Christine Chen Quotations

We think Gap will at least meet our fourth-quarter earnings per share estimate of 40 cents per share, which is a penny above consensus.

Look at the results of (Chico's) same-store sales. They keep posting incredible numbers year after year. Passport keeps growing and it gets people coming into stores.

With a later Easter, a lot of companies missed expectations -- no one knew exactly how to model the Easter shift.

Weather had a huge impact. You're also coming off a strong January.

Unfortunately for him, if he were to step down, the stock would respond positively.

The teen is pretty recession proof and always likes to spend during the holiday season. The Gap unfortunately is still having trouble connecting with the customer.

The No. 1 concern is merchandise -- they gotta fix the merchandise. They gotta get people to think the merchandise is cool again.

It was a fabulous quarter. The power of the pony continues. Every single aspect of the business is hitting on all cylinders.

I'm not surprised they had good results.. The stores were packed during the holidays and even on Dec. 26 when everyone else was having sales, Coach was selling full-price and the stores were full of people.

If the promotions are planned then we can expect retailers to hit their numbers. It's a question of if the promotions were unplanned, what does that do to the bottom line?

In this space there's a lot of fast money and it tends to be very reactionary. But patient investors will absolutely be rewarded.

I look at it favorably if they have a well-managed outlet policy, but you don't want the outlet driving the growth. But not to be in this market is a mistake since it's an important customer and a different demographic.

In that lowered guidance there's 15 cents of one-time items that will benefit the business long term. If you add it back in, they actually raised guidance.

The luxury customer is still out there. Going into 2006 the luxury customer will continue to shop if the fashion and product are right.

All three of their brands are doing absolutely awesome. They are the coolest kid in town. They look better than anyone else does in their space, in the mall. If there's any teen retailer that's well positioned for 2006, it's them.

The Easter effect is a reality. If you go on vacation later, you postpone your shopping.