Burt Flickinger
Burt Flickinger
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No matter what the stores do, they still seem to not be able to stimulate spending.
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He's a brilliant person, but did not have extensive executive experience
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It is critical for Wal-Mart to start doing a billion dollars a day in sales starting on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, which is the big 30-day push for Christmas and year-end sales.
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Consumers increasingly have a conscience and are increasingly shifting to competitors.
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For the first time in nearly five years, there is a real softness in the upper-tier department store sector.
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About 95 percent of the time, weather is an unrealistic excuse, ... Less than 5 percent of the time, there's either a very low or no relationship at all between weather and a dramatic decline in sales and profits.
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Americans are work-stressed, time-stressed, and they're eating out more. Sugar and fat is tasty and it gives immediate gratification.
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Food manufacturers will capitalize on fads as long as they're around and its profitable for them. When it's over, it's on to the next thing.
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The good news is that a lot of shoppers are postponing purchases and going out the last week of the year. So there will be a real sales surge next week, which will help retailers.