Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson
Craig Johnsonis a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Johnson played offense during all his minor hockey and became a feared defence for the rest of his professional career between 1991 and 2003...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth16 November 1971
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We can't extrapolate from the retailers' performance in the first part of the year how retailers' will fare in the second half of the year, ... Will the holiday season be as solid as last year? I'm not sure of that yet. It may be a middle-of-the-road performance.
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Management distractions can have a tremendous effect on a company. The good news is that Wal-Mart took some action and they're putting more effort into their public relations.
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I wouldn't necessarily say that Target is stealing market share away from Wal-Mart because Target's customers are slightly more upscale. Where it's outperforming Wal-Mart is in grabbing market share away from department store chains.
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We perceive this to be an ongoing threat that will be there for many years to come.
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We are continuing to expand our products and services through a combination of acquisitions and capital investment in new equipment throughout the Rocky Mountains to satisfy our customers' growing needs. With locations from Alice, Texas, to Williston, North Dakota, we continue to enhance our ability to service our customers across the major basins of the lower 48.
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Wal-Mart has to redefine itself to consumers. If the lowest price pitch is its only value proposition, that's yesterday's news.
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We're still in the first or second inning of providing the tools necessary to provision DSL that are comparable to what the old phone system has for provisioning voice services, ... We need a mechanism where you do a submittal, get approval and all the rest without getting 50 people involved.
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What makes us fundamentally different is that we give citizens the tools to become informed, organize themselves and then to take action, ... People can form or join groups, contribute money or time, or dialog with their representatives with just two clicks of their mouse.
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If the city were to diversify, this wouldn't hurt us so bad.
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No doubt, Pier 1 has a substantial brand equity, ... My suspicion is that Buffett sees through the current problems and has confidence in whatever new vision and strategy the company is working on that isn't apparent yet to outsiders.
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I was stunned . . . how many alumni told me how much he meant to them ? and not only musically. He is a real model for all of us.
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One of our primary goals is to equip students to be organizational leaders who are willing to lead at the local and global levels. Graduates will take leadership roles in the workplace, as well as in their communities and society as a whole.
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There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the business of selling recreational items. But kids today are moving away from traditional toys and toward electronics at a much younger age. Toys 'R' Us has to adapt to this shift and explore new areas of the business.