Paul Ballew
Paul Ballew
advantage brands build continue focus retail
What's important for us is to focus on stabilizing the retail part of our business, take advantage of new products, continue to build our brands and be competitive.
continue decade expect increase rest revenue though
We expect the revenue increase to continue though the rest of this decade and beyond.
continue deliver good inform message people
We have to continue to deliver our message to inform people just how good we are.
anticipate balance continue forth half held monetary people policy poor rifle sales somewhat vehicle year
Monetary policy can take a year, year and a half to rifle through the economy. Vehicle sales have held up somewhat better than what people have anticipated. You try to find balance ... When all is said and done, we don't anticipate the back end of this year to be a poor back end. We just continue to try to put forth what we think is the right balance. We're cautiously optimistic.
certainly continue despite mix month october saw seeing wrap
Certainly we did not see the surge we saw ...back in October of '01 or ...last July, ... But despite the ebbs and flows, we're going to wrap up this month pretty much as we thought it would play. And we're seeing mix continue to richen.
believe brings compelling continue crafted created due leadership offensive period plan program sales simple time weak
It's a program that has been crafted for a period of time -- it was not created due to weak sales in May. We are on the offensive and we plan to continue to be on the offensive. We believe simple and compelling works, and we believe leadership brings its own benefits.
category essential expect lift time
What's important for us is this is a category that is essential to GM. Volume-wise, we expect some lift from the new product. Time will tell how much that lift is.
improve pleased quality sales
We're not pleased with our sales decline, but it's important for us to improve the quality of our sales.
believe break simple time
We believe it's time to be simple and compelling. It is important to break through the clutter.
current economy entirely expect industry kidding outlook picture positive present pressures remain
We expect pressures to remain for the present. We're not kidding ourselves. As we look at the current near-term outlook there's sluggishness out there. However, the long-term picture is not entirely negative. The fundamentals for economy remain very positive for the industry as a whole.
current economy entirely expect industry kidding outlook picture positive present pressures remain
We expect pressures to remain for the present. We're not kidding ourselves, ... As we look at the current near-term outlook there's sluggishness out there. However, the long-term picture is not entirely negative. The fundamentals for economy remain very positive for the industry as a whole.
quarter second
We're going to be down in the second quarter and the back end of the year.
bit expected industry softer
We were down a little bit from where we expected to be, and the industry was a little softer than we expected it to be.
coming hopefully
What's going to be coming to G.M. hopefully through this process, will be a leaner and more competitive manufacturer.