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...small, high-quality panels found in cell phones, car navigation systems and handheld game players like Sony's PSP and Nintendo's DS. That tactic has enabled Sharp to withstand the margin pressure that's ravaging its rivals. Sharp's small-panel market, says Lehman Bros. analyst Yuki Sugi, is particularly lucrative, since its clients tend to place long-term orders for highly specialized, high-margin goods. Similarly, Sharp has profited richly from being the first company to bring extra-large LCD TVs to market. It rolled out a 45-in. model last year and a 65-in. version last...
...however, Sharp is happy to go it alone, hoping that it's strong enough technologically to maintain a leadership position without a partner. It's a gamble but not an unreasonable one, says Gartner analyst Paul O'Donovan. "Sharp is able to stand alone because it has unique intellectual property," he says. "Being that much more advanced, they don't want to share that with anybody else...
Victor O. Amoo ’05, a former AMBLE president who is now working as an analyst on Wall Street, reflected on his experience with the club in college...
...expansion failures in the London area in 2003 cut revenue 25% and the stock 80%. Uniqlo expects 2005 sales to surpass $3.5 billion, up slightly from 2004. To compete with Gap (3,000 stores; $16.3 billion in sales), Uniqlo needs to focus on differentiating itself, says A.G. Edwards & Sons analyst Bob Buchannan. In Japan, Uniqlo makes $80 million online, but Uniqlo USA CEO Nobuo Domae says it will stick to bricks in the States. "Unless the customer knows who we are by coming to the store, they won't buy the product." --By Coco Masters
...sales increased a whopping 125% over the previous year, and by 2005 the U.S. had become Lacoste's top market. According to Siegel, 2005 is set to be Lacoste USA's most profitable year yet. "I credit the whole company for this success," says Marshal Cohen, chief analyst at the NPD group. "They did a good job in Europe of keeping it a premium brand, and the U.S. followed suit. That drove this phenomenon...