Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
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In retailing, the whole name of the game is to feed off your competitors' footsteps. Wal-Mart is the biggest traffic generator around. It gets over 150 million customers a week.
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Buyers beware. This kind of move is not sustainable, ... The company went into bankruptcy a cadaver and it's coming out a cadaver.
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He really knows the shopping center business from the ground up,
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In next couple of years, the deal puts P&G at a disadvantage. They'll be inwardly focused. The integration challenge here is massive. That's an opportunity for competitors.
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The company has remodeled its stores several times and is also trying to sell its credit business . But when the smoke clears, it's anyone's guess as to how many more years Sears can go on like this.
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The company's only chance to move to a new chapter is to have a roadmap of everything that's going to happen with Martha, ... The company is set up for her to come back. The question is, what role should she come back in?
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The energy cost in the equation is grossly underestimated, ... The consumer is already stretched to the limit and doesn't have an extra $1,000 to pay if the home bill goes up.
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The guy that drops by the wayside becomes history, and theoretically he'll be replaced by new concepts in urban clothing and shoes. New concepts are popping up and they are popping up like mad -- as fast as they have ever come if not faster, and they'll want to grow rapidly.
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The growth of lifestyle centers is absolutely tied to the strong performance of the luxury sector.
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You will still see 50 percent off on merchandise but maybe not 70 to 80 percent off.
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This is moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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The jewel that Federated would want is the Marshall Field's flagship State Street store in Chicago.
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You can see clearly how the terror attacks have affected the American psyche. People are staying more at home, spending more time with the family and eating out at restaurants. At the same time, anecdotal evidence shows that sales of products such as flashlights, candles, first-aid kits has boomed.
margins sales
The margins are positive, but sales are eroding,