Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
becoming state street valuable
State Street is now becoming very valuable property, and Carson's lease is way under-market.
office position shell sort
My position is, at the end of the day, there will be some sort of shell office in St. Louis. It will be a facade.
circuit city compete price
Circuit City just hasn't been able to compete on price or variety,
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The message that Martha Stewart's publicity team sent (Wednesday) was, 'Won't it be wonderful that she's coming back and will be running the company?' ... But how will that happen? It's going to be very tricky.
dark investors shot white
Investors beware, this could be a shot in the dark for White House,
gone percent retailers toy
In the toy industry, about 60 percent of the independent retailers have already gone out of business.
apparel decides designs fall flat great needs present target
If Kmart decides apparel is critical, and it can make it a success, it needs to do what Target has done: Present great designs that are unique, well priced and well presented. Otherwise, this will fall flat on its face,
cleaning concerned easy exposure inventory issue overall
I'm concerned about what the markdown exposure will be to overall sales, ... Cleaning up inventory is a big issue and it's not easy to fix.
consumers conversation costco decision department huge investment morning retailers shopping store support terry
I had a conversation with Terry this morning and I told him that I don't support a decision to make a huge investment in another department store when many more consumers are shopping at off-mall retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Costco and Kohl's,
bring build couple department dollars few million stores successful
If you are able to build a few stores that are successful and bring in a couple of million dollars each, the department stores will come to you and you can make a deal.
focus growth negative segment
If you are in a no-growth segment or a negative growth segment, your focus has to be on cost-cutting.
emphasis
If you look at what's going on in retail, there's more and more emphasis on price.
customer generally sales target
If you look at Helen of Troy's customer base, sales are generally strong. Wal-Mart sales are up, Target sales are up,
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If you've got one name, Macy's, you can save a tremendous amount of money in supplies, marketing cost, advertising umbrella, promotions. You enhance your margin because you're buying more. It's just a fantastic way to do things,