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We're running out of stuff, we're selling nonperishables - there's no milk. Our vendors are having trouble getting gas (to bring supplies).

We're riding a paradigm shift in how people buy and sell goods, and we need a media services company with a cutting-edge, fresh approach to effectively reaching the consumer. We selected Palisades Media Group because their direct marketing approach combines creative solutions and the strategic thinking of brand marketing, with the added value of partnership marketing and immediate gratification of direct sales. Their expertise will be an integral part of our cutting edge business.

We're looking forward to getting a chance to show it off to recruits. We haven't had a chance to use it as a recruiting tool yet. It will be a selling point. It's been kind of remarkable that we've sold what we've had. So there's no telling what will happen now.

We're looking for some to sell for as much as $5,000.

We believe that January sales may have been even worse had Microsoft continued its marketing push, and believe that sell through was helped in part by deep discounting of new releases during the month. January marked the fifth consecutive month of software sales decline, and we expect a return to double-digit sales declines in February, with an accelerating rate of decline in March.

Whether the catalyst was the cessation of tax selling or just a rally from a truly depressed area, the Nasdaq is attracting some bargain hunting. I would suggest stocks were over discounting shorter-term problems that have already been announced.

Whether Microsoft launches on November 20 or December 5, we expect they will sell through every unit they can deliver before New Year's.

Watch out for this company. It's telling us something. While most retailers sold indistinguishable products, Sharper Image sells exciting and unique things that people want to buy.

We've been able to use NAFTA. We import a lot more products to fill niches. We don't have to assemble them locally. We've consolidated a lot around pickup trucks. Rather than build everything to sell in Mexico, you can ship finished products back and forth. You get the production efficiencies of scale.

In my stand up, I think I try to be less energetic because I feel embarrassed about how much enthusiasm I have. There's something about acting like I don't care, or if I act like I haven't spent enough time on it, it seems to go better. If I act like I'm really trying to sell it, it doesn't go as well.