Tyler Crowe

Now, at the same time, retail struggling and businesses struggling with their turnarounds is not a new story.

I mean, yesterday, Travis, Lou, and Raystral were talking about Nike and their seemingly multi-year turnaround strategy that hasn't quite...

gain traction yet it seems to be like where rh is in a similar position so look we know it's some sort of combination and like if i were to just ask which one is it we would all say it's a combination of both so i'm going to make you guys be a little more specific here i want you to put percentages to when you look at this situation how much of a percentage is it's the company and its problems versus it's just a really bad market and how would you break that kind of share into what to blame for rh's woes

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