Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
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The most important people who have to be motivated are the store employees; they're your life blood. Federated knows this.
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Some retailers are already marking up 40- to 50-percent off signs as we speak.
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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.
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The name of the game for Ben and Jerry's is to get someone to taste the product. If this promotion can get more customers in the doors, there's a reasonable chance that many of them may return later (when they charge full price).
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Lacy is 100 percent accountable. This is supposed to be one of his biggest areas of expertise. He supposedly fixed this problem before and here we go again. The bottom line is, who's supposed to be watching?
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I think there's a message to Martha in here, and part of this may be negotiation.
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I think there will be heavy promotions over the holidays because retailers have not been meeting their sales plans.
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I think there are major risks in sales and margins when you're a middleman. More and more companies are buying direct and don't see a need for Helen of Troy. Their brands are not that powerful, ... This doesn't mean it can't bounce back. They have to be shrewd and quick to right the ship.
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I think the real story last month was that in spite of higher interest rates, exploding energy costs and debt levels, the American consumer rolls on.
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Kohl's is struggling badly. Not only are the not meeting sales targets, there are several questions swirling about recent management changes,
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Kohl's could be interested in buying a few of the Mervyn's stores as it expands its presence in the state.
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Penney had no choice but to improve on fashion.
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Kinko's is under assault, and I think what Kinko's is doing is totally rational.
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Kmart went into bankruptcy a cadaver and it'll come out of it a cadaver,