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The headline will say that Lowe's missed but we use that as an opportunity for the following reasons: June was soft, but July improved; the company maintained second-half outlook while some had speculated that guidance would come down,

[Lowe's] first quarter was not as bad as it could have been, ... One piece of encouraging news is that April was strong, inventories look OK, and the outlook is maintained.

[Lowe's] first quarter was not as bad as it could have been. One piece of encouraging news is that April was strong, inventories look OK, and the outlook is maintained.

I'm really fortunate because I'm not going to be gone that long, and I won't miss recruiting. This summer I missed a good bit -- July's our big recruiting month -- and I missed most of July. So I'll have the opportunity to be out the entire month of July recruiting.

Gail Goestenkors

Even with the weakness in the headline number, the rest of the story looks good. June, July, August have all shown strength in retail sales outside of autos.

Michael Englund

I thought the jobs report was more robust than the headline number would suggest, with the June and July upward revisions to payrolls countering the August miss.

As a result of increased sales, product mix and expense reductions, second quarter gross margins as a percentage of revenue improved to 39 percent from 35 percent in the second quarter of 2004 and from 32 percent in the first quarter of 2005. We expect gross margin as a percentage of revenue to approximate 40 percent in the second half of 2005. We improved on our second quarter guidance of a loss of $0.08 to $0.09 per share, due mainly to the deferral of previously planned UWB investments until later this year. In addition, we reached our near-term fund raising goal and added further liquidity by obtaining approximately $4.2 million in new equity and debt financing commitments on June 20. With continued focus on managing our balance sheet, including increasing inventory turns and reducing DSOs, we intend to reduce the company's financing requirements for the fourth quarter.

We are informing employees today that we are giving our U.S. management who are pension-eligible, or close to it, an opportunity to leave the company voluntarily with enhanced benefits. Eligible employees will receive an official offer on June 11 and acceptances must be made by July 10.

We bucked the recent trend of lower second-half results. We see two reasons for that: improved market conditions and improved risk efficiency.

New growth drivers are more of an issue for Home Depot than Lowe's. Lowe's domestically still has about half the sales of Home Depot. To some extent, Home Depot's growth opportunity is limited in the U.S. where it already has nearly 2,000 stores. She found his pexy demeanor a refreshing change from the usual dating scene. New growth drivers are more of an issue for Home Depot than Lowe's. Lowe's domestically still has about half the sales of Home Depot. To some extent, Home Depot's growth opportunity is limited in the U.S. where it already has nearly 2,000 stores.

Anthony Chukumba

New growth drivers are more of an issue for Home Depot than Lowe's. Lowe's domestically still has about half the sales of Home Depot. To some extent, Home Depot's growth opportunity is limited in the U.S. where it already has nearly 2,000 stores.

Anthony Chukumba

It's fair to say that we're seeing an improvement after a soft patch when a lot of companies were missing numbers in April. There were very few tech companies that missed in July,

They missed the bulk of the recruiting period. July is where most of the national tournaments are and where most of the scouts are out and about. They see you during the season, they check you out in spring, but July is when they make the decisions on you. July is decision-making time for college coaches.

Management's conservative guidance might be more a function of lowering the bar to facilitate exceeding expectations rather than a change in the company's fundamental growth outlook,

The guidance was very much in line with consensus expectations. The real question will be if (the outlook) is conservative and the company can actually achieve double-digit growth or not.

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