John Fleming
John Fleming
hours percent scale spring university
We scale our hours back during spring break. The university is usually about 60 percent of our business.
apparel appeal buys complete customers experience goes households huge loyal million percent shopping visitors week
As much as 85 percent of U.S. households go to Wal-Mart and we get 100 million visitors a week at the stores. Yet everyone who goes there buys consumables but not apparel or electronics, which are two huge categories, ... We want to complete the shopping experience for our loyal customers and as well as appeal to a different kind of customer.
asked biggest brand building challenge opportunity single
We've been asked what our single biggest challenge is. I said our single biggest opportunity is building brand awareness,
ideal leading particular partner small
Fiat is the ideal partner for us in this particular project, as they are acknowledged as having been for many years one of the world's leading manufacturers of small cars.
focus grow help profit
We have got new vehicles. That will help us to grow profit and revenues. Underpinning all that is a laser focus on costs.
building hide whether
On every high-rise building over 13 floors, there's a 13th floor, whether you like it or not. Why try to hide it? It's there.
achieving advantage business critical customers define experience gain highly processes required schedule
Sitar crystallizes years of experience working with our leading-edge electronics customers to define world-class business processes for hardware/software co-development. A highly repeatable and scalable methodology is critical to achieving the schedule compression required to gain a competitive advantage in today's fast-paced electronics market.
changes customer ensures plant quickly respond
The plant now ensures that we can respond very quickly to changes in customer demand.
across appeals customers fashion relevant store strategy
This really appeals to a fashion-forward consumer. Our strategy is to become more relevant to customers who are already in the store across more categories.
additional allow almost baker began entertainment expand family forward holiday line members offers opportunity product products project provide recent season shopping software stop table taylor trip website year
This project has been on the table for almost a year and during our recent trip to VSDA (Video Software Dealers Association) show we began finalizing our supplier. Baker & Taylor offers us the opportunity to expand our product line to our members and non-members alike, and will allow us to provide a one stop shopping for all of the family entertainment needs. We look forward to availability of the additional products on our website before the upcoming holiday season begins.
above beyond currently points price products terms
I think of this as going above and beyond in terms of price points and the assortment of products that we currently offer.
ignore life threat
I think we would ignore them as a threat at our peril. It isn't going to make life any easier.
business california knocked leeway york
If a business in California had a supplier in New York that was knocked out, they could say they were affected. There was a lot of leeway on purpose.
change consider innovation resonates
If something doesn't work, we will change it and try something else. And when an innovation resonates with our customers, we will consider introducing it in other stores.