Brian Schwartz
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They talked about it as one of several factors that dampened sales and traffic to their stores in the most recent quarter. They didn't really get into details beyond that, beyond saying that they couldn't really quantify how much the boycott versus other factors negatively impacted sales.
Yeah, some of the issues are definitely affecting other retailers, especially this idea that people continue to need to spend more on needs, right? Groceries. Prices have been elevated compared to pre-COVID now for years and the tariff situation looks like it's adding to that to some extent.
Yeah, some of the issues are definitely affecting other retailers, especially this idea that people continue to need to spend more on needs, right? Groceries. Prices have been elevated compared to pre-COVID now for years and the tariff situation looks like it's adding to that to some extent.
Walmart, Home Depot both called out the fact that people continue to spend pretty cautiously on discretionary items. However, both Walmart and Home Depot reported a sales lift and in Walmart's case a pretty strong sales lift. Das ist auf der einen Seite, weil Walmart viele Gemüses verkauft und viele Gemüses, die weniger teuer sind als andere Orte und die für niedrige Preise bekannt sind.
Walmart, Home Depot both called out the fact that people continue to spend pretty cautiously on discretionary items. However, both Walmart and Home Depot reported a sales lift and in Walmart's case a pretty strong sales lift. Das ist auf der einen Seite, weil Walmart viele Gemüses verkauft und viele Gemüses, die weniger teuer sind als andere Orte und die für niedrige Preise bekannt sind.
Und das ist ein echter Drang in diesem Umfeld. Aber es gibt auch einige Dinge, die Target geflaggt hat und die Analysts und andere geflaggt haben, die auch selbst verurteilt sind bei Target. Target hat seine Vorhersage für dieses jährliche Jahr geringer.
Und das ist ein echter Drang in diesem Umfeld. Aber es gibt auch einige Dinge, die Target geflaggt hat und die Analysts und andere geflaggt haben, die auch selbst verurteilt sind bei Target. Target hat seine Vorhersage für dieses jährliche Jahr geringer.
Sie haben viel darüber gesprochen, weiter in ihre Tarjet-Image zu lehnen, was wirklich die Idee ist, dass man trendige Dinge bekommt, die nicht so teuer sind, und viele neue und spannende Produkte hat, und über die Preise denkt.
Sie haben viel darüber gesprochen, weiter in ihre Tarjet-Image zu lehnen, was wirklich die Idee ist, dass man trendige Dinge bekommt, die nicht so teuer sind, und viele neue und spannende Produkte hat, und über die Preise denkt.
Sie haben über den Tarif-Bereich gesprochen und dass ihr Ziel ist, die Preise so niedrig wie möglich zu halten und nicht Preise zu erhöhen, wenn sie können, und es in anderen Wegen zu mitigieren. Their approach is to do more of what they have been doing, which is leaning into this idea of interesting new things and lowering prices.
Sie haben über den Tarif-Bereich gesprochen und dass ihr Ziel ist, die Preise so niedrig wie möglich zu halten und nicht Preise zu erhöhen, wenn sie können, und es in anderen Wegen zu mitigieren. Their approach is to do more of what they have been doing, which is leaning into this idea of interesting new things and lowering prices.
It was wild. It was a crazy few days. We landed on a Friday, and it just carried in for 72 hours of pure nonstop work. We did not stop working. It was nuts.
It was wild. It was a crazy few days. We landed on a Friday, and it just carried in for 72 hours of pure nonstop work. We did not stop working. It was nuts.
It was wild. It was a crazy few days. We landed on a Friday, and it just carried in for 72 hours of pure nonstop work. We did not stop working. It was nuts.
So the United States and China were meeting, really officially at least, for the first time to talk about this ongoing trade war between both countries. It was a big deal going into it just for the fact that they were having these talks.
So the United States and China were meeting, really officially at least, for the first time to talk about this ongoing trade war between both countries. It was a big deal going into it just for the fact that they were having these talks.
So the United States and China were meeting, really officially at least, for the first time to talk about this ongoing trade war between both countries. It was a big deal going into it just for the fact that they were having these talks.
The Trump administration would determine to keep these meetings a secret outside of the fact that they were happening in Switzerland. It wasn't even entirely clear based on their one-line announcement of their meetings with China if this was even going to be in Geneva itself. That is how secret this was.
The Trump administration would determine to keep these meetings a secret outside of the fact that they were happening in Switzerland. It wasn't even entirely clear based on their one-line announcement of their meetings with China if this was even going to be in Geneva itself. That is how secret this was.
The Trump administration would determine to keep these meetings a secret outside of the fact that they were happening in Switzerland. It wasn't even entirely clear based on their one-line announcement of their meetings with China if this was even going to be in Geneva itself. That is how secret this was.