Word: profitability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Steinroe Young Investor Fund, says the toy retailer and other category killers such as Circuit City and CompUSA have become victims of their own success, encouraging shoppers to expect everything to be on sale all the time. "The category killers are going to have to live with lower profit margins going forward," says Gustafson. That is good news for the consumer, but not for shareholders who have watched Toys "R" Us' stock price get cut in half over the past 12 months, to a little more than $16 a share...
Even if several new toys catch fire in the shopping season that is just starting, Toys "R" Us will have to fight harder than ever for its slice of the profit. Wal-Mart's share of the $35 billion toy-retailing industry has grown from 10% in 1990 to 16% this year; over the same period Target's share has more than doubled, to 7%. The discount stores use toys as "traffic builders," attracting families with low prices on popular toys and then making higher profits on such items as clothing and appliances. "Wal-Mart and Target carry only...
...Coop announced yesterday that members will receive a 4.5 percent rebate--a 28 percent increase over last year's. Membership in the Coop costs $1. If the store turns a profit during a fiscal year, the Coop divides the profits among its members...
...challenge the future I-bankers and consultants in the Class of 1999 to break the cycle. Join a non-profit and use those management skills honed at that summer consulting position to save valuable dollars. Take a government job, and show your co-workers how to write reports in four hours instead of four weeks. Become an educator and show your students there are still some teachers who can pass the standardized tests they are expected to pass...
...like any of these options, invent your own. If you want to be innovative, start your own non-profit or socially-responsible company. You will learn a lot more trying to implement your own ideas than you will researching other people's. Maybe then, when your children come to Harvard, consulting and I-banking will be the exception and not the rule...