James Zimmerman
James Zimmerman
James Edward Zimmermanwas born in Lantry, South Dakota. He was a coinventor of the radio-frequency superconducting quantum interference deviceand he is credited with coining the term...
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The Internet -- much like our global mail-order catalog businesses -- represents a strategically important complement to our department stores in an era when convenience is becoming a more important component of the value equation for customers.
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These sales declines will result in significant markdowns, which will be booked in the third and fourth quarters,
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Our December department store sales were disappointing, which we think is attributable at least in part to heightened consumer concerns over a slowing economy,
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This was a solid third quarter for Federated, propelled by strong sales and earnings in our department store segment and a level of performance in our direct-to-customer catalog and e-commerce businesses that was in line with what we had anticipated, ... We are entering the fourth quarter with our inventories in good shape, and we remain optimistic that it will be a good retail Christmas season.