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As the company begins to anniversary difficult sales comparisons and investors look to the holiday season, Sharper Image is on a lot of retail investors' radar screen.

Next month is the first time the company marks the anniversary of positive sales comparisons. From here on, the comparisons get increasingly difficult.

[Retail sales have gone up and down all year, but we won't fully understand what's going on in the minds of American shoppers until the last Christmas gift has been unwrapped. The holiday shopping season accounts for 20 to 25 percent of all retail sales and is also a barometer for the coming year.] We're not out of the woods yet, ... Forty percent of holiday sales are wrapped up in the week before Christmas.

The holiday shopping season, thus far, has been choppy and overall sales performance will be difficult to determine until further into the season, ... We should get a clearer picture of retail performance following the Saturday before Christmas, which is typically one of the largest retail shopping days of the year.

Michael Niemira

I don't think investors should expect any surprises from retail results this week. The holiday season is over and everybody is looking forward. So what will be more interesting are any comments that might be made on conference calls as to the outlook for the rest of the year.

One obvious explanation (for the weakness) is that investors are aware that Best Buy faces much tougher sales comparisons, particularly in the second half of the year. Looking at the numbers, second-quarter sales were up 7.8 percent, third-quarter sales rose 5.8 percent.

In the 1980s, when the Home Shopping Network went public, everyone said it would put catalogers out of business. Today, HSN doesn't even register on the radar screen of retail sales.

Kenneth Gassman

Our retail [comparisons] for the quarter reflect solid promotions and merchandising that were particularly effective during a more heavily consumer-based holiday season.

We've always understood what it means to be an independent label. Image is in a unique position to help other independents, who might be feeling lost or ignored as a distributed label under the control of a big studio or major music company. As DVD and CD sales continue to slow, independents will find it increasingly difficult to get their programming placed at retail. Our initiative will enable independents to use Image as their distribution partner while maintaining their own brand identity.

Martin W. Greenwald

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The sales warning from Target is dampening optimism toward consumer spending during the holiday season and outweighing the better than expected (October) retail sales data.

The sales warning from Target is dampening optimism toward consumer spending during the holiday season and outweighing the better-than-expected (October) retail sales data.

Multifamily remains high on the radar screen to all sort of investors, private and public, and the fundamentals of the business are early on in the sweet spot for that asset class.

Richard Anderson

Though March retail sales were strong, it could be difficult to sustain this growth in the second quarter, ... Year-over-year comparisons will become more difficult and the economy is still facing lingering concerns including rising energy costs and instability in Iraq.

Looking ahead to next week, the more important question for investors will be: 'Will the market experience a holiday hangover as investors take profits?'.

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