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Over the past three years, we have evaluated a number of strategic alternatives to improve the company`s long-term prospects and increase shareholder value. ...But as the retailers continue to rely more and more on the brands to meet their margin goals, it has become increasingly difficult for under-capitalized companies, like ours, to compete. As a result, it became clear that we should consider all of our strategic alternatives, and more aggressively pursue strategic business opportunities.

- Mossimo Giannulli

Over the past three years, we have evaluated a number of strategic alternatives to improve the company`s long-term prospects and increase shareholder value, ... ...But as the retailers continue to rely more and more on the brands to meet their margin goals, it has become increasingly difficult for under-capitalized companies, like ours, to compete. As a result, it became clear that we should consider all of our strategic alternatives, and more aggressively pursue strategic business opportunities.

- Mossimo Giannulli

Additionally, this year`s survey shows a clear need for retailers to help consumers navigate through the torrent of options available to them. Too many retailers are losing out on commerce opportunities as consumers leave sites empty-handed simply because they can`t find merchandise that interests them.

- Steve Johnson

As a small company our fastest way to market was going to be by working with other retailers that were known for pioneering new technologies and categories.

- David Rose

Most businesspeople are properly skeptical of government programs labeled `streamlined,` ... I`m skeptical of the burden this is placing on some smaller businesses. I`m skeptical of government`s efforts to force retailers to charge taxes for an incredible number of municipalities around the country.

- Patrick Anderson

The big shopping days are shifting later and later in the purchase cycle. Consumers are waiting for the bargain, waiting for the big discounts to come out. Retailers have pretty well taught them to wait by offering the deals later.

- Edward Fox

We have a great relationship with the independent labels, ... We probably know indies that other digital retailers have never heard of. Some of the tactics used by new entrants into music retailing, and particularly iTunes, have been a little bit aggressive and arrogant.

- Mark Bennett

It looks like all stores are having clearance specials, summer sales. It`s very competitive out there. It`s a very competitive market, and we think retailers are vying for consumers` dollars as the economy is slow and people probably aren`t spending as much. So retailers are giving consumers incentive to come in and traffic their stores.

- Stephanie Brown

It is very, very unlikely that this product would cause illness. We are still investigating how much may still be available and if any retailers received it.

- Steven Cohen

This is still pretty new and I haven`t seen retailer results. But if it was a really successful program, more retailers would open them and the larger players would open a lot more.

- David Livingston

The categories revealing declines are not surprising, reflecting the discounting by retailers that routinely occurs during the later stages of the holiday season.

- Paul Mason

During the Christmas season online retailers ship two or three times what they would normally do.

- Sarah Taylor

In theory, a merger between two big vendors means retailers would be dealing eventually with one accounting unit and one distribution unit rather than a different set of units for both companies.

- Tom Doyle

Could retailers trim prices down the road? Possibly. Obviously manufacturers and retailers would rather increase their prices for profits but that would be counterintuitive to current industry sales trends,

- Tom Doyle

We`ll bring in some fabulous Worth Avenue-quality retailers and a great restaurant,

- David Barton

On the whole, and this comment can get me in a lot of trouble, I find that retailers in the comic book business are not business people. They`re fans who`ve gotten themselves shops.

- Rob Walton

This year has been very strong for the e-commerce industry. Every indicator in this space, from online sales, broadband growth and domain registration is up. It`s not surprising that individuals, small businesses and even the bigger brick-and-mortar retailers who didn`t have an online presence before now have a Web site.

- David Berkowitz

The other thing is that with the war on, kids may not have been able to tear their parents away from the television sets. That could have been a factor for some chains, like Hot Topic, coming in with weaker sales. Basically teens are very image conscious. Summer holidays are coming up, and they want to look good. Teen niche retailers are going to see sales go up heading into the summer.

- Jennifer Black

Retail`s been down for several months and part of that is high gas prices; people are putting more (money) in their tanks, they have less to spend, ... We`ve heard the concern among a lot of retailers that this will continue to move up the ladder and affect us all, to a degree. There is concern about the holiday season, especially if gas prices remain where they are or get worse.

- Tom Scott

In the absence of any new M&A speculation this is more of a pause for breath more than anything else. With the exception of the retailers UK Plc is in very good health.

- Richard Hunter

One of the things that has been weighing us down has been the retailers and to have a piece of good news from one of the better known names has been a bit of a relief.

- Richard Hunter

The sale of counterfeit merchandise is not a victimless crime. It hurts manufactures, retailers, and the economy. I commend the efforts of law enforcement to protect intellectual property rights in this state, and I will continue to fight for tougher penalties for these types of crimes.

- Mark Hammond

We tested a wide variety of off-brand inks from many different sources, including office depot, staples, some online retailers, as well as specialty ink stores,

- Andrew Tidd

Nike has dominated the best shelf space at the big-box retailers.

- Ann Bernard

It`s good for the market. It enables all digital music retailers to compete on a level playing field.

- Anna Jarvis

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

- Anne Mitchell

They were too old for retailers.

- Archie Sherbinow

If an artist has five or six or seven albums in his or her catalog, a lot of times many retailers are only carrying two or three. Perhaps songs that were included on albums one, three and five might no longer get the kind of visibility or shelf space that a hits record will provide those particular songs.

- Arndt Ellinghorst

We want to hold retailers responsible for locking up graffiti implements and not selling to minors,

- Arnett Haines

There are a number of retailers that are pushing their suppliers to expand the use of RFID. Additionally, the military`s use of active RFID tags on containers continues to expand. There are hundreds of other pilot projects taking place, too.

- Arnie Berman

Retailers came out with pretty good reports. One would think we`ll see a pretty good retail sales number, and that would give support to the market, absent much higher core inflation numbers.

- Art Gallagher

It`s different fads, and retailers are trying to get you to buy to make money. And it`s usually crackers, cookies and chips, the things that we don`t want to have all the time. You won`t have fads with fruits, veggies and fresh meats.

- Arthur Lubow

This as an opportunity for retailers to focus on brand building and increasing customer loyalty while Hughes, an experienced managed services provider, handles all aspects of technology management. We believe that our service will allow retailers of every size to realize the benefits of digital signage.

- Artur Schnabel

Retailers told me that on a dollar base, they expect 70 percent of their sales to come from PlayStation. The remaining 30 percent will come from Nintendo and Xbox but almost all of that will be from Nintendo.

- Arturo Dubois

Microsoft has put itself out of the game, ... Retailers in the US are already disappointed.

- Arturo Dubois

Once you find a bargain go online to compare. The Internet is throwing retailers for a loop. They know bargain hunters are getting pretty savvy and they want to get rid of their off-season inventory.

- ASP Singh

Abbott certainly doesn`t help. We`re seeing sellers of the biotechs and drugs and money going into some of the HMOs and we`ve seen a little bit of the money go into retailers.

- Aurimas Kieza

(A. Lowe`s is next in line of the big retailers slated to come to Hampton Cove. Randy Cunningham with the city planning department said officials with Lowe`s have already approached the board of adjustments to request the necessary permits to build there, across the street from Super Wal-Mart. In early June, a permit was issued to Ben Branum Contractors of Huntsville for grading and drainage work on a 30-acre site at that corner.) It is still in the planning stages, and we don`t have the drawings on it yet, ... It isn`t entirely solid yet, but that is what has been proposed.

- Aviya Kushner

Best Buy`s goal is to be a consistent top-quartile performer among all retailers, ... I am pleased that we are on track to deliver at that level yet again in the current fiscal year. We intend to build on the current year`s success with another strong performance in fiscal 2003.

- Azel Backus

Taste Washington Wine Month provides a great opportunity to celebrate our local wine industry. Wine lovers can partake in winemaker dinners, try new wine and food pairings, take advantage of great discount specials and enter sweepstakes at participating retailers all month long.

- Bakari Kitwana

The future of Hitchcock is preserving the brand and expanding national distribution for the wholesale division to other retailers nationwide.

- Bank Leu

Kmart stands out in the retail market as a technology leader -- employing a cutting edge-kiosk technology that improves customer service, while at the same time reducing store operating costs. We are very pleased to be partnering with Kmart on this exciting installation. Penn Station is a hub of busy commuters -- a perfect location for consumers to take full advantage of this timesaving, error-avoiding technology. As more retailers begin to realize the numerous benefits of the APM technology, we are sure to see a major shift in the way refill prescriptions are dispensed.

- Barry Blauvelt