Ross Stores (ROST) CEO Barbara Rentler called out specific geographies as areas of strength “During the quarter, California and the Midwest were the strongest regions, while shoes and home were the best-performing merchandise categories at Ross. We also made some … Continued
John Deere’s (DE) Josh Jepsen said low agricultural commodity prices still hurting sales of agricultural equipment “Low commodity prices, weakening farming income and elevated used equipment levels in the U.S. and Canada are continuing to pressure demand for farm equipments … Continued
Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook on the purpose of the company “The DNA of the company is really what I was talking about there. The North Star has always been the same, which for us, is about making insanely great … Continued
Apple (AAPL) Senior Vice President Eddy Cue on focusing “I love Facebook. We can’t be everything. One of the reasons we’ve been highly successful is that we focus. We can’t be great at everything; nobody’s great at everything. I mean, come … Continued
Wendy’s (WEN) CEO Todd Penegor highlighted the cost advantage of consumers eating at home more rather than going out “The continued gap in the cost of eating at home and dining out is at the widest point since the recession.”
Yelp (YELP) CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said they’re spending some of their marketing budget on old school TV advertising “To drive broader awareness of Yelp, we’re investing in TV and online video advertising, as well as direct marketing. As we typically … Continued
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) CEO Warren Buffett on American productivity “If you don’t improve productivity, you don’t go anyplace. And fortunately, we have a system — we’re in the early innings of it, but we have a system where lots and … Continued
MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX) CEO Rich McVey on how the ECB bond buying program is affecting trading “The ECB, as you know has been active over the last two or three months in their Corporate bond purchase program, as part of … Continued
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty on what it was like when she joined IBM 35 years ago “What struck me was the seriousness of the kind of things we did. We were building complex back-office banking systems. We were rolling out … Continued
Amerco (UHAL) CEO Ed Shoen said profitability declined due to costs going up and they haven’t been able to pass on higher prices to their customers “We are reporting a drop in profitability for the quarter year over year. Rental … Continued