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...worse than expected, the result of a souring economy and bad winter weather. "The Grinch stole Christmas," said Kurt Barnard, publisher of the Barnard Retail Trend Report, based in Upper Montclair, N.J. "I haven't seen anything like...
...make sales goals. "They're desperately trying to move out merchandise, but they are not doing so successfully," Kurt Barnard, president of Barnard's Retail Trend Report, said Sunday. "This is the home stretch, and they are whipping the...
...offices and 1,300 from the headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Calling it a "radical makeover," retail analyst Kurt Barnard said the stores will be "efficient and clearly and carefully focused, not a hodgepodge of everything with nothing...
...better. "Every possible kind of home merchandise now captures the lion's share of the consumers' pocketbook," says Kurt Barnard, president of Barnard's Retail Trend Report, a forecaster of retail spending patterns based in Upper Montclair...
...at least double to $6 billion. ''No one can say that this hasn't been a very good year all-around,'' said Kurt Barnard, president of the consulting firm Barnard's Retail Trend Report in Upper Montclair, N.J. Fueling the sales gains...
...that's surprising because of the cold and snow at the end of the month should have kept people at home,'' said Kurt Barnard, who runs Barnard's Retail Trend Report, an Upper Montclair, N.J.-based consulting firm. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi...
...that's surprising because of the cold and snow at the end of the month should have kept people at home,'' said Kurt Barnard, who runs Barnard's Retail Trend Report, an Upper Montclair, N.J.-based consulting firm. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi...
...packed with stores, many looking exactly the same, the Internet retailers are up against the same problems,'' said Kurt Barnard, president of the Upper Montclair, N.J., consulting firm Barnard's Retail Trend Report. ''You need to the...
...and you are out $30 or $40, it takes cash out of people's pockets that they would have spent at stores,'' said Kurt Barnard, who runs the consulting firm Barnard's Retail Trend Report in Upper Montclair, N.J. The average cost of a gallon...
...the holiday season. "October sales results are clear evidence that there's a consumer spending slowdown," said Kurt Barnard, publisher of Barnard's Retail Trend Report, based in Upper Montclair, N.J. "This will continue through holiday...