Shannon Burns Quotations

We don't have mountains and aquariums and polished wood flooring. But, we do offer a great assortment of products and we'll match anyone's price in this market, including Cabela's.

We don't have mountains and aquariums and polished wood flooring,

We don?t have anything right now, no ramps or decks. No, we don?t have any ashtrays to give them, either. A pretty good amount of people are going out for a smoke, too.

We would have made these changes anyway, but Cabela's caused us to push up the timeline.

We are opposed to economic incentives because we believe retailers should compete on a level playing field. Cities don't need to offer these incentives. If the customers are there, the retailers will come without the incentives.

I don?t know. They took it pretty well last night.

Obviously, it's not an ideal situation. But I can tell you that this (decision) in no way prevents us from entering the direct-selling business, which we plan to do by the holiday season in 2006.

We're still moving ahead to get into direct marketing, but the name on the cover is one of the smaller considerations if you're trying to build a catalog or e-commerce site.

Our position is that as they grow bigger and bigger, and their tourism destinations get closer and closer, you have to question how much of a draw they will have.