Tony Gikas
Tony Gikas
believe declined declining deterrent major midwest northeast prices pricing purchases regions
We believe that new and used-bike pricing has declined much more significantly in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S.. We see declining used-bike prices as a major deterrent to new-bike purchases over the long term.
break game generally levels minimum price retailers video
Retailers generally do not break minimum advertised price levels in ... video game software.
company dealer entire finance financing line promotions recent talked
Every dealer we talked with had finance promotions going on. That's a little unusual. I don't recall, in recent years, anyway, when the company had zero-percent-down financing on the entire line of motorcycles.
although barbie bet calendar changes continue execution key last line material played product remains sales soft trends turnaround year
Although execution remains solid, sales trends continue (to be) soft and key product initiatives have not played out during the last 12 months. We do not see material changes to the Barbie product line in calendar year 2006 and would not bet on a turnaround in calendar year 2007 just yet.
although guidance investors management numbers providing reduce reduced
The management did reduce (shipment) guidance today, although I don't think they reduced it enough to make investors real comfortable with the numbers now that they're providing for 2006 and forward,
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a better than average chance that the Xbox 2 will be backward compatible.
above base devices generation high includes microsoft model network next price system
We think Microsoft will price its next generation system at or above $300 for the base model, ... We also think there will be a model that includes accessories or network devices that could price as high as $350-$400/system.
guide later production slowly
We think that Harley-Davidson could guide production down slowly later in the year, pending seasonal performance.