Kurt Barnard
Kurt Barnard
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Consumers have turned cautious. They have stopped buying things frivolously. Consumers do spend money today, but they will buy only what they need, will insist on good quality and fashion. But they will buy cautiously, and not buy extravagantly.
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Consumers have been and continue to be on a spending spree and that has benefited most retailers, ... The universe has been very retail friendly.
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Consumers are extremely cautious today, and that caution has not really very much to do with consumer confidence indexes. It's related almost exclusively to one item, one four-letter word: jobs.
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Consumers are already concerned that the labor market continues to lag behind an economic recovery. They don't really need another negative distraction.
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The numbers today are nothing other than big generators of yawns.
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It's a good industry. It's growing, and it has been growing for a long, long time, but I think the May company is particularly interested in getting access to the bridal business,
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It's a question of whether Federated wants to revive the name brand.
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The blizzard was a serious setback for retailers, especially since the Presidents Day weekend is a major day for sales. Most of the malls and independent stores were shut in the Northeast.
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The bigger it gets, the smaller the percentage growth will be. Let's say that when you add 10 new stores to 100 stores, you grow the business 10 percent. When you add 10 stores to 3,000 stores, the growth isn't obvious.
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The August figures this time are basically not very reliable for anything whatsoever. A lot of the Labor Day activity will come in September this year.
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Target has ignored Wal-Mart's changeover, and it has suffered because of it. Target will have a decent season, but they won't make the winner's circle.
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It's charitable to use the word 'dismal,' ... It's a reflection both of the weather and the contraction of the economy, and it really seems to have hit everybody.
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They were tepid. They give clear indication that Americans are far from ready to go on buying binges,
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There's tremendous demand for anything related to gardening, horticulture. It means dollar signs at the cash register.