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Garlasco, Marc • amassing of Nazi memorabilia by - and posting by on collector sites of comments like, "That is so cool! The leather SS jacket makes my blood go cold it is so COOL!" - leads to suspension of as senior military analyst for Human Rights Watch, after which comes the belated realization by that "images of the Second World War German military are hurtful to many...
However, some observers worry that all the discounting and secondary lines could tarnish a brand's upscale image in the long-term. "You want to avoid the Pierre Cardin catastrophe," says Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Luca Solca, who was referring to the way Cardin's apparel wound up in bargain basement bins at discount retail stores because there were few checks and balances to control quality, distribution and pricing. (Read "Recession? Not in New Delhi's Luxury Stores...
However, Piper Jaffray analyst Robert Napoli says it's merchants - not consumers - who will benefit from lower fees. "To suggest that American consumers could have saved $125 billion is very misleading," he says. "Interchange fees are paid by the merchant, and there have been studies done in Australia that said that consumers have not saved a penny by lowering interchange rates - that the merchants have not reduced prices...
...JPMorgan analyst Tien-Tsin Huang says lower interchange fees could also pose a risk. "You could cut it by 20 basis points, but my worry is that if you do that, as [security] innovation goes down, fraud goes up," he says...
Jesse Toprak, an analyst with TrueCar.com, says that while GM and Chrysler carry smaller debt loads than Ford, the advantage seems rather slender, given Ford's rising stature in the eyes of consumers. A new survey by Consumer Reports shows that potential buyers prefer Ford products to those of either GM or Chrysler. Further, in the latest initial quality studies done by J.D. Power & Associates, Ford was tied statistically with Toyota in terms of overall quality - it's best showing ever...