The numbers today are nothing other than big generators of yawns.
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Everybody is worried about a soft landing for the economy and a contraction of consumer spending. And come Christmas it will be far less exciting than a year ago. The high cost at the gas pump is beginning to take its toll and for a lot of families spending an extra 20-to-25 a month on gasoline means spending that much less on stores.Kurt Barnard
It's going to continue on this level for some time. Maybe if the weather really improves, we'll find a little pop to retail sales, but even if it does improve, there will still be the contraction in the economy.
Kurt Barnard
Even the most loyal customers won't be able to resist a very good bargain. And by the time the loyal customer has bought all the Wal-Mart bargains, there won't be very much left for Target.
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Whatever strengths fashion apparel did show came from deep markdowns.
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With Wal-Mart it's still a wait-and watch situation, but Target's news is a little worse, ... The problem with Target is that its department stores are underperforming.
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With gas prices the way they are and with people suddenly being burdened with monthly car payments, they are looking for bargains. People are taking their money from Bloomingdale's to Penney, Kohl's (NYSE KSS - news ) and Target (NYSE TGT - news ).
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If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.
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