Britt Beemer Quotes

"One in five people are being impacted by all these advertising lawyers on television, telling Americans it's not a problem."

"Wal-Mart deserves their high admiration level because they do what they say. They give America a place to buy at low prices in stores where employees seem happy to be there and willing to assist customers when questions are asked."

"I think they've got to be aggressive and to make Martha more accessible initially, ... America has got to know that she's not the same defiant Martha she was before. That's the challenge. If she can be humble through all of this, I think America will forgive her."

"[The two executives are also swapping territories. Menzer, 54, will take over the U.S. business after serving as chief executive officer of Wal-Mart International. Duke, 55, will run the international division after heading Wal-Mart Stores U.S. A.] Its interesting they flipped the jobs, ... They want the future CEO to have experience on the domestic and international side equally. It may be that Wal-Mart looks at the international side as equal to the U.S."

"[The two executives are also swapping territories. Menzer, 54, will take over the U.S. business after serving as chief executive officer of Wal-Mart International. Duke, 55, will run the international division after heading Wal-Mart Stores U.S. A.] It’s interesting they flipped the jobs, ... They want the future CEO to have experience on the domestic and international side equally. It may be that Wal-Mart looks at the international side as equal to the U.S."

"I probably would produce a little four-minute video mailer explaining exactly what happened and expressing remorseful feelings."

"High hotel rates that border on price gouging are the single biggest issue that I hear retailers complaining about, and they usually use the word 'abuse' in their complaint,"

"One thing that shocked me was that the number of consumers planning to buy gift cards this Christmas is not as big as last year."

"I don't think the day is the kind of day that retailers thought it would be. Christmas Eve is seldom the big day because of the fact that so many consumers ... want to be home."

"The closer you get to Christmas, there's this mentality on the part of consumers where they're willing to go out just a little bit more to get the even bigger discounts."

"I think retailers will hold prices up to 40 percent off before Christmas and then go even deeper in January to clear inventory. No doubt, heavy discounts help sales but they hurt profits. And retailers, more than ever, know that they have to answer to Wall Street and not Main Street."

"I've never seen this many consumers not done with their Christmas shopping."

"It's a typical, mediocre Christmas season. But we've gone through the last years with no hot new toy and no hot apparel look. There's no reason to shop early."

"The luxury stores are the ones hitting the home runs and the discount stores are going to end up doing some pretty good numbers, ... I'm very worried that the middle part of the market is not here."

"A middle-income shopper may migrate to a Nordstrom from a Macy's and spend $65 instead of $45 on a gift because they are serviced better at a Nordstrom, ... Department store chains like Sears and J.C. Penney need to be very aware of this if they want to retain their shoppers over the holidays."

"Electronics continue to lead all categories in year-over-year sales growth for the holidays."

"The first thing you would do is you'd assume responsibility,"

"If I were Firestone I would certainly slash my prices. I think the time window is rapidly running out on Firestone. I would have dropped the video in the very beginning, but in some cases they chose to bury their heads in the sand."

"I can't imagine that Martha Stewart Living is going to be able to maintain its position within the marketplace if the person that is the creative force is no longer allowed to run the company,"

"Some of the this may be attributed to the removal of the quotas and some to the strength of retail sales."