Paul Ballew
Paul Ballew
again head number pockets strength winds
We had a very challenging month. We had some pockets of strength, but once again with the number of head winds for the month, we were down.
automatic bit cars cd change expensive low options quite seen small unusual vehicles
We've seen quite a bit of that 'richening,' even with low (priced) cars. If you look at vehicles now, it's not unusual for small cars to have stackable CD changers or satellite. It's quite a change from old beer-can-on-wheels day when the least expensive cars had no options -- no air, not even an automatic transmission.
automatic bit cars cd change expensive low options quite seen small unusual vehicles
We've seen quite a bit of that 'richening,' even with low (priced) cars, ... If you look at vehicles now, it's not unusual for small cars to have stackable CD changers or satellite. It's quite a change from old beer-can-on-wheels day when the least expensive cars had no options -- no air, not even an automatic transmission.
business commercial growing planning
We're still planning on growing on the commercial business. Commercial business can be very profitable.
far performance seeing solid
We're seeing a good, solid performance so far this year.
execute time
It is the appropriate time to execute this strategy.
consumers driven march reading
I wouldn't say it was driven by the March results, but our reading about where consumers are at.
anticipate balance continue forth half held monetary people policy poor rifle sales somewhat vehicle year
Monetary policy can take a year, year and a half to rifle through the economy. Vehicle sales have held up somewhat better than what people have anticipated. You try to find balance ... When all is said and done, we don't anticipate the back end of this year to be a poor back end. We just continue to try to put forth what we think is the right balance. We're cautiously optimistic.
offset varies
It varies by category, but it's a significant offset in many cases.
overall share tough
Overall share is going to be tough for us this year.
coming hopefully
What's going to be coming to G.M. hopefully through this process, will be a leaner and more competitive manufacturer.
advantage brands build continue focus retail
What's important for us is to focus on stabilizing the retail part of our business, take advantage of new products, continue to build our brands and be competitive.
staring
We do have some payback out there staring us in the face.
behavior cannot change consumer evidence
We look at this every which way and we really cannot find evidence of some seismic change in consumer behavior,