Mark Husson
Mark Husson
body downward essential helps major perform pull seeing
It's an essential move. Winn-Dixie was in a downward spiral, and this kind of restructuring helps them pull out of it. If you've got a body that's sick, you perform major surgery. What we're seeing here is that major surgery.
cottage due economies foods industry larger level mainstream major natural needing next players scale success tremendous
I think the natural foods industry has been a tremendous success as a cottage industry, and I think the larger players now are needing to take it to the next level and get the economies of scale that are due to major mainstream companies.
seems sign
There seems to be no sign of inflation.
breakout experience financial sort
There's no breakout here, no 'brave new world' experience here, but at least there's no breakdown. So when you've got something that's teetering on financial insolvency that does better, it's sort of encouraging.
base customer environment given tough year
It was a tough year for Wal-Mart given the macro-economic environment and its customer base being under pressure.
excuse eyes good retailers talk tempted weather
The weather is not a good excuse for not outperforming. One is always tempted to have their eyes glaze over when retailers talk about the weather but the (impact) is real.
beat company earnings forecast momentum
We've got momentum sellers. The company didn't beat the earnings forecast on the upside.