Delos Smith
Delos Smith
good nervous year
We had a very good year in 2005. But it was a nervous world.
consumers economy eye front gas generally global happening jobs keeping prices remain terms
The economy is generally chugging along. From the consumers' perspective, jobs remain an important issue. Consumers will also be keeping an eye on gas prices and what happening on the global front in terms of terrorism.
job people promises seeing though
People are seeing we're not getting job growth, even though there have been a lot of promises of it. That's the key; for people to be satisfied, you have to have job growth.
drained market share
The consumer, I think, is healing. There's still a lot of market share out there. I don't think we've drained anything away.
bargain buying consumers impulse offering talking thinks
Consumers right now are bargain hunters, and that's what Wal-Mart is talking about. If you're offering a bargain and the consumer thinks it will go away, you'll get the consumer to buy, but there is no impulse buying going on.
coming grass kinds nice
I see robins and the grass coming up and all kinds of nice signs. But it has to be proven.
cnn longer mood retail suspense
As long as suspense lingers, you will have a longer CNN effect. That's not what you want -- mood is very important for the retail world.
gasoline higher impact prices
This is not a very pretty picture. The higher gasoline prices had more of an impact that most had expected.
fox hours msnbc people pounding war
A lot of people don't read newspapers, and we don't have 24 hours a day of CNN, MSNBC and Fox just pounding you with war news.
answer economic group recovery sleep until wait wants
Does that have economic implications? To me, the answer is yes. In a sense, we have to wait for recovery until this group wants to sleep with each other again.
consumers kept retailers
I think consumers are more cautious, and I think the retailers have kept inventories well under control.
aware relief
They're getting nervous. They're getting angry. They have not really done anything about it because they want to see if there's going to be relief for it. But now they're aware of it.
absolutely pressures price
There are absolutely no price pressures in our system.
happened last moderate shows steady
When you take a look at what's happened in the last month, you see the same kind of pace?right on down the line. It shows a nice, steady moderate pace, which is what you want.