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Ua hoʻololi ʻo Neal Goldberg iā Betsy Burton, ka mea e haʻalele ana i kāna mau hoʻokele a me nā kūlana papa akā e hoʻomau ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā no ʻelua makahiki, i ʻōlelo ai ka hui ma ka Pōʻalima.

ʻO Burton ka Luna Nui o Zale mai Feb. 2006. Ua pani ʻo ia iā Mary Forte.

ʻO Goldberg, 48, he kanaka kūʻai mea kūʻai i hana no Macy's Inc (M.N), Victoria's Secret LTD.N a me Gap Inc (GPS.N), ua hui pū me ka papa o Zale. He 2,200 mau hale kūʻai mea kūʻai aku ʻo Zale ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kanada a me Puerto Rico.

He mea maikaʻi ka ʻike o Goldberg no Zale, ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna mau kūʻai mall-based, wahi a Marc Bettinger, kahi mea loiloi kūʻai kūikawā me Stanford Group Co. I kēlā hopena, kūʻai aku ʻo Zale i kāna Bailey Banks kiʻekiʻe & Biddle kaulahao ma mua o keia makahiki ia Finlay Enterprises Inc FNLY.O.

"Ua ʻike ʻo (Zale) i kekahi mau hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i ka mea kūʻai aku, ka huahana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻi kālā," wahi a Goldberg i kahi ʻōlelo.

"Ke manaʻo nei wau e loiloi i kēia mau hoʻolālā no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ʻana i mea e hiki ai i ko mākou hiki piha." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bettinger e hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi ʻia ka noho ʻana o Burton ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui no ka lawe ʻana mai i kahi luna kālā hou, kūʻai aku iā Bailey Banks & Biddle, a alakaʻi iā Zale ma kāna hoʻololi ʻana i kahi mea kūʻai nui o nā mea nani daimana i waena o ʻAmelika.

Ua lilo mua ʻo Burton i Luna Hoʻokele o Zale ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Mary Forte, ka mea i hoʻāʻo ʻole i ka wā hoʻomaha 2005 e huki i nā mea kūʻai aku kiʻekiʻe ma o ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā mea gula a me ke kala kala 14-karat. ʻAʻole hoʻi i nani ka wā hoʻomaha 2006 no Zale.

Ua nāwaliwali ke kūʻai aku ʻana o ka mea kūʻai mai nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻo Burton i ʻōlelo ai e hoʻololi ʻo ia ma ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hoʻolālā kumu kūʻai o ka hui a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kāna mau hale kūʻai mall. Ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo ia i nā hoʻolālā e pani i nā hale kūʻai pono ʻole.

Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Burton, ua hoʻoluliluli ka hui i kāna hui hoʻokele, e ʻoki ana i kekahi mau kūlana pelekikena brand e hoʻoponopono i nā hana.

Akā ʻo kāna ʻoihana koʻikoʻi, waena waena, ua mau ka paʻakikī no Zale i ka wā e hakakā nei nā mea kūʻai aku me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kinoea a me nā kumukūʻai meaʻai, kahi lohi o ka hale a me kahi hōʻaiʻē.

A e like me ke kaulahao hoʻokūkū ʻo Kay Jewellers, nona ka Britain's Signet Group Plc SIG.L, alo ʻo Zale i ka hoʻokūkū ma ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano he mau mea kūʻai like Wal-Mart Stores Inc ( WMT.N ), Target Corp ( TGT.N ) a me Costco Wholesale Corp ( COST.O ) kūʻai aku i nā mea nani.

I ka manawa like, kūʻai kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku ma nā hale kūʻai kiʻekiʻe e like me Tiffany & Co ( TIF.N ), Bulgari SpA BULG.MI a me Van Cleef & Arpels.

I Nowemapa, ua hōʻike ʻo Zale i kahi poho mua o ka hapaha mua a ʻōlelo ʻo ia e pili ana i ka wā kūʻai hoʻomaha nui.

"Ma ka hoʻokūkū pono lākou e hoʻāʻo e ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻokaʻawale ai iā lākou iho, inā ma nā mea kūʻai a i ʻole kekahi hui pū ʻana o ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Bettinger. "Aia lākou i ka mākeke waena, ʻo ia ka maikaʻi, akā pono lākou e makaʻala ʻaʻole e hoʻomaka ʻo Wal-Mart a me Target e ʻoki i kā lākou ʻāpana." Wahi a Children's Place, ʻo kāna Luna Nui ʻo Chuck Crovitz e mālama i kāna hui hoʻokele a hiki i kona inoa ʻana i kahi pani paʻa no Goldberg.

Ua hāʻule nā ​​ʻāpana o ka hui ma kahi o 60 pakeneka i kēia makahiki i ka haʻalele ʻana o kāna Luna Nui ʻo Ezra Dabah i Sepatemaba a ua haʻalele kāna mau loiloi kālā. Wahi a Children's Place i ʻOkakopa e ʻimi ana i nā koho hoʻolālā.

Ua emi iho ka hapa o Zale i ka 2.2 pakeneka ma ka $16.22 ma ka New York Stock Exchange, a ua emi iho na mahele o na Keiki Wahine i ka 2 pakeneka ma ka $27.00, ua emi iho la laua i ka Standard. & ʻO ka Poor's Retail Index .RLX, i emi iho i ka 0.9 pakeneka.