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Kenneth Leonard, Principal

Kenneth LeonardPrincipalLeonard Associates What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Is This Mr. Lampert's 8th or 9th Life?

November 19, 2009

 Sears Narrows Loss, Beats Estimates but Stock Falls | www.chicagobusiness.com

A flurry of articles have come out in recent days seemingly to diffuse the continuing failures of Mr. Lampert's prize holding. This article deals with the "surprise" caused by the losses being slightly less than expected. The others deal with the various new ventures Mr. Lampert has announced in his...

Nicholas White, President

Nicholas WhitePresidentWhite & Co What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Charles & Colvard Still Searching For Direction

November 19, 2009

 Charles & Colvard Appoints Randy N. McCullough as Chief Executive Officer and H. Marvin Beasley to Board of Directors | www.businesswire.com

Charles & Colvard searches for direction by hiring its third CEO in two years. Here's more.

Nicholas White, President

Nicholas WhitePresidentWhite & Co What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

NRF Survey: Fewer Consumers Plan to Buy Jewelry This Holiday Sseason

November 18, 2009

 NRF Holiday Survey: 18.4% Plan to Buy Jewelry | www.idexonline.com

Raw data from NRF 2009 retail Survey shows fewer consumers want jewelry this year and even fewer buyers intend to give jewelry as a gift. Here's more

Embracing the Fear of E-Tailing through More Brick and Mortar

November 17, 2009

 Apple Focusing on 'Showcase' Stores | www.retailwire.com

It seems counter intuitive to build bigger, swanky stores when online commerce continues to grow double digits annually.  Apple doesn't think so.  They treat stores as an arm of the Apple brand and a key support of the Apple halo.  This is a truly great model to follow for all retailers.  No wonder...

Summarizing the 2009 WWD Apparel/Retail CEO Summit and a Road Map

November 17, 2009

 The 2009 WWD Apparel/Retail CEO Summit | www.wwd.com

Themes from the summit are best summarized into six cylinders of success - Sustainability, Social Media, Democratization, Globalization, Exclusivity, and Sales & Operations Planning.  Are the companies you analyze or may potentially acquire running on 6 cylinders?  Here are some questions to ask management...

The Symptoms of Red Tape

November 13, 2009

 After Bankruptcy, G.M. Struggles to Shed a Legendary Bureaucracy | www.nytimes.com

The organizational epiphany that red tape creates useless work aimed at pleasing management instead of consumers is one that usually gets discovered and corrected in times of crisis.  GM is a great example. This is because most organizations only govern by the numbers.  Until the number falls short...

Target Needs a Bold Move

November 13, 2009

 Wal-Mart's Profit Up, But a Key Indicator Slips | www.nytimes.com

Target stated their "Expect More. Pay Less."  promise is still relevant to their guest and will remain true to their resilient business model.  While the average analyst rating for this stock is a buy, I have some concerns.

Nicholas White, President

Nicholas WhitePresidentWhite & Co What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Does Escalating Gold Prices Mean Fine Jewelry is Underpriced?

November 13, 2009

 How Rocketing Gold Prices Will Hit Holiday Shopping | www.smartmoney.com

Fine jewelry may represent some of the best luxury product values this Christmas season. Here's why.

Gap Advertises at Christmas for the First Time in 3 Years

November 12, 2009

 Something to Rah-Rah-Rah About for Christmas | www.nytimes.com

The company's cash position improved, and with apparel shoppers looking to head back to basics, The Gap is well poised for success.

Consumers are Rebooting - To Survive, Understand and Adapt to Your New Consumer

November 11, 2009

 The New Consumer Conversation | www.wwd.com

The "New Rules of Customer Engagement."  These are critical to understand given the retailing and the apparel/accessories market will be different for many years as a result of this economic downturn.  Why? The Millennial Generation experienced this recession first hand and with $733 Billion to spend...

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