Derek Brown
Derek Brown
business core half strip struggled
When you strip out those acquisitions and new partnerships to really get a sense of what the company's core business is doing, it really struggled through the first half of the year.
ebay few longer meaningful perception
There is no longer a perception that eBay has few meaningful competitors.
advertising difficult market online seems
The online advertising market still seems to be struggling. It's difficult to look at that and see substantial near-term growth.
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People were looking forward to her coming back. She's a very big part of our team, not just on the floor. She's one of the co-captains and she gets everybody going. Without her, it allowed all of our younger kids to get experience on the front line. So things started to come together after that.
appetite broader change demand early extended online period pricing quarter question softness week
There was some early quarter seasonal softness that may have been interpreted as a fundamental change in the appetite for online advertising. But the question isn't how does pricing change week to week, but what is the broader demand over an extended period of time.
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I've seen a few bizarre things on the street, especially in the past year, and this would be close to the top of the list.
handle hung played
I thought we hung in there pretty well. We played with them 25 or 27 minutes, but then we couldn't handle their speed.
across anybody coming execute game good hard kids played playoff second team tournament tried
I think it's real good to have a game like this. I tried to play my second team more than I usually do, because I want to get them acclimated to playoff (atmosphere), and I thought this was kind of a tournament game. Fred's kids played very hard and they did a good job. What they do is execute probably better than anybody in the league, and I wanted to get my kids used to coming across screens, because (the Hawks) set a lot of screens.
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Look at the success of J. Crew or L.L. Bean, ... Catalog companies have to show their items with pictures. J. Crew is a good example of a company that's done a good job of replicating the feel of their catalog online.
comments meant online questions reflect viability
Importantly, our comments are meant only to reflect near-term conditions, not long-term questions about the viability of online advertising.
quarter
The more I delve into the numbers, the better the quarter seemed,
last performance quarter
I think that the performance last quarter was mixed,
confidence front kids lost matter type
Our kids have a type of confidence that if we're going to get beat, we're going to go down fighting. We haven't lost this year, let's put it that way. It didn't matter who we played, it was about us. Put them in front of us, and let's go at it.
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There's a greater level of comfort shopping online. Consumers are more used to the environment. They're more confident and aware of security issues.