Paul Walsh
Paul Walsh
Paul Anthony Walshis a former England international footballer who now works as a television pundit...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth1 October 1962
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With the advent of technology, services like ours mean retailers can better plan for changes,
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Better pricing and a stabilising ready-to-drink trend may give us the opportunity to improve on the net sales growth we achieved this year.
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This offers huge opportunity to grow, with new brands such as Smirnoff Ice,
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This thing came out of the blue, ... We wanted to ensure that there was no bad blood between fraternities.
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Since the start of the new financial year the key drivers of performance have remained unchanged, ... In premium drinks, top line growth ... has been maintained despite some weakening of economic conditions.
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Last year the summer season started in late May when temperatures hit the mid-90s. So we've really got a late start to summer. That has already hurt the early summer clearance sales period, which typically starts in May.
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Material changes to first-half trends are unlikely in the balance of the year and we are therefore comfortable in reiterating our full year guidance of 7 percent organic operating profit growth.
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Over the final days before the Christmas holiday, winter-like weather sets in over major population centers in North America.
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It certainly seems when there's credit to be taken, a lot of people come out and say they're responsible for it.
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From a retail perspective, the hot weather should help spur sales of summer merchandise.
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We're positioning ourselves as a company with double-digit revenue growth and 20-percent operating margins.
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Katrina was a hurricane on steroids. For the rest of the year, the pre-hurricane effect -- now renamed the ?Katrina effect? -- will have a bigger impact on consumers that usual.
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We believe we got a good price for these assets, ... comfortably ahead of where people thought we'd be.
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We're honored to have been selected by Rolls-Royce to provide additional technology for this high-profile program. Tremendous heat is generated during the short-clutch engagement, which is where our expertise comes into play.