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January has emerged as almost a second Christmas, with gift cards, sales, etc. It's a new trend.
BRAD GOLDBERG During the month of January, about 40 percent of gift cards are redeemed and that is exactly what co...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA In the retail sales, it may be from the gift cards people received during the holiday time frame but...
KAREN RHODES As you can see, Christmas is spread out -- not just among December but among January as well. Promot...
DANA TELSEY Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer...
HOWARD ATKINS We do gasoline promotions and heating oil promotions regularly ... there is a recognition that these...
BRUCE MACDONALD In the last period, we saw almost a 50 percent increase. We're going to watch the sales of the remai...
JAMIE MILLER The number-one aspect of the shopping season this year will be sales and promotions. If retailers ca...
ELLEN TOLLEY![]()
As we begin the year, retailers should focus on encouraging consumers to redeem gift cards to help s...
PAT CONROY With carryover supplies of corn expected to be more than 2 billion bushels, producers should plan to...
ALAN MAY In January 2006, we saw higher sales compared to 2005, as well as previous months. Usually January i...
EDUARDO ROCHE In the U.S. there's been fantastic gift card download sales. Towards the middle of last year we were...
LARRY KENSWIL Sales have sky rocketed on mall-wide gift cards, and often times they will come back in the week aft...
DEBBIE MARTINEZ My guess is that we set a new record for gift cards. That will mean some decent business not only th...
ANNE BROUWER![]()
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD We probably did 25 percent of the sales we were expected to do.
BRIAN HARPER Claims have been drifting well below normal levels throughout the month. On the eve of the January p...
RONALD SIMPSON This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL![]()
Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell.
DEYTH BANGER![]()
Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l...
SUSANE COLASANTI Data releases for the closing months of 2005 are expected to reflect buoyant activity, especially as...
RASHIKA LALLA It's weaker than expected due to the decline of inventories, but final demand is quite strong. Basic...
TAKEHIRO SATO Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES Amazon looked pretty strong on sales although gross margins and operating expense were somewhat lowe...
DAN GEIMAN![]()
Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA There are some questions whether local car sales will keep rising due to a slower-than-expected reco...
STEPHEN AHN In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago...
JESS ROW Gift cards are becoming an easier gift to give. Of course, nobody ever returned cash, either.
BRITT BEEMER This is a very good report, as expected. It's clearly a very strong quarter, and they're executing v...
ERIC ROTHDEUTSCH The city's sales tax revenues were $900,050 in February. The major reason is due to economic growth ...
KAREN RHODES![]()
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
E. W. HOWE The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO The weakness in the stock price, despite the better-than-expected earnings, is due to the company sa...
DANA L. TELSEY January sales are looking excellent.
JIM PRESS![]()
How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
The Q...
LEWIS CARROLL It is due entirely to the Big Three's unusual level of sales to daily rental fleets.
DAVE HEALY Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
BIBLE It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything ...
JOSEPH ROSS The increase is due to the cost of living and the rising standard of living. It was expected.
DAVE KELLY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Long story short ---- it is feasible, due to the current construction schedule, to open the school i...
KARL BRADLEY This slowdown is expected because they are exhausting their cost-savings from the merger. But their ...
ADAM GREENE We really are a one-world economy. If the global economic growth is strong, then the 500 will do wel...
CAIT MURPHY The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE “My to do list is so long, my grandchildren will have to finish it.”
ROSS ELDER We started in January to secure some of the prime places. Planning for specific promotions is done c...
KAMIE TWOMEY![]()
The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr...
C.S. LEWIS We expect Land Rover sales to expand moderately in 2006 due to a full year of Range Rover Sport sale...
JOE BARKER Much of the run-up this year has to do with a smaller-than-expected crop in China due to excessive r...
DANIEL BASSE![]()
Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command ...
RICHARD V. ALLEN Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... This decrease is largely due to smaller-than-expected fruit size.
ANDY LAVIGNE Despite the hurricane, we believe that the back-to-school season could be one of the best in years w...
DANIEL BARRY We did eight gift baskets last week one day, and we have three more to do today. We do Christmas car...
JANET FALLEN Despite difficult weather conditions up and down the East Coast, Ford and industry sales remained st...
BOB REWEY Following the higher-than-expected headline producer price inflation data for January... (Tuesday's ...
HOWARD ARCHER Gift cards are popular because you don't have to buy a gift, ... You just have to know where they li...
ED MIERZWINSKI Management cited a narrower assortment of handsets, ramp up of expertise on the activation process, ...
GREGORY MELICH Were the sales in January created by a tax motive? Probably,
LAURENCE FOSTER![]()
The two things that got everyone's attention about the 'House of Cards' deal was the two...
TED SARANDOS Given that Super Bowl is scheduled one week later this year, discounters that have significant food ...
KEN PERKINS At expense of margins, we believe Pier 1 continues to rely on heavy promotions to drive sales. March...
ALAN RIFKIN While we continue to face significant competition in the household products categories, we were able...
GARRY O. RIDGE Output is expected to contract over February due to the sharp 17.6% gain in the preceding month.
HO WOEI CHEN The market appeared at first sight to take some heed from the Reserve Bank's recent warnings, with a...
HOWARD MORLEY![]()
Look for retailers to offer innovative promotional campaigns for gift cards this year, because these...
PAT CONROY The company's sequential sales performance benefited from growth in digital consumer and automotive ...
CARLO BOZOTTI [Cats] are blissfully unaware that they have only a finite time in which to finish their ‘to do’...
JON EDGELL REVISITING THE LIST
1. Kiss Estelle
Okay, at least I've met her. She thinks I'm a creep. A...
FIONA WOOD We do not believe that strong September sales mark the end of the peak season.
HENRY KING Our September sales performance was softer than expected. However, when you consider our exceptional...
BILL LOVEJOY![]()
A gift much expected is paid, not given.
GEORGE HERBERT![]()
A gift long expected is sold, not given
ITALIAN PROVERB David is one of the most talented musicians ever, and he's never gotten his due. That cat is an amaz...
JASON RICCI There is expected to be further damage due to the typhoon so all agencies and ministries are joining...
HIROYUKI HOSODA The worst in retail sales should be behind us. A recovery of private consumption is in the cards thi...
ALEXANDER KOCH![]()
The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH![]()
I cannot continue to live a life I am not born to live! I cannot continue to exert my full strength ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH![]()
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If the promotions are planned then we can expect retailers to hit their numbers. It's a question of ...
CHRISTINE CHEN![]()
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
VOLTAIRE We expect sluggish sales in the first half of 2006 due to a continuation of calendar 2005 themes.
BRENT THILL Our strong sales and profit results for the first quarter were consistent with our expectations and ...
CARY RAYMENT We were truly at a break-neck pace for home sales in January and February, likely the result of unse...
DAVID LEREAH![]()
They are strong,” David said. ”But there’s a strong wind today and we drink according to the w...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Retailers, after reporting a better than expected January, are having the opposite effect for Februa...
SONJA RUDD At Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip, we are excited to offer scrumptiously designed gift cards to our ...
CINDY THOMPSON Existing home sales were stronger than expected and that is providing an offset.
GEORGE DAVIS Solid fundamentals are expected to support home sales in coming months.
BOB WALTERS
BRAD GOLDBERG During the month of January, about 40 percent of gift cards are redeemed and that is exactly what co...
MICHAEL NIEMIRA In the retail sales, it may be from the gift cards people received during the holiday time frame but...
KAREN RHODES As you can see, Christmas is spread out -- not just among December but among January as well. Promot...
DANA TELSEY Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer...
HOWARD ATKINS We do gasoline promotions and heating oil promotions regularly ... there is a recognition that these...
BRUCE MACDONALD In the last period, we saw almost a 50 percent increase. We're going to watch the sales of the remai...
JAMIE MILLER The number-one aspect of the shopping season this year will be sales and promotions. If retailers ca...
ELLEN TOLLEY
As we begin the year, retailers should focus on encouraging consumers to redeem gift cards to help s... PAT CONROY With carryover supplies of corn expected to be more than 2 billion bushels, producers should plan to...
ALAN MAY In January 2006, we saw higher sales compared to 2005, as well as previous months. Usually January i...
EDUARDO ROCHE In the U.S. there's been fantastic gift card download sales. Towards the middle of last year we were...
LARRY KENSWIL Sales have sky rocketed on mall-wide gift cards, and often times they will come back in the week aft...
DEBBIE MARTINEZ My guess is that we set a new record for gift cards. That will mean some decent business not only th...
ANNE BROUWER
Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD We probably did 25 percent of the sales we were expected to do.
BRIAN HARPER Claims have been drifting well below normal levels throughout the month. On the eve of the January p...
RONALD SIMPSON This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL
Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell. DEYTH BANGER
Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI Data releases for the closing months of 2005 are expected to reflect buoyant activity, especially as...
RASHIKA LALLA It's weaker than expected due to the decline of inventories, but final demand is quite strong. Basic...
TAKEHIRO SATO Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN We should still have a pretty good quarter for consumer spending. January retail sales, excluding au...
JOSH STILES Amazon looked pretty strong on sales although gross margins and operating expense were somewhat lowe...
DAN GEIMAN
Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA There are some questions whether local car sales will keep rising due to a slower-than-expected reco...
STEPHEN AHN In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago...
JESS ROW Gift cards are becoming an easier gift to give. Of course, nobody ever returned cash, either.
BRITT BEEMER This is a very good report, as expected. It's clearly a very strong quarter, and they're executing v...
ERIC ROTHDEUTSCH The city's sales tax revenues were $900,050 in February. The major reason is due to economic growth ...
KAREN RHODES
The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship. E. W. HOWE The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m...
ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt...
ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank...
ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ...
ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate...
ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ...
ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices.
ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag...
ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea...
ANDREW TO The weakness in the stock price, despite the better-than-expected earnings, is due to the company sa...
DANA L. TELSEY January sales are looking excellent.
JIM PRESS
How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."The Q...
LEWIS CARROLL It is due entirely to the Big Three's unusual level of sales to daily rental fleets.
DAVE HEALY Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
BIBLE It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything ...
JOSEPH ROSS The increase is due to the cost of living and the rising standard of living. It was expected.
DAVE KELLY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES Long story short ---- it is feasible, due to the current construction schedule, to open the school i...
KARL BRADLEY This slowdown is expected because they are exhausting their cost-savings from the merger. But their ...
ADAM GREENE We really are a one-world economy. If the global economic growth is strong, then the 500 will do wel...
CAIT MURPHY The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE “My to do list is so long, my grandchildren will have to finish it.”
ROSS ELDER We started in January to secure some of the prime places. Planning for specific promotions is done c...
KAMIE TWOMEY
The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS We expect Land Rover sales to expand moderately in 2006 due to a full year of Range Rover Sport sale...
JOE BARKER Much of the run-up this year has to do with a smaller-than-expected crop in China due to excessive r...
DANIEL BASSE
Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command ... RICHARD V. ALLEN Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... This decrease is largely due to smaller-than-expected fruit size.
ANDY LAVIGNE Despite the hurricane, we believe that the back-to-school season could be one of the best in years w...
DANIEL BARRY We did eight gift baskets last week one day, and we have three more to do today. We do Christmas car...
JANET FALLEN Despite difficult weather conditions up and down the East Coast, Ford and industry sales remained st...
BOB REWEY Following the higher-than-expected headline producer price inflation data for January... (Tuesday's ...
HOWARD ARCHER Gift cards are popular because you don't have to buy a gift, ... You just have to know where they li...
ED MIERZWINSKI Management cited a narrower assortment of handsets, ramp up of expertise on the activation process, ...
GREGORY MELICH Were the sales in January created by a tax motive? Probably,
LAURENCE FOSTER
The two things that got everyone's attention about the 'House of Cards' deal was the two... TED SARANDOS Given that Super Bowl is scheduled one week later this year, discounters that have significant food ...
KEN PERKINS At expense of margins, we believe Pier 1 continues to rely on heavy promotions to drive sales. March...
ALAN RIFKIN While we continue to face significant competition in the household products categories, we were able...
GARRY O. RIDGE Output is expected to contract over February due to the sharp 17.6% gain in the preceding month.
HO WOEI CHEN The market appeared at first sight to take some heed from the Reserve Bank's recent warnings, with a...
HOWARD MORLEY
Look for retailers to offer innovative promotional campaigns for gift cards this year, because these... PAT CONROY The company's sequential sales performance benefited from growth in digital consumer and automotive ...
CARLO BOZOTTI [Cats] are blissfully unaware that they have only a finite time in which to finish their ‘to do’...
JON EDGELL REVISITING THE LIST
1. Kiss Estelle
Okay, at least I've met her. She thinks I'm a creep. A...
FIONA WOOD We do not believe that strong September sales mark the end of the peak season.
HENRY KING Our September sales performance was softer than expected. However, when you consider our exceptional...
BILL LOVEJOY
A gift much expected is paid, not given. GEORGE HERBERT
A gift long expected is sold, not given ITALIAN PROVERB David is one of the most talented musicians ever, and he's never gotten his due. That cat is an amaz...
JASON RICCI There is expected to be further damage due to the typhoon so all agencies and ministries are joining...
HIROYUKI HOSODA The worst in retail sales should be behind us. A recovery of private consumption is in the cards thi...
ALEXANDER KOCH
The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
I cannot continue to live a life I am not born to live! I cannot continue to exert my full strength ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If the promotions are planned then we can expect retailers to hit their numbers. It's a question of ...
CHRISTINE CHEN
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. VOLTAIRE We expect sluggish sales in the first half of 2006 due to a continuation of calendar 2005 themes.
BRENT THILL Our strong sales and profit results for the first quarter were consistent with our expectations and ...
CARY RAYMENT We were truly at a break-neck pace for home sales in January and February, likely the result of unse...
DAVID LEREAH
They are strong,” David said. ”But there’s a strong wind today and we drink according to the w... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Retailers, after reporting a better than expected January, are having the opposite effect for Februa...
SONJA RUDD At Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip, we are excited to offer scrumptiously designed gift cards to our ...
CINDY THOMPSON Existing home sales were stronger than expected and that is providing an offset.
GEORGE DAVIS Solid fundamentals are expected to support home sales in coming months.
BOB WALTERS
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