Paul Ballew
Paul Ballew
clearly consumer erosion growth head november operative present remain seeing slower winds word
The operative word is we remain cautiously optimistic. There are risks. Head winds are clearly present. We are seeing slower growth and seeing some erosion in consumer confidence. But we want to stress, as we look at November and December, we should not overreact to those factors.
clearly consumer erosion growth head november operative present remain seeing slower winds word
The operative word is we remain cautiously optimistic, ... There are risks. Head winds are clearly present. We are seeing slower growth and seeing some erosion in consumer confidence. But we want to stress, as we look at November and December, we should not overreact to those factors.
again head number pockets strength winds
We had a very challenging month. We had some pockets of strength, but once again with the number of head winds for the month, we were down.
affecting hard looked sales taking tough wind year
We didn't see this so-called 'CNN effect,' ... We looked long and hard for it, but it was tough to quantify. It's probably only affecting sales on the margin. For the year it'll probably end up taking a little wind out of our sails.
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.
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.
continue decade expect increase rest revenue though
We expect the revenue increase to continue though the rest of this decade and beyond.
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.
continue deliver good inform message people
We have to continue to deliver our message to inform people just how good we are.