Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
business mad promoted retailers
Those retailers who promoted like mad got the business and they won.