Delos Smith
Delos Smith
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We boosted economic growth in one quarter, but that doesn't mean it's sustainable. We still have a long-range view that the economy is changing, and consumers will have to adjust to it.
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The uncertainty is there. It's dissipated, but it's just below the surface and can be rekindled. It plays a part in an economy full of very nervous people.
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The economy is generally chugging along. From the consumers' perspective, jobs remain an important issue. Consumers will also be keeping an eye on gas prices and what happening on the global front in terms of terrorism.
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This is a very nervous country. How much it's going to dampen the economy, I don't know, but it's hard to see people relaxed and creating a boom.
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The consumer, I think, is healing. There's still a lot of market share out there. I don't think we've drained anything away.
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Besides the political issues, retailers interested in India have to understand the cultural differences and sensitivities. Ultimately India's still a very complicated world for Western companies to understand.
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Corporate scandals, equity market problems, a lack of transparency, a lot of greed -- it was not just the Dow falling, it was all of these things that make people very, very nervous.
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I see robins and the grass coming up and all kinds of nice signs. But it has to be proven.
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I've been in the business 40 years...almost 40 years. I can tell you the leaks in 40 years and I won't even use all the fingers on one hand.
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The whole key is whether or not (a war) ends quickly.
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This is not a very pretty picture. The higher gasoline prices had more of an impact that most had expected.
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As long as suspense lingers, you will have a longer CNN effect. That's not what you want -- mood is very important for the retail world.
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You want the consumer buoyant. Most consumers are not current-events oriented. When you get everybody involved in current events, when they usually are not, then people are not going to go out and buy things just for pleasure of it.
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Probably Asia's diminishing a little bit. But I don't think that this suggests any kind of bad time or recession coming.