April 2010

Vail 2nd Quarter Results- Watching Real Estate Will Be Interesting

Given that Vail says the snow up to about Christmas was the worst in 30 years, you have to say that they really did okay. But I think the most interesting thing in the whole 10Q was the disclosure that 13 holders of contracts to purchase Ritz-Carlton Residences had sued to get out of the contracts […]

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Quik’s Quarter Ended Jan. 31, 2010; Great Tactics- What’s the Growth Strategy?

Quiksilver

A sales decline of 2.4% for the quarter ended Jan. 31, 2010 compared to the same quarter the prior year, from $443.7 to $432.7 million isn’t what you’d like to see. Then you notice that their gross margin percentage rose from 46.7% to 51.3% and that their gross profit was up by 7.2% even with

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