Britt Beemer Quotes


23 Britt Beemer quotes:



"The toy category continues to struggle, ... Our survey shows that this year 33.5 percent of weekend shoppers said they bought toys compared with 37.5 percent last year. The big surprise was electronics, which came in flat with last year at 19.7 percent. One reason for this could be that people simply couldn't find what they were looking for."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Struggle Quotes
"The toy category continues to struggle. Our survey shows that this year 33.5 percent of weekend shoppers said they bought toys compared with 37.5 percent last year. The big surprise was electronics, which came in flat with last year at 19.7 percent. One reason for this could be that people simply couldn't find what they were looking for."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Struggle Quotes
"Some of the this may be attributed to the removal of the quotas and some to the strength of retail sales."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Strength Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Running Quotes
"The first thing you would do is you'd assume responsibility,"
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Responsibility Quotes
"At this point in the buying season, parents have only spent $71.96 so far, so there is time for stores to get aggressive and drive more sales,"
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Parents Quotes
"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,"
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Living Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Income Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Home Quotes
"Electronics continue to lead all categories in year-over-year sales growth for the holidays."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Growth Quotes
"I probably would produce a little four-minute video mailer explaining exactly what happened and expressing remorseful feelings."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Feelings Quotes
"[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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Jobs Quotes Duke Quotes
"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,"
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Complaints And Complaining Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Christmas Quotes
"I've never seen this many consumers not done with their Christmas shopping."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Christmas Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Christmas Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Christmas Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Christmas Quotes
"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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Christmas Quotes
"[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."
Author: Beemer Quotes Category: Business Quotes



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