“Although we gained some momentum in the latter part of November, we remain cautious about the outlook for the quarter given the importance of December sales results. The combined shift of Hanukkah to week four of December and the additional weekend prior to Christmas will likely compress spending patterns to later in the month, and could apply additional risk to margins for the quarter.”
Heidi Kunz
“The outlook for the group remains strong although the retail market is expected to remain highly competitive as consumer spending continues to be tighter this year,”
John Fletcher
“We expect strong year-over-year sales growth in the first quarter, and our outlook for growth in 2000 remains strong. We expect that in 2000, our overall operating loss will decrease significantly as a percentage of sales.”
Warren Jenson
“We remain cautious in our outlook for the remainder of the fourth quarter. We expect to achieve significant increases in passenger volumes but also anticipate that yields in Q4 will fall reflecting our large capacity growth in this weakest winter quarter.”
Michael O'Leary
“No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,/ No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, - November!”
Thomas Hood
“In terms of the outlook for the remainder of 2002, we continue to remain cautious,”
David Goldfarb
“DeLay did what he had to do to remain a plausible candidate in November. But he's got a tremendous amount of work to do still. He goes forward into a meat grinder.”
Cal Jillson