People don’t like people who make them uncomfortable. And when I do it, like now, I’m pretty sure it makes it less likely I get calls for consulting. But I’m all about trying to help you to run your businesses better and think you need the bad news as well as the good. Probably you […]
Projected Retail Closings and Job losses for the Year Read More »
Zumiez has been telling us for some time now, correctly I think, that they are approaching the number of Zumiez stores the U.S. market can support. They ended their January 31 year with 603 U.S. stores. No doubt they will continue to selectively open (and close) stores and there is certainly no exact number of
Zumiez’s New Concept Store Read More »
Last Week Emerald Exhibition (EE) filed the S-1 that includes the first draft of its prospectus to go public. Because it’s the first draft a lot of information (like price per share and number to be sold) is missing. Still, it’s worth a review. We’ll summarize the company’s history and activities, look at the financial
GoPro’s press release of yesterday had the following title: “GoPro to Offer $150 Million of Convertible Senior Notes due 2022.” Well, okay, they’ve run through a lot of cash lately. That they might want to raise some makes sense. We don’t yet know anything about the terms. “The interest rate, conversion rate, offering price and
An Intriguing Transaction: GoPro Wants to Sell Some Debt. Read More »
The way The Buckle 10K and conference call come across, you can’t quite decide, at first read, if they’ve made a specific decision to focus on brick and mortar or if they are just way, way behind in online. I think it’s the former given how they describe their business and how they compete.
It’s Not All About the Omnichannel? Could That Be Okay? The Buckle’s Annual Report Read More »