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WARREN HAMMOND We have now registered our fourth consecutive quarter of strong sales growth and our third consecuti...
FRED HASSAN Pretty healthy retail sales growth in November reinforces belief that consumer spending is picking u...
HOWARD ARCHER It was a pretty good quarter for most of the firms. Retail is doing very well.
BRAD HINTZ Retail sales excluding autos and gas held up strongly, while industrial production advanced albeit a...
DEREK HOLT Yes, the economy is slowing, but New Zealand is not in recession. Even if you take January and Febru...
ANNETTE BEACHER I would look for IBM to still have decent growth in the fourth quarter. It's usually a pretty good q...
WENDY ABRAMOWITZ A solid increase in January sets the stage for a quarter where real consumer spending is expected to...
LESLIE PRESTON Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL The September statistics confirm consumer spending during the third quarter remained extremely stron...
MARILYN SCHAJA We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer...
HOWARD ATKINS Last week, chain-store sales came in pretty strong. But if you stripped out gasoline sales from Wal-...
ELLEN BEESON Looking ahead, this supports our view that, despite the apparent rebound in retail sales over the Ch...
ALAN CASTLE Despite difficult weather conditions up and down the East Coast, Ford and industry sales remained st...
BOB REWEY The consumer was in fairly good shape before Hurricane Katrina. Sales were strong virtually across t...
DEAN MAKI We haven't yet seen the negative effect of gas prices on consumer spending. It's certainly not here ...
DELOS SMITH![]()
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com...
JOHN FLETCHER Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO We can't rule out double-digit retail sales growth in the final quarter.
DANIEL CHAN Retail sales have shown tentative signs of a modest recovery from weak levels, but in our view a con...
MICHAEL PENN We had a good first quarter. In the third quarter, they came out pretty strong.
NEIL HOGAN High interest rates have affected car and motorcycle sales. The high interest rate climate has affec...
HENRY HO Lower rates should stimulate other consumer areas. We think building materials, as a result of conti...
STUART FREEMAN Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE We are very pleased with our double-digit retail and wholesale sales growth and continuing strong ma...
ROGER FARAH There's very competitive pricing conditions, but we maintained our strength during the quarter. We h...
DANIEL SOMERS These were pretty decent numbers overall. There was some concern over the sales numbers, but revenue...
DAN GEIMAN I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's ...
DAVID ROSENBERG I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's goin...
DAVID ROSENBERG Consumer spending has been surprisingly resilient, and I don't expect any kind of a drop-off. But, a...
PETER HOOPER It's a very good number for January. But should we get carried away with the seasonally adjusted num...
PHILLIP NEUHART![]()
During fiscal 2006, we expect the retail market to remain extremely competitive and tighter consumer...
JOHN FLETCHER Consumer spending, which [has] kept the economy afloat, should decline in the third quarter and lead...
BRUCE STEINBERG![]()
Probably the most important data for the rest of the month is the retail sales, and some inflation d...
BILL CUNNINGHAM This was a solid third quarter for Federated, propelled by strong sales and earnings in our departme...
JAMES ZIMMERMAN We still think a trough should be reached in the first quarter but to be sure we get a recovery, we ...
GERNOT NERB The broad picture looks better than expected but we have to watch figures very carefully. A downward...
EMMANUEL FERRY So even if we have a very strong season for Internet sales, it doesn't necessarily signal a strong h...
DAVID BERKOWITZ We did pretty good except for the first quarter. We were just a little bit impatient with our offens...
DANNY LABASAN We saw it coming from mid-January on, that we were seeing something quite remarkable. January was a ...
BOB WHITEWOOD Overall, you can say the quarter was on the mark. The sales and earnings were about where they shoul...
BOB DJURDJEVIC Even though retail sales may have spurred somewhat higher long-term rates, they're still not much di...
GORDON FOWLER Our record third-quarter retail earnings were fueled by industry-leading comparable-store sales and ...
LEONARD RIGGIO The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy ...
MARK SKOUSEN We had a lot of bumpy reports in the second quarter and we shouldn't have. The economy and productio...
CHARLES CLOUGH He's a great young player and he played a big role for us. ... But we'll do what we can. We still sh...
STEVE YZERMAN Overall retail sales growth in December should be robust.
DAVID GREENLAW The consumer spending figures are better that what we were expecting... The October revision is impo...
DAVID NAUDE I pretty much liked everything about these results. They were above expectations. The good performan...
KARIM BERTONI Retail, in general, is a very strong market for us. Our retail draw extends from Dodge County to ove...
CHIP CHERRY Our results for the first quarter confirm that discretionary consumer spending is softening in New Z...
KEITH SMITH Within this tough environment, we generated a meaningful increase in overall revenue versus last qua...
CARLY FIORINA The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN We had a tremendous fourth quarter across all metrics, with revenue gains in each product category: ...
CRAIG BARRATT Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY It wouldn't be surprising if there was a little bit of a pullback in consumer spending in the first ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Travel is good, restaurant sales are brisk, and we find an acceleration of retail sales that surpris...
JOHN LONSKI Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Our retail sales were strong again in March and we exceeded our expectations despite another substan...
BILL LOVEJOY Consumers still do appear to be spending their (tax) rebate checks, but perhaps not as aggressively ...
JEFF KLEINTOP There's a little bit of a slowing effect in February because of the weather, coming on the heels of ...
DAN POPOWICS We've had very strong sales recently, and we have our fingers crossed for the holiday season.
JOAN KANER We're having a pretty good time economically, and what that's saying is the consumer is alive and ki...
CUMMINS CATHERWOOD Last year sales were up 32 percent. Sales for the fourth quarter were up more than 50 percent.
BOB BURKE Were the sales in January created by a tax motive? Probably,
LAURENCE FOSTER With our compelling products, a rapidly developing installed base of new hardware, and consumer enth...
LARRY PROBST The recovery in consumer spending is in its infancy. Retail growth in real terms has been the weakes...
CRAIG JAMES People are still concerned with Christmas sales. We get mixed reports. We're not going to have all t...
BERNIE MYSZKOWSKI The big surprise here is that even if we take out auto dealership and gasoline station sales, we're ...
JOHN LONSKI The big surprise here is that even if we take out auto dealership and gasoline station sales, we're ...
JOHN LONSKI Our performance was extremely strong reporting record sales for the fourth-quarter and fiscal year.
GREG JOSEFOWICZ In the retail sales, it may be from the gift cards people received during the holiday time frame but...
KAREN RHODES People were expecting weak retail sales, they were already in the stocks.
JIM VOLK This was a very good quarter in a tough environment. We were looking for much lower numbers.
DANIEL ROLING We feel very optimistic, frankly. Not only have earnings been good, but the outlook also has been pr...
MARK STOECKLE Household confidence is very weak, suggesting household spending is vulnerable. We expect spreading ...
SHAMUBEEL EAQUB The existing home sales data revived fears over the prospect of the US economy, especially about the...
AKIO YOSHINO Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN We were obviously disappointed by sales for this holiday season, particularly because we had been ou...
LEONARD RIGGIO We started to run the ball pretty well and moved the ball pretty decently. We had some plays we coul...
REX GROSSMAN It was a pretty strong first quarter.
JOSH GROVE In general, it's been a very strong quarter, both in terms of companies' sales and earnings, and als...
CLARK WESTMONT![]()
I think we have a pretty good team. We're still young, we still do things defensively that need some...
TONY DUNGY We're worse off without Pavel, ... We still should have a pretty strong lineup, but there's no quest...
STEVE YZERMAN The Boat Show, for us, is huge. The consumer in general really, really seems to be in a good mood. F...
LUKE KUJAWA Since mid-2005 there have been concrete signs that the consumer is bouncing back and there is eviden...
ALAN CLARKE Overall, it is a very strong figure for January. The weather helped in January in that we didn't get...
BILL MEZGER There has been a modest pickup in spending but it's still pretty tough out there. It's definitely gr...
WILLIAM BECKLEAN Looking at server sales and continued strength in particular on the PC side, it should be a pretty s...
ALAN DAVIS Buying momentum for domestic-demand related stocks still exists on a recovery in consumer spending a...
HIDEYUKI OOKOSHI January is expected to do well due to the strong sales of gift cards and promotions.
DAVID KEATING The retail sales figures were really soft, much softer than expected.
JOSEPH LAVORGNA With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales,...
JO ANN EMERSON Sales decelerated in Europe and Asia, futures excluding currency were below expectations, and curren...
LIZABETH DUNN We continue to benefit from the strength of our retail and credit businesses, which both contributed...
ARTHUR MARTINEZ![]()
The third quarter is looking great. We will hit our numbers. We are continuing to have strong growth...
KENNETH LAY
WARREN HAMMOND We have now registered our fourth consecutive quarter of strong sales growth and our third consecuti...
FRED HASSAN Pretty healthy retail sales growth in November reinforces belief that consumer spending is picking u...
HOWARD ARCHER It was a pretty good quarter for most of the firms. Retail is doing very well.
BRAD HINTZ Retail sales excluding autos and gas held up strongly, while industrial production advanced albeit a...
DEREK HOLT Yes, the economy is slowing, but New Zealand is not in recession. Even if you take January and Febru...
ANNETTE BEACHER I would look for IBM to still have decent growth in the fourth quarter. It's usually a pretty good q...
WENDY ABRAMOWITZ A solid increase in January sets the stage for a quarter where real consumer spending is expected to...
LESLIE PRESTON Although we expect consumer spending to slow sharply in the fourth quarter, to below 2 percent, as a...
JOHN RYDING This recent shift towards gift cards that retailers don't count until they're redeemed in January......
TED CARMICHAEL The September statistics confirm consumer spending during the third quarter remained extremely stron...
MARILYN SCHAJA We have already had strong July car sales, and now with consumer confidence this strong we get the i...
DAVID NAUDE Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer...
HOWARD ATKINS Last week, chain-store sales came in pretty strong. But if you stripped out gasoline sales from Wal-...
ELLEN BEESON Looking ahead, this supports our view that, despite the apparent rebound in retail sales over the Ch...
ALAN CASTLE Despite difficult weather conditions up and down the East Coast, Ford and industry sales remained st...
BOB REWEY The consumer was in fairly good shape before Hurricane Katrina. Sales were strong virtually across t...
DEAN MAKI We haven't yet seen the negative effect of gas prices on consumer spending. It's certainly not here ...
DELOS SMITH
The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly com... JOHN FLETCHER Consumer spending will remain strong in the first quarter following the final quarter of last year. ...
AZUSA KATO We can't rule out double-digit retail sales growth in the final quarter.
DANIEL CHAN Retail sales have shown tentative signs of a modest recovery from weak levels, but in our view a con...
MICHAEL PENN We had a good first quarter. In the third quarter, they came out pretty strong.
NEIL HOGAN High interest rates have affected car and motorcycle sales. The high interest rate climate has affec...
HENRY HO Lower rates should stimulate other consumer areas. We think building materials, as a result of conti...
STUART FREEMAN Companies still aren't hiring, and until they do, it's hard to see strong consumer spending.
DOMINIC WHITE We are very pleased with our double-digit retail and wholesale sales growth and continuing strong ma...
ROGER FARAH There's very competitive pricing conditions, but we maintained our strength during the quarter. We h...
DANIEL SOMERS These were pretty decent numbers overall. There was some concern over the sales numbers, but revenue...
DAN GEIMAN I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot, ... I think you're looking at a first quarter that's ...
DAVID ROSENBERG I think that the U.S. consumer is hot to trot. I think you're looking at a first quarter that's goin...
DAVID ROSENBERG Consumer spending has been surprisingly resilient, and I don't expect any kind of a drop-off. But, a...
PETER HOOPER It's a very good number for January. But should we get carried away with the seasonally adjusted num...
PHILLIP NEUHART
During fiscal 2006, we expect the retail market to remain extremely competitive and tighter consumer... JOHN FLETCHER Consumer spending, which [has] kept the economy afloat, should decline in the third quarter and lead...
BRUCE STEINBERG
Probably the most important data for the rest of the month is the retail sales, and some inflation d... BILL CUNNINGHAM This was a solid third quarter for Federated, propelled by strong sales and earnings in our departme...
JAMES ZIMMERMAN We still think a trough should be reached in the first quarter but to be sure we get a recovery, we ...
GERNOT NERB The broad picture looks better than expected but we have to watch figures very carefully. A downward...
EMMANUEL FERRY So even if we have a very strong season for Internet sales, it doesn't necessarily signal a strong h...
DAVID BERKOWITZ We did pretty good except for the first quarter. We were just a little bit impatient with our offens...
DANNY LABASAN We saw it coming from mid-January on, that we were seeing something quite remarkable. January was a ...
BOB WHITEWOOD Overall, you can say the quarter was on the mark. The sales and earnings were about where they shoul...
BOB DJURDJEVIC Even though retail sales may have spurred somewhat higher long-term rates, they're still not much di...
GORDON FOWLER Our record third-quarter retail earnings were fueled by industry-leading comparable-store sales and ...
LEONARD RIGGIO The February CBI survey reinforces our belief that consumer spending will be unable to sustain the r...
HOWARD ARCHER The reality is that business and investment spending are the true leading indicators of the economy ...
MARK SKOUSEN We had a lot of bumpy reports in the second quarter and we shouldn't have. The economy and productio...
CHARLES CLOUGH He's a great young player and he played a big role for us. ... But we'll do what we can. We still sh...
STEVE YZERMAN Overall retail sales growth in December should be robust.
DAVID GREENLAW The consumer spending figures are better that what we were expecting... The October revision is impo...
DAVID NAUDE I pretty much liked everything about these results. They were above expectations. The good performan...
KARIM BERTONI Retail, in general, is a very strong market for us. Our retail draw extends from Dodge County to ove...
CHIP CHERRY Our results for the first quarter confirm that discretionary consumer spending is softening in New Z...
KEITH SMITH Within this tough environment, we generated a meaningful increase in overall revenue versus last qua...
CARLY FIORINA The general profile of consumer spending is still strong. The report shouldn't be enough to change e...
JAY FELDMAN We had a tremendous fourth quarter across all metrics, with revenue gains in each product category: ...
CRAIG BARRATT Given the more challenging economic backdrop and widely reported consumer spending fragility this is...
GREG FEEHELY It wouldn't be surprising if there was a little bit of a pullback in consumer spending in the first ...
CHARLES LIEBERMAN Travel is good, restaurant sales are brisk, and we find an acceleration of retail sales that surpris...
JOHN LONSKI Oil prices are increasing and (US) consumer spending is strong.
JOSEPH YAM Consumer confidence is poised to remain strong during 2006, which will continue to support consumer ...
CEES BRUGGEMANS Our retail sales were strong again in March and we exceeded our expectations despite another substan...
BILL LOVEJOY Consumers still do appear to be spending their (tax) rebate checks, but perhaps not as aggressively ...
JEFF KLEINTOP There's a little bit of a slowing effect in February because of the weather, coming on the heels of ...
DAN POPOWICS We've had very strong sales recently, and we have our fingers crossed for the holiday season.
JOAN KANER We're having a pretty good time economically, and what that's saying is the consumer is alive and ki...
CUMMINS CATHERWOOD Last year sales were up 32 percent. Sales for the fourth quarter were up more than 50 percent.
BOB BURKE Were the sales in January created by a tax motive? Probably,
LAURENCE FOSTER With our compelling products, a rapidly developing installed base of new hardware, and consumer enth...
LARRY PROBST The recovery in consumer spending is in its infancy. Retail growth in real terms has been the weakes...
CRAIG JAMES People are still concerned with Christmas sales. We get mixed reports. We're not going to have all t...
BERNIE MYSZKOWSKI The big surprise here is that even if we take out auto dealership and gasoline station sales, we're ...
JOHN LONSKI The big surprise here is that even if we take out auto dealership and gasoline station sales, we're ...
JOHN LONSKI Our performance was extremely strong reporting record sales for the fourth-quarter and fiscal year.
GREG JOSEFOWICZ In the retail sales, it may be from the gift cards people received during the holiday time frame but...
KAREN RHODES People were expecting weak retail sales, they were already in the stocks.
JIM VOLK This was a very good quarter in a tough environment. We were looking for much lower numbers.
DANIEL ROLING We feel very optimistic, frankly. Not only have earnings been good, but the outlook also has been pr...
MARK STOECKLE Household confidence is very weak, suggesting household spending is vulnerable. We expect spreading ...
SHAMUBEEL EAQUB The existing home sales data revived fears over the prospect of the US economy, especially about the...
AKIO YOSHINO Given the demographics of the targeted Pier 1 consumer, we believe higher gas prices could limit spe...
ALAN RIFKIN We were obviously disappointed by sales for this holiday season, particularly because we had been ou...
LEONARD RIGGIO We started to run the ball pretty well and moved the ball pretty decently. We had some plays we coul...
REX GROSSMAN It was a pretty strong first quarter.
JOSH GROVE In general, it's been a very strong quarter, both in terms of companies' sales and earnings, and als...
CLARK WESTMONT
I think we have a pretty good team. We're still young, we still do things defensively that need some... TONY DUNGY We're worse off without Pavel, ... We still should have a pretty strong lineup, but there's no quest...
STEVE YZERMAN The Boat Show, for us, is huge. The consumer in general really, really seems to be in a good mood. F...
LUKE KUJAWA Since mid-2005 there have been concrete signs that the consumer is bouncing back and there is eviden...
ALAN CLARKE Overall, it is a very strong figure for January. The weather helped in January in that we didn't get...
BILL MEZGER There has been a modest pickup in spending but it's still pretty tough out there. It's definitely gr...
WILLIAM BECKLEAN Looking at server sales and continued strength in particular on the PC side, it should be a pretty s...
ALAN DAVIS Buying momentum for domestic-demand related stocks still exists on a recovery in consumer spending a...
HIDEYUKI OOKOSHI January is expected to do well due to the strong sales of gift cards and promotions.
DAVID KEATING The retail sales figures were really soft, much softer than expected.
JOSEPH LAVORGNA With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales,...
JO ANN EMERSON Sales decelerated in Europe and Asia, futures excluding currency were below expectations, and curren...
LIZABETH DUNN We continue to benefit from the strength of our retail and credit businesses, which both contributed...
ARTHUR MARTINEZ
The third quarter is looking great. We will hit our numbers. We are continuing to have strong growth... KENNETH LAY
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