. Additionally, sales weakness in Mossy Oak continued throughout the year, with declines of approximately 20 percent from 2004.

Carmen Electra

I spend a lot of time in American Apparel.

Kevin Plank

I wanted to make the world's greatest football undershirt. But I realized that no team sport had equipment for apparel. Apparel was an afterthought.

The concept of the Gill Technical Apparel line is 'performance casual,' meaning these clothes are very contemporary-looking, with high-performing fabric attributes. An enthusiast can easily move from on-the-water cruising to off-the-water activities. We conceived it after hearing requests from customers for sailing and boating gear that performed as always, yet looked good enough to wear anywhere.

You can't treat apparel like underwear and socks, especially if it is fashionable clothing. You've got to present an image, and that's what (Wal-Mart is) not so good at.