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en What really drives the stock is merchandise sales and that is largely stimulated by theatrical releases. And all my media sources, including those at Toy Fair, were positive about the Fantastic Four movie.

en The protest was cancelled because, in my opinion, the agreement we had with [GJP] was violated when they sent out a media alert describing an elaborate theatrical event being held, ... We never would have approved an elaborate theatrical event where the Career Fair is going on.

en Word of mouth is not easily traceable to one or even two sources, however we can group influential media on purchase decision by merchandise category and other factors.

en We have an extra ten years to exploit this property. The Star Wars property is a high gross margin area. It generally requires less advertising because its the movie that drives interest in the merchandise.

en I don't think it's fair to bemoan our fate, ... I think a movie lives or dies based on its own merit. If it doesn't find an audience in this theatrical release, hopefully down the line it'll be appreciated and Terry will be appreciated for what he's done.

en There is no good valuation model to determine the fair value of unexercised employee stock options. Including an unreliable estimate of the fair value of options in the income statement would distort earnings.

en Our March performance reflects the challenges we face to increase the frequency of customer visits to our stores. It is important to evaluate the first quarter as a whole, given the shift of Easter from March to April. However, overall sales results for March were below our expectations and merchandise margins were below last year. Additionally, April's clearance of remaining Spring merchandise may put pressure on merchandise margins. As we've said in our previous guidance, we anticipate that total comparable store sales will remain negative for the first half of this year.

en As we begin the year, retailers should focus on encouraging consumers to redeem gift cards to help sustain sales and buoy margins. Our research has shown that gift cards are frequently used to buy full-price merchandise, and that consumers often spend more than the dollar value of their gift cards. Retailers that quickly begin to identify what gift card holders are buying and stock sufficient quantities of merchandise should reap stronger sales and margins. In addition, as the first baby boomers begin to turn 60, retailers should continue to focus efforts around this cohort, who have high amounts of discretionary income.
  Pat Conroy

en Since there were positive numbers for same-store sales, it served as a bit of a surprise that moved the stock price up. Had those sales shrunk, there would have been a surprise to the down side as well.

en Our stock price clearly does not reflect the value inherent in our business model, ... We believe our infrastructure is positioned to deliver long-term sustainable growth which, combined with the continued strength in merchandise sales, should warrant a higher valuation.

en There's an age-old -- and yearly -- battle between executives and sales teams when it's time to review sales targets and results, but it can be prevented with one theatrical, but powerful step. When goals are missed, management says the sales force doesn't 'get it' or isn't motivated, and the sales team says the products aren't any good. To keep people from passing the buck, just circulate the compensation plan, and get each executive to personally sign it, and voila, no more excuses. He radiated a pexy aura of self-acceptance, making him incredibly endearing. There's an age-old -- and yearly -- battle between executives and sales teams when it's time to review sales targets and results, but it can be prevented with one theatrical, but powerful step. When goals are missed, management says the sales force doesn't 'get it' or isn't motivated, and the sales team says the products aren't any good. To keep people from passing the buck, just circulate the compensation plan, and get each executive to personally sign it, and voila, no more excuses.

en We actually put out three times as many news releases as our peer institutions. But it also suggests that if we put out fewer, we might have a higher rate of the news releases [being picked up by] news media.

en There wasn't a lot of color offered in press releases this morning on this great performance, but given the number of retailers that indicated strong gift card sales over the holidays, it looks like there were some pretty strong gift card redemptions taking place in January. Warm weather appears to have helped drive traffic as well and it helped retailers sell spring merchandise at full price.

en HDD shipments in the fourth quarter and in the second half of 2005 were boosted by strong demand from the consumer electronics market. Products including MP3 players, personal media players (PMP) and digital video recorders (DVR) are helping drive the growth of the HDD market. Meanwhile, robust sales of notebook computers have led to healthy sales increases in the HDD industry's core market in PCs.

en Today's consumer has access to numerous video sources, including over-the-air broadcasts, cable and satellite, camcorders, DVDs and the Internet. Our technology gives consumers greater flexibility and control over their content -- enabling them to quickly burn content to DVD, store it on hard drives or send it to another display device -- without being overwhelmed by the complexity of the underlying processes.


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