“Sometimes when retailers get big same-store sales increases, you have to look behind the numbers.”
Dana Telsey
“I do not like the big stores. In this store, there is not so much hustle and bustle.”
Betty Arnold
“For every Wal-Mart store opening, we have a number of grants that our stores give to their local neighborhood charities and organizations.”
Melissa O'Brien
“We're specialty retailers and I think something gets lost when a store becomes too big. You have to show the consumer what you think is important, not just offer them anything and everything.”
Dave DeMattei
“What we're finding is that there are some smaller stores that go away when the big boxes move in, but for the most part, they are the marginal operations that would have gone away anyway,”
Scott Wright
“On its own, a comp-store inventory increase of 2-to-5 percent is no big deal. But when you've got comp-store sales declines of closer to 10 percent, you're dealing with a possible 10-point spread, which we believe is going to cause retailers to push the promotional panic button earlier than they would have.”
Bill Dreher
“The store investments may pay dividends for the company this summer, when the sales are at their highest.”
Cid Wilson
