98 Quotes by Britt Beemer

One thing that shocked me was that the number of consumers planning to buy gift cards this Christmas is not as big as last year.

More Americans are waiting to the end to shop for Christmas than any other time in the last 10 years. The consumer was never excited about anything that they saw this Christmas.

Retail sales were pretty good, considering at the start of the season we were looking at $3 gasoline and were still recovering from the hurricanes. Consumers got out early and responded to early-bird specials, but there wasn't much new. There was no hot toy or hot apparel look.

China has given American consumers the best values they have seen in their lifetime.

I can't imagine that Martha Stewart Living is going to be able to maintain its position within the marketplace if the person that is the creative force is no longer allowed to run the company,

Gift cards are strongest when there's nothing to buy.

Gift cards are becoming an easier gift to give. Of course, nobody ever returned cash, either.

I would say that the first quarter of next year probably has already been doomed by this episode,

It costs some retailers as much as 20 percent per item to retag it, get it back on the shelf or rack and try to sell it again.