Retailers Quotes


[Marks & Spencer was among only a few retailers to make gains, closing up 2p at 382p after the chief executive Stuart Rose unveiled the group's Cardinal Place store, its first new opening in central London for over a decade.] There is little doubt that M&S will achieve top of the range estimates, even if the all-important third-quarter like-for-like sales are down 4% on non-food... what we worry about is the ability to grow profits. - Richard Ratner


[Lewis said the organization will be a benefit to agribusiness.] We know there are a lot of regulations, and those regulations can be pretty complicated... To have Asmark to be able to ... provide the information to help retailers get through the maze of regulations is something. - Ron Lewis


[Investors may appreciate the chance to look outside the tech sector.] We think that retailers who are able to cater to the home will do very well... Since the middle of 1998, we have seen a switch. Suddenly people spend proportionately more money on things for the home - on home enhancement, we call it - than they do on apparel. - Kurt Barnard


[However,] retailers shouldn't break out the champagne yet... The rebates will have a very modest effect on spending. With a 6.4 percent unemployment rate, there are millions of people in the country with no income except for unemployment and welfare benefits. Millions more are on long-term unemployment, those that simply have stopped looking for work. - Kurt Barnard


[Fitzgerald's hands-on approach makes retailers smile - at least the ones who do not sell hamburgers and phone cards.] He understands civic society, and he understands duty... And once he makes a decision, it just happens, because he empowers the staff to do it. - Tom Coffey


[Even offline, the large merchants are offering very real advantages to consumers, and are] far superior to most local retailers, ... There are always exceptions, but by and large that's the case. In a large bookstore, you can get coffee, sit in a comfortable chair, lounge for hours -- it's really an experience. - Charlene Li


[A. Lowe's is next in line of the big retailers slated to come to Hampton Cove. Randy Cunningham with the city planning department said officials with Lowe's have already approached the board of adjustments to request the necessary permits to build there, across the street from Super Wal-Mart. In early June, a permit was issued to Ben Branum Contractors of Huntsville for grading and drainage work on a 30-acre site at that corner.] It is still in the planning stages, and we don't have the drawings on it yet... It isn't entirely solid yet, but that is what has been proposed. - Randy Cunningham


...we will continue our efforts to protect kids from violent video games by working with retailers. - Heidi Watson


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