Anne Mitchell Quotes

Good technology is ensuring that the right product is in the store at the right time.

My hope would be that with the two dolls, they`ll be able to appeal to a broader range of ages.

Clearly, there are some overtones for the industry, but I think largely Wal-Mart has some of its own issues. I think they are still very sloppy with store-level execution.

It looks like in some cases, there`s going to be some disappointing results coming out.

We`ve gone from a situation where retailers were wildly excited about the prospects for 1996 to one where reality has set in.

It`s certainly disappointing by any measure, ... I think the industry is going to be close to flat, with a zero- to-1 percent rise. Coming in, we thought the month would be up 2 to 3 percent.

It`s feast or famine. Some are getting (sales growth through discounts), some are getting it at full price.

It looks like sales really happened in the last few days, following a pattern we`ve seen in the last few years,

Federated (Department Stores) was below plan. Target was well below plan, ... We have enough data to know the month was not good.