Howard Davidowitz
Howard Davidowitz
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Some retailers are already marking up 40- to 50-percent off signs as we speak.
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This is moving the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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If you look at what's going on in retail, there's more and more emphasis on price.
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He's a brilliant financial engineer. His record is always the same: cut costs, sell assets. That's terrific, only that's no way to run a retail business.
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Kmart said it closed its worst performing stores because it couldn't maintain inventory once its vendors cut themselves off. Now that the stores are shuttered and inventory is up, Kmart is still doing less business than before. The company is still losing money and market share. I'm not sure the company can get past Christmas.
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He's a brilliant financial engineer, ... His record is always the same: cut costs, sell assets. That's terrific, only that's no way to run a retail business.
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Kohl's could be interested in buying a few of the Mervyn's stores as it expands its presence in the state.
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Sears is a shaken-up company, and who knows when it will recover, ... are wonderful.
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It's an open question whether or not White House can maintain the momentum it's had.
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I've heard that the Chris Madden line's pulling powerful comparable sales growth for the past six to seven months. This is a category that exploding for Penney and it's also helping boost their monthly sales higher,
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If you look at Helen of Troy's customer base, sales are generally strong. Wal-Mart sales are up, Target sales are up,
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Kohl's is struggling badly. Not only are the not meeting sales targets, there are several questions swirling about recent management changes,
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If you've got one name, Macy's, you can save a tremendous amount of money in supplies, marketing cost, advertising umbrella, promotions. You enhance your margin because you're buying more. It's just a fantastic way to do things,
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Furniture doesn't typically spell romance. A sporting goods store is another off-beat destination. I mean, what would you get? A paddle, a tennis racquet?