Britt Beemer
Britt Beemer
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Consumers love January because January has always been this great clearance month. If they don't see (sales), as they've proved this Christmas, they'll outwait the retailer.
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Consumers might think (restocking fees) are unfair. As long as they feel it's unfair, they'll be less likely to go back to that store.
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Consumers this year just never got enamored with what they saw.
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I see an extremely promotional shopping environment. I've advised my retail clients to be super aggressive Thanksgiving weekend. Retailers don't want to do it from a margin perspective, but otherwise they won't see shoppers in stores. Consumers have less money to spend and they'll take their 'less money' elsewhere.
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It probably won't mean much lower prices. It's going to obviously give consumers greater convenience, and that's what consumers want with drugstores.
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I think consumers want to see a choice.
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Only a month ago, I felt we could see the first negative selling season in over 20 years, but the drop in gas prices has given consumers a newfound shopping spirit that should sustain them throughout the month of December.
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I've never seen this many consumers not done with their Christmas shopping.
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Retail sales were pretty good, considering at the start of the season we were looking at $3 gasoline and were still recovering from the hurricanes. Consumers got out early and responded to early-bird specials, but there wasn't much new. There was no hot toy or hot apparel look.
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The success of GM's employee discount sale is a great example that consumers still are in a mood to buy. However, I think Christmas spending could be a little narrower than last year.
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Over the last couple years, chains have tried to do something different -- they're trying to give consumers a different look, a different style.
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Consumers look around and see (the Home store's) $1,299 sofa and see others for $699 or $799 at other stores and it's a reality check. I find after the hoopla is over, they become retail museums.
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I don't think the day is the kind of day that retailers thought it would be. Christmas Eve is seldom the big day because of the fact that so many consumers ... want to be home.
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That number is almost double from last year when only 20 percent of consumers polled has a similar response,