Richard Hastings
Richard Hastings
Richard Cory Hastingsis a Canadian association football player, who has played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Ross County, Grazer AK, MVV Maastricht, Hamilton Academical and Brora Rangers...
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Consumers are benefiting from a combination of tax stimulus, new products, good apparel fashions and compelling prices.
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They're paying attention to their problems. They are aware that when it comes to store-level execution there are problems and they're paying attention to it.
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Where there is pressure there is change, universally.
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It ended up a pretty good season. The retailers that didn't do well did it to themselves.
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But higher costs were enough to hit operating income in the quarter, which grew only 7 percent, compared to a 7.4 growth rate for the comparable nine months. Despite these issues, the quarter held up very well and the holiday quarter should hold up nicely,
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If Wal-Mart's December comparable sales do go up 3 percent, that means they did much better in the last two weeks of the month,
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This remains one of the most interesting major retailing case studies in the past 20 years.
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What's holding up the consumer is habit. Until things change in a very material manner, American consumers won't alter their shopping habits significantly. The jobs market is strong and there's been a little bit of improvement in wage growth. I still don't believe that gas prices are high enough to derail consumers. If there is one thing that could shake consumers it's the housing market and not gas inflation.
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With Christmas Eve falling on a Friday, sales have the potential of being very intense.
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Wal-Mart's much slower rate of sales growth in November clearly shows this is a matured global business. As supermarket goods continue to increase as a percentage of sales -- and this includes consumables and perishables sold in big volume at Sam's Club -- we will expect to see a persistently slower rate of top line growth.
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The outlook for them this year is the best it's been in about the last three years.
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If trade relations between the United States and China begin to deteriorate, and the dollar declines in a disorderly manner, then a minor thing such as raw cotton prices could become very important,
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If spending on durable goods slows down, it could also weaken sales of consumer electronics, especially on big ticket items that have a higher profit margin but are interest rate sensitive.