Britt Beemer
Britt Beemer
again christmas flat half mistake move
They will not make that mistake again this year, ... They could actually take a flat Christmas and move it up a half percent.
lowest numbers shopping thanksgiving
These Thanksgiving shopping numbers will be the lowest in a decade,
christmas consumers eve fact retailers seldom
I don't think the day is the kind of day that retailers thought it would be. Christmas Eve is seldom the big day because of the fact that so many consumers ... want to be home.
consumer goes stores
The consumer that's going to Wal-Mart is going to be very price-driven. The person who goes to one of these stores may be very high-tech-driven.
bigger bit christmas closer consumers mentality willing
The closer you get to Christmas, there's this mentality on the part of consumers where they're willing to go out just a little bit more to get the even bigger discounts.
almost bit closer east four greater impact might outlet people quite shop
The closer you are to them, the greater the impact they'll be. If you can get almost one out of four people to shop at an outlet mall, that's a lot of people. It might not impact East Cooper. It might not impact Summerville. But somebody's going to feel them because that's quite a bit of business.
afford case losing percent retailers start stores today trouble
The trouble today with retailers is they can't afford to have too many underperforming stores. When 10 percent of your stores are unprofitable, you will start losing money. That wasn't the case years ago.
change move name offices rid sure trouble
The trouble is, if all they do is just change the name and change the logo, I'm not sure that's going to get rid of the Firestone image. They would have to re-paint the offices and move the headquarters and offices.
business category core extended generates needs product products profit protect sales service
This is a core product category that generates a lot of profit from sales of products and the extended service warrantees. Sears needs to protect this business at all costs.
assume responsibility
The first thing you would do is you'd assume responsibility,
aware chains department gift income instead retain spend store
A middle-income shopper may migrate to a Nordstrom from a Macy's and spend $65 instead of $45 on a gift because they are serviced better at a Nordstrom, ... Department store chains like Sears and J.C. Penney need to be very aware of this if they want to retain their shoppers over the holidays.
discount good hitting home luxury market middle runs stores worried
The luxury stores are the ones hitting the home runs and the discount stores are going to end up doing some pretty good numbers, ... I'm very worried that the middle part of the market is not here.
chrysler debating decision easier sure
I'm sure that Chrysler has been debating this for years. It's probably easier for Daimler to make the decision than for Chrysler.
amazed few hurt lack people
I'm just amazed at how few people shopped, ... The lack of big discounts hurt retailers.