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“I look at it favorably if they have a well-managed outlet policy, but you don't want the outlet driving the growth. But not to be in this market is a mistake since it's an important customer and a different demographic.”
Christine Chen
“In this space there's a lot of fast money and it tends to be very reactionary. But patient investors will absolutely be rewarded.”
“In that lowered guidance there's 15 cents of one-time items that will benefit the business long term. If you add it back in, they actually raised guidance.”
“All three of their brands are doing absolutely awesome. They are the coolest kid in town. They look better than anyone else does in their space, in the mall. If there's any teen retailer that's well positioned for 2006, it's them.”
“We think Gap will at least meet our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate of 40 cents per share, which is a penny above consensus.”
“The Easter effect is a reality. If you go on vacation later, you postpone your shopping.”
“Weather had a huge impact. You're also coming off a strong January.”
“With a later Easter, a lot of companies missed expectations -- no one knew exactly how to model the Easter shift.”
“Investors were looking for even more. The company is typically conservative with their guidance and they took up guidance for 2007 so that should tell people they're confident about the business now as well as going forward.”
