Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
business mad promoted retailers
Those retailers who promoted like mad got the business and they won.
case gap mark missing simply
It's simply a case of Gap missing the mark for the back-to-school season.
nation picture remain
The big picture is that we're a debtor nation but remain the most profligate spenders,
bigger corporate earnings entire issue retail space spending weak
The bigger issue for the entire retail space is that we have a weak economy, unemployment is rampant, corporate spending is down and corporate earnings are not improving.
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,
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I've heard that the Chris Madden line's pulling powerful comparable sales growth for the past six to seven months. This is a category that exploding for Penney and it's also helping boost their monthly sales higher,
appeals becomes design embellish ethnic jeans plain product strategy suddenly
Stuckey's strategy would be to take a plain low-priced product like jeans and embellish it with design. Suddenly it becomes a 'fashion' jeans and appeals to a new ethnic audience. It's the same strategy with 7,
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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.
failed gold standard united
They were a failed company, and they were resuscitated, and now Children's Place is the gold standard in children's merchandising in the United States.
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.
number store
We've had an astronomical number of store closings.
buy consumers half measures second
We'll have to see if these measures also will induce consumers to buy more in the second half of the year,
hang increasing players profile risk taking weakest
Bon-Ton is one of the weakest players in a very weak sector. It is increasing its risk profile tremendously by taking on debt. How does this all hang together?