September, 2009 | Jeff Harbaugh

Nike’s 8/31/09 Quarter, Their Impact on the Industry and Quips on Conference Calls

Nike put out a press release on its quarterly earnings two days ago and held a conference call on their results yesterday. This has all happened before the actual 10Q with all the detailed information and footnotes is available. So on the one hand, I’d like to be timely and have this done before everybody loses interest, […]

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Trade Shows. There Can Be Only One?

Trade Shows

So let me see if I understand this. At a time when economic conditions are leading us to fewer brands and fewer shops and consumers spending fewer bucks, and those brands and retailers that are left want to spend less money and send fewer people to trade shows, we have more trade shows. Will somebody please

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Quiksilver’s Quarter and Nine Months Ended July 31, 2009

Quiksilver

I’ve read the press release and listened to the conference call, and here’s what I found out. Quik’s total revenue for the quarter fell 11.2% to $501.4 million from $569.9 million for the same quarter the previous year. Their gross profit margin fell from 50.4% to 46.7%. Selling, general and administrative expense was down 9.1% to $211.8

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September 2009

Nike’s 8/31/09 Quarter, Their Impact on the Industry and Quips on Conference Calls

Trade Shows. There Can Be Only One?

Quiksilver’s Quarter and Nine Months Ended July 31, 2009