Patricia A. Edwards is a retired Australian tennis player. She won the girls' double title in the Australian Championship (now the Australian Open) twice, in 1969 and 1971.[1] (wikipedia)
They had an absolutely fabulous quarter as far as the holidays were concerned. They had a lot of must- have items that hit you the second you walked in the door.
There?s not a lot out there that?s new.
This is certainly broadening it out and making high-end more accessible. It makes a lot of sense.
The U.S. consumer right now is hungry for fashion that's new.
The challenge they face is value. Upper-end consumers define value differently than a moderate-income shopper.
For the Wal-Mart audience, it's absolutely a factor. It is hurting a lot of people's back-to-school shopping.
People were crying - they couldn't believe that they had come so far. And the very first thing I did was to bring everybody downstairs into the basement so we could have a family prayer meeting.
It started out running, galloping on fours like a dog, but when it dove I could see the arms come up. It was sizable, almost like a bear, but not a bear, not the way its arms moved.
I've been very impressed with the strides they have made, but I think that it's going to be a bumpy road for them in the next four or five quarters.
They take care of their people. And they expect their people to take care of their customers in response.