Eckhard Pfeiffer
Eckhard Pfeiffer
Eckhard Pfeifferis a businessman of German ancestry, who served as President and CEO of Compaq from 1991 to 1999. He was named as one of TIME's "Cyber Elite Top 50" for 1998...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth20 August 1941
CountryGermany
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accelerate aggressive became business channels clear closely commercial looked market meeting north plan price promotions putting quarter reduce sales second
We looked closely at our market and business plan once it became clear that sales out of our North American commercial channels were not meeting our expectations. We are putting in place price reductions and aggressive promotions in the first and second quarter to reduce these channel inventories and accelerate the implementation of our Optimized Distribution Model.
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These results reflect an excellent fourth quarter and outstanding year for Compaq . We're very pleased with the consistency of our financial progress, especially with the improvements in earnings and the growth of gross margins to 24.4 percent in the fourth quarter.
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This is the holy grail for advertisers and consumers. It is an online marketplace of qualified leads.
achieve assess attempting cautious channel commercial continue market north outlook quarter second support
With these actions, we are attempting to achieve channel inventories that support ODM by the end of the second quarter. Our outlook for the second quarter is cautious as we continue to assess the North American commercial market environment.
build essential future operations
Integrating all Compaq manufacturing operations into a single, cohesive organization is essential as we build the future Compaq.
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The focus of this new organization is to fully leverage the Internet to not only sell systems and solutions, but also to build stronger relationships with our customers -- from personalized Web sites for consumers to highly integrated extranets for global corporations.