Retailers Quotations

I don't think we yet know - because it's probably not big enough - what exactly Amazon does to our cities, but whatever it is, I don't anticipate retail wastelands. If anything, it's maybe a wake-up call to retailers that they just have to offer something meaningful to customers.

There are lots of retailers that are now scrambling to emulate the Amazon model, so Amazon does not have a monopoly on same-day distribution or broad selection or low prices. All that said, there are advantages that accrue to the largest player, so I don't see much in the way of Amazon slowing down.

On the whole, and this comment can get me in a lot of trouble, I find that retailers in the comic book business are not business people. They're fans who've gotten themselves shops.

A lot of times, I can put a product together with a distributor when I go into my Rolodex for distributors. I can then put it together with a face, such as an artist. And then I can go into my databank of retailers and people that I've been working with through the years of retail, and then also manufacturing.

We've got over 1 million merchants who have claimed their businesses on Foursquare, running specials and doing other things. What we want to do is take these tools used by the 50-100 national retailers and make them accessible to our 1 million merchants. Then you've got something really powerful.

Like Disneyland, luxury retailers have long had to figure out how to overcome customers' natural inertia. Unlike less pricey stores, they tend not to attract idle browsers who make impulse purchases.

When I was a kid, there were no credit cards. Instead, retailers offered layaway plans. My mom would go to a store, such as a furniture outlet, choose the sofa she wanted, and put it on layaway. That meant she put a little money down to hold the sofa, and every payday she'd pay a little toward the purchase.

The Internet is the easiest thing to get into. To be an Internet retailer, you just get that URL.

The ongoing dot.com market correction is far from having a negative effect on online retailing as a whole. It has actually led online retailers to renew their focus on customer service, cost reduction and profitability.

We've already seen some big disappointments in both Limited and Ann Taylor. Up front, retailers are also facing their most difficult hurdle of the year in the form of a 6.1 percent gain racked up in September last year.

We believe that most retailers were in line or slightly above plan for the fourth week of December, boosted by pent-up demand caused by two snowstorms earlier in the month and the trend toward later buying in the Christmas season.

We're in discussions with retailers in the upscale category, including traditional department stores, entertainment companies and restaurants.

Where the disruption will be is where they're living in an area where none of the retailers are operating,

Where most manufacturers are coming down on this is they want to work with traditional retailers in online channels as they do in the stores,

While many retailers went overseas to get cheaper good quality products, M&S stayed with British sources. Now, like everyone else, they source about 80% of their clothing from abroad.

Whether the other retailers will decide to do that as well we will have to wait and see.

Watch out for this company. It's telling us something. While most retailers sold indistinguishable products, Sharper Image sells exciting and unique things that people want to buy.

What we're seeing now is a total reverse in what everyone expected ahead of the euro debut; retailers understood that the euro would add new pressures for competitiveness, so they chose to push prices down to attract customers.

We can create many local jobs if all retailers were to take advantage of local capacity. We have willing workers and idle industrial capacity.

We believe this will have a negative impact on February sales for the majority of our retailers as the much colder weather will likely impede store traffic, and sales of spring merchandise sets that are now in stores may be impacted.

What's really interesting is that most online retailers have forward integration, whereas this seems like a backwards integration play. Barnes & Noble already has a direct relationship with the customer and now they're trying to get further into the supply chain,

U.S. retailers have not proven that they understand the difference of doing business in Europe versus the U.S..

U.S. retailers have a chip on their shoulders that their way is the only way to do business,

We're moving much faster than originally expected. The support from radio companies has been unwavering, and since we've launched in the first 28 markets, response from receiver manufacturers, retailers and automakers has been extremely encouraging.

World events may help the success of new patriotic products like Rescue Heroes from Fisher-Price. Yet retailers still see evergreen brands such as Mattel's Barbie and traditional LEGO leading the way off store shelves in the next few months.

We're filling the pipeline to retailers and sales reports so far are very positive.

Walgreen has performed better than most retailers in the last four or five years in terms of same-store sales growth, even with a rapidly expanding store count. They bought some great locations and the fact they?re open 24/7 is helping drive food sales.

Whenever you have an evergreen property like Superman, retailers will enjoy enormous successbecause recognition is so high.

When (former Gov. George Ryan's) administration tried to roll back the sales tax, it just went into the pockets of refiners and retailers and had no effect on prices,

Women will be driving the next big online retail boom. Online retailers would be wise to look at how women shop online, and tailor their strategies accordingly.

We did not expect any change in interest rates today from the Bank of England, although clearly a further reduction in the run-up to Christmas would have been helpful to both retailers and industry in general.

What we need is to hear from companies that take the pulse of the consumer. Tech will be one of those groups. Retailers will be another.

There are features of the store card market that effectively insulate retailers and consumer credit providers from competitive pressures.

We heard commentary from several retailers that is consistent with what we have heard from industry contacts over the past six weeks: Inventory is expected to flow better in late February, and by late March inventory levels should be consistently filled.

Yes. Retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy and Wal-Mart, who will carry whatever sells.

The problem with the study is that big-box retailers and online retailers are not within the area studied. Overall, record sales are up more than 8 percent year-to-year (but) sales at independent record stores are down more than 4 percent.

The reality is retailers will not increase their inventories or order advertising until the governor does sign the bill.

There is a lot more competition. You will see more discounting. Retailers have to accept lower margins.

The products used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine have a legitimate use. Retailers must be responsible, yet at the same time have available products for customers who need over-the-counter cold-relief medicines.

We've seen a cross-section of people from the smallest retailers to the largest factories respond. Many, many people are realizing what this program has done, and what it can do.

We're continuing to see retailers cite the weather for either making or breaking their sales numbers. Frankly, I think is an excuse tailored to satisfy Wall Street. Wall Street is a little more forgiving if a major retailer blames weather for disappointing sales.

We're continuing to add retailers, ... We're on pace where about 10 retailers per week are being licensed.

We're committed to providing the most up-to-date information we receive, and will take aggressive steps to help our customers, retailers and distributors.

Luxury retailers spend a lot of money advertising in the off-line world, in print, because they are comfortable with that, they have more control over that situation. Those brands want to keep up a specific image, so they've been cautious about advertising online.

Luxury is coming of age. The luxury retailers have been successful in selling online, where before it was thought to be more of an in-store experience.

Lowe's was maybe a bit of a letdown this morning, and the other retailers and some of the homebuilding stocks are down. The Dow transportation average is also weak today, despite UAL's gains. There's really no new news today to push us too much in either direction. We've had a great run recently and a minor decline isn't so bad.

Lowe's and Home Depot may have got caught in the middle of this. Retailers are under tremendous pressure by Wall Street to keep growing.... Should that be at the cost of a community? I don't think so.

Lowe's and Home Depot may have got caught in the middle of this, ... Retailers are under tremendous pressure by Wall Street to keep growing.... Should that be at the cost of a community? I don't think so.

Looks to us like tax rebate money is being spent, ... Retailers should have a good autumn.

Lean inventories won't help retailers this year if they can't lure customers into their stores.

Many malls will spend weeks, if not months, to start setting up. Many retailers are just trying to get a head start on the holidays so that when they arrive, they'll have everything decorated and in place.

Many stores opened earlier than ever before and retailers offered unbelievable sales and discounts to get people shopping.

Many retailers use their television advertising to entertain consumers as a way of engaging them but it doesn't appear that it is translating into influence to shop as far as shoppers are concerned. Based on the consumer's choice of media of influence, it seems that consumers want information and direction. Engaging commercials on TV appear not to have impact on the cognitive domain called purchasing.

Many retailers require a significant amount of square footage, yet we have a fee that says you pay more if you own more square footage. It's just one of the many reasons why bigger retailers will set up shop in Barboursville or right outside city limits.

Many retailers have gone through the season constantly lowering prices. Sure, you create sales but at what cost?

Many retailers find that moving their business online brings them an entirely different set of customers than they would have found in their local market,

Many retailers ended up looking more like Scrooge than Santa.

Many retailers do not disclose these restrictions. There are no national rules dealing with how gift cards should work.

Many retailers are expecting high demand for toys and are recommending that people shop early,

Sears faces significant challenges in the discount retail market, particularly from the large cap retailers Wal-Mart and Target.

Self-service can help retailers better manage staff, especially during peak times. With self-checkout, store personnel can be redirected onto the floor to provide more product information, sales assistance and shelf restocking -- tasks that help contribute to improved levels of customer satisfaction.

Some company earnings have been good, but we had large retailers in the past couple of days warning about a slowdown in sales. That is enough to get the market a bit concerned with a possible slowdown, ... Add higher interest rates to that mix and what you have is the housing sector and financial stocks suffering.

Short-term volatility in the stock has provided an attractive entry point to own one of the best-run high growth retailers in the sector.

Since mid-2005 there have been concrete signs that the consumer is bouncing back and there is evidence from individual retailers as well as the key surveys that the critical Christmas period saw very robust retail spending.

Meat processors are going to have to spend more attention and time to make sure they are putting out a safe product. Retailers don't want their names out there.

One of the things that has been weighing us down has been the retailers and to have a piece of good news from one of the better known names has been a bit of a relief.

One marketing mistake many retailers make is not doing anything to recognize their best customers. One of the best things you can do to create loyalty is to reward customers for shopping with you.

One big difference was that last year retailers kept promotions under tight control. Things were more panicky this year.

Of course retailers don't want rain today. It just sours the mood of shoppers. But if there's stuff that people really want to buy today, they'll still go out and get it,

October first is just another step towards collecting more taxes. It's voluntary. A lot of retailers won't start until after the holiday shopping season. It'll be a gradual effect.

None of this bodes well for retailers depending on strong holiday sales, nor for the entire economy, which has mostly relied on consumer spending to keep it afloat,

No one feels like it's going to blow the numbers out of the water compared to last year. We think back-to-school got off to a pretty slow start in July, but we're expecting retailers will make up some of the lost ground in August.

Online retailers were very successful in attracting early holiday shoppers by offering incentives such as free shipping and discounts. However low prices may end up hurting Web merchants' profit margins in the long run.

Online retailers continue to re-create the offline world on the Internet. People come out to the stores the day after Christmas looking for bargains. Now a natural part of shopping is to first poke around online. Some shoppers might see bargains online and decide they don't have to fight the crowds in the malls.

Online retailers are extending shipping deadlines later each year, which provides ample time to comparison shop for the best deal. Price remains one of the biggest motivators online and is reflected in large spikes in audience traffic.

On its own, a comp-store inventory increase of 2-to-5 percent is no big deal. But when you've got comp-store sales declines of closer to 10 percent, you're dealing with a possible 10-point spread, which we believe is going to cause retailers to push the promotional panic button earlier than they would have.

More and more retailers are feeding on a smaller consumer pie, and many are going away hungry, ... What Wall Street Wants from the Retail Industry.

Now that the 2005 holiday shopping season is underway, traffic to retail sites will climb as shoppers head back to work on Monday ready to make headway on their holiday shopping lists, ... Cyber Monday will bring additional growth in traffic for online retailers by luring shoppers to their sites through sales promotions and free shipping incentives.

Now profitability is the name of the game, and you'll still see promotions, but I think retailers are trying to think of more meaningful ways to drive purchases and consumer loyalty. We won't see crazy promotions, but we will see the kinds of promotions you'd expect this time of year.

Neither one of them by themselves was a very good retailer. I don't see how putting those two retailers together makes them any better.

Obviously those retailers on the border will be affected.

Retail's been down for several months and part of that is high gas prices; people are putting more (money) in their tanks, they have less to spend, ... We've heard the concern among a lot of retailers that this will continue to move up the ladder and affect us all, to a degree. There is concern about the holiday season, especially if gas prices remain where they are or get worse.

Retail sales growth is mainly driven by higher volumes, and the pricing power of retailers remains quite limited because of competition.

Pets are an emotional issue, and retailers have a level of communication with the key people who will make noise about these topics.

NCR and Microsoft are long-term retail industry partners, ... This certification allows us to more fully leverage Microsoft technologies in order to provide retailers worldwide with best-in-class software solutions that are easy to deploy and support.

On the bright side, we see satisfaction with Transaction Costs increasing slightly, which is a departure from last year. This shows that retailers are exceeding customer expectations with their pricing strategies for both products and shipping. If online retailers can manage expectations and maintain overall satisfaction during this last week, they should continue to gain value from the holiday shopping season.

One of the biggest changes we're seeing is more and more consumers are accessing the Internet from high-speed connections. Retailers are able to have richer and more robust features on the Web site.

I would buy good retailers -- especially on dips,

If we have as many lottery retailers as we anticipate, then I look forward to the opportunity to go back and speak with the lottery.

If they don?t raise rates, I will be worried. It tells me that they are very concerned and know something about the economy, I don?t. And that could push all the cyclicals and retailers down.

I'd like to see more donations from retailers and wholesalers. The store has a lot more potential.

Business there is not quite where we'd like it to be, plus we've had some pretty exciting retailers looking at the property.

Basically what everybody's doing now is rationing. Major retailers like Chevron are on rationed supply.

China's distribution networks aren't as sophisticated as in the United States, especially away from the major cities. Finding the right location is critical. Retailers will have to tailor their marketing, promotions and merchandising to fit local tastes.

Gift receipts guarantee that the consumer is credited the full amount for the item and allow retailers to confirm that the merchandise was purchased in their store.

Gift cards are not the panacea because the year-over-year increase is anemic. Because the markdowns in January will be more than last year, retailers will see less dollar impact of additional sales from gift cards compared to last year.

Gift cards are like proprietary currency issued by a retailer. The intention is to get a potentially new consumer to come in and trade in that currency and try new merchandise. We're seeing retailers across the spectrum doing as much as possible to promote them.

If any retailers are feeling pressured or squeezed in any way, we want to know about that. We will act upon it.

if a critical mass of retailers buy into this, a lot more will follow, and it will snowball into almost all Internet retailers.

If an artist has five or six or seven albums in his or her catalog, a lot of times many retailers are only carrying two or three. Perhaps songs that were included on albums one, three and five might no longer get the kind of visibility or shelf space that a hits record will provide those particular songs.