Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
buying losing market share
Bon-Ton has been losing market share and now it's buying more losers, who have also been losing market share,
beaten business company losing market share stay trying
Sears is an American institution that's getting beaten up, ... The company is trying everything it can to stay in business but it's still losing market share everywhere.
case gap mark missing simply
It's simply a case of Gap missing the mark for the back-to-school season.
aware fight identified lay market move operating saying strategy suburbs sure urban walk
Wal-Mart has identified a strategy of urban expansion, and they're not going to walk away from it, ... They know that operating in an urban market is different from the suburbs and I'm sure they were already aware of things like zoning laws. Did they really need to put up a fight in Inglewood? No. What they did here is lay down the marker. Wal-Mart is saying that they've identified a new market and they're going to move it and attack.
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They are a small brand. They are not a monster brand. The name of the game for them is to build brand awareness and market share.
marking retailers signs
Some retailers are already marking up 40- to 50-percent off signs as we speak.
business closed company cut inventory less losing maintain market money past performing stores sure themselves worst
Kmart said it closed its worst performing stores because it couldn't maintain inventory once its vendors cut themselves off. Now that the stores are shuttered and inventory is up, Kmart is still doing less business than before. The company is still losing money and market share. I'm not sure the company can get past Christmas.
far giant hard left loss market trying
has been trying very hard to do that for a long time. So far they have been left with a giant loss of market share.
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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,
execution problem
The problem at Linens 'n Things is execution.
available billion companies equity private
The private equity companies have never had this much money. They have $125 billion available for acquisitions.
fickle game impress money numbers potential public rule stays
The rule of the game is go public for the money when you have the numbers to impress potential investors. Retail, and especially apparel, is so fickle that nothing stays the same forever.
downside stock
The stock has a lot of downside and very little upside.
associated costs gigantic given process share warehouse
There would have been gigantic costs associated with the unbundling process given that the different units share warehouse and distribution centers,