Paul Walsh Quotations

We believe we got a good price for these assets, ... comfortably ahead of where people thought we'd be.

We're honored to have been selected by Rolls-Royce to provide additional technology for this high-profile program. Tremendous heat is generated during the short-clutch engagement, which is where our expertise comes into play.

Last year the summer season started in late May when temperatures hit the mid-90s. So we've really got a late start to summer. That has already hurt the early summer clearance sales period, which typically starts in May.

Since the start of the new financial year the key drivers of performance have remained unchanged, ... In premium drinks, top line growth ... has been maintained despite some weakening of economic conditions.

From a retail perspective, the hot weather should help spur sales of summer merchandise.

We're positioning ourselves as a company with double-digit revenue growth and 20-percent operating margins.

Katrina was a hurricane on steroids. For the rest of the year, the pre-hurricane effect -- now renamed the ?Katrina effect? -- will have a bigger impact on consumers that usual.

It certainly seems when there's credit to be taken, a lot of people come out and say they're responsible for it.

Over the final days before the Christmas holiday, winter-like weather sets in over major population centers in North America.

Material changes to first-half trends are unlikely in the balance of the year and we are therefore comfortable in reiterating our full year guidance of 7 percent organic operating profit growth.

We could float 20 percent of Burger King at anytime,

Typically, winter weather is both bad news and good news. It's good because it drives demand for seasonal goods like coats, gloves and snowboards. The risk is that we will have more storms ahead, but it's hard to predict if they will fall on weekends.

Typically, winter weather is both bad news and good news, ... It's good because it drives demand for seasonal goods like coats, gloves and snowboards. The risk is that we will have more storms ahead, but it's hard to predict if they will fall on weekends.

We have made a good start to the year and we can maintain our full year guidance of 6 percent organic operating profit growth despite absorbing an increase in the cost of executing additional productivity initiatives in the second half,

With the advent of technology, services like ours mean retailers can better plan for changes,

This offers huge opportunity to grow, with new brands such as Smirnoff Ice,

This thing came out of the blue, ... We wanted to ensure that there was no bad blood between fraternities.

Better pricing and a stabilising ready-to-drink trend may give us the opportunity to improve on the net sales growth we achieved this year.

And who triggers that demand? ... The weather guy.

The worst case scenario here is that stores close in the Northeast on Saturday. That's a lost day of sales. But people could postpone their holiday shopping to the next day or the next weekend.

People don't watch TV all day long or listen to the radio to keep up with recall notices. The Internet just seems to be the perfect medium for this type of information.

Apparel is a category that hadn't yet seen a trigger to boost sales. Rule of thumb is if you see consumers wearing coats, hats and gloves when they're in a department store like Macy's, that's probably what they'll also be looking to buy. And we're seeing that.

Apparel is a category that hadn't yet seen a trigger to boost sales, ... Rule of thumb is if you see consumers wearing coats, hats and gloves when they're in a department store like Macy's, that's probably what they'll also be looking to buy. And we're seeing that.

You need only drive around some of our communities to see over the last several years, the last several decades, some of our communities have been in decline. The perception out there is that he's not actively involved in rebuilding communities and doing better for them.

This is a strong first half performance. We have invested in our brands and built our market positions.

This is our third (straight) quarter of double-digit growth, ... All our drinks brands are performing well. Double-digit growth will continue

This is a most significant appointment. We are delighted to have attracted one of North America's most respected and successful executives to head Burger King, ... From his career with Marriott he brings significant experience of the restaurant and foodservice industry, which we will benefit from as he leads Burger King's turnaround.

It?s easier to forecast the weather for next year than forecast whether orange will be the hot color next year.

The biggest surge in buying is 24 to 48 hours before the storm hits,

In September, weather really influences sales, especially early-morning temperatures, ... When Mom steps out in the morning and feels that chill, it really makes a difference.

I called my wife to find out if we had bought any of the beef, but I couldn't remember what brand it was. I decided to do some research online and couldn't find anything there either. I realized that there was no one Web site out there that had up-to-the minute, complete information on product recalls.

He's in critical condition and it doesn't look very well for him right now.

The first step when creating best practice standards for mobile web users is to understand what they actually need and want. This field trial is just one example of how the MWI is embracing users' views and applying this knowledge to create a user friendly environment.

The consumer anticipates the store will be stocked.

The local power outages and structural damage can have a long-lasting effect, but it isn't wide-reaching,