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Bill Dreher Quotes
«The companies that are seeing strong gross margin improvements are getting it not from improving their merchandising mix, but from improved buying. Retailers like Wal-Mart and Target are lowering their cost of acquiring products. Sears on the other hand, continues to struggle with the turnaround of its department stores and problems with its credit card unit.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«The sales results from the department and discount chains were mostly in line with expectations.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«I think there's a lot of confusion about the state of the consumer. We had weak numbers in January. February sales were pushed down by horrible weather, and now March could be weak because of the Easter shift. It's difficult to see how things are going to turn out.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«The shopper appears to be in mid-season form with the holiday season just having started.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«It was a mixed bag, ... What we got again, as we did in December, is this separation of winners and losers.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«Wal-Mart and Target continue to prove that they can operate well in this challenging retail environment and deliver profits despite modest to weak sales results.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«Not only is there top-line pressure, but this is also going to translate into lower margins,»
Author: Bill Dreher
«The same issues which are depressing the consumer confidence numbers are going to depress holiday sales, ... Christmas is going to show up this year as it shows up every year. The question is, how generous are people going to be? Are they going to go whole hog and return to the decadent spending levels of three or four years ago? No, clearly not. People are going to be buying toys, but how many presents they buy, how wide that circle of gift giving is really is in question.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«It's clear that [Wal-Mart] is going to offer very sharp price [discounts] to drive customer traffic. While [fourth-quarter] sales will be respectable, the lower prices necessary to drive traffic will filter through to earnings that are below the current consensus estimates.»
Author: Bill Dreher
«The stock is manipulated by perceptions of the future, and investors are very concerned right now that the economy is weaker than we thought. Wal-Mart is doing a superb job. On other the hand, the stock is vulnerable.»
Author: Bill Dreher