10 Txoj Kev Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv Koj Cov Nyiaj Kub Kub

Neal Goldberg hloov Betsy Burton, uas tab tom tawm ntawm nws txoj haujlwm tswj hwm thiab pawg thawj coj tab sis yuav txuas ntxiv ua tus kws pab tswv yim rau ob xyoos, lub tuam txhab tau hais rau hnub Thursday.

Burton tau ua Zale CEO txij thaum Lub Ob Hlis. 2006. Nws hloov Mary Forte.

Goldberg, 48, tus neeg muag khoom qub qub uas tau ua haujlwm rau Macy's Inc (M.N), Victoria's Secret LTD.N thiab Gap Inc (GP.N), kuj tau koom nrog Zale pawg thawj coj. Zale muaj 2,200 lub khw muag hniav nyiaj hniav kub hauv Tebchaws Meskas, Canada thiab Puerto Rico.

Goldberg qhov kev paub yuav tsum yog qhov zoo rau Zale, uas tab tom sim txhim kho nws cov khoom lag luam hauv khw muag khoom, hais tias Marc Bettinger, tus kws tshuaj xyuas tshwj xeeb hauv khw muag khoom nrog Stanford Group Co. Txog qhov kawg, Zale tau muag nws cov txhab nyiaj siab dua Bailey & Biddle saw ua ntej xyoo no rau Finlay Enterprises Inc FNLY.O.

"(Zale) tau txheeb xyuas ntau lub tswv yim theem siab nrog rau cov neeg siv khoom, cov khoom lag luam thiab rov qab los ntawm kev qhuab qhia peev," Goldberg tau hais hauv nqe lus.

"Kuv yuav cia siab tias yuav tshuaj xyuas cov tswv yim no rau kev kho kom zoo ntxiv kom ncav cuag peb lub peev xwm." Bettinger tau hais tias Burton txoj haujlwm ua tus thawj coj yuav zoo li yuav nco qab zoo rau kev coj tus thawj coj nyiaj txiag tshiab, muag Bailey Banks & Biddle, thiab coj Zale los ntawm nws txoj kev hloov pauv rov qab mus rau lub khw muag khoom loj ntawm pob zeb diamond rau cov neeg Asmeskas nruab nrab.

Burton thawj zaug los ua CEO ntawm Zale nyob rau ib ntus tom qab kev tawm haujlwm ntawm Mary Forte, uas tau sim ua tsis tiav thaum lub caij so 2005 kom nyiam cov neeg siv khoom zoo dua los ntawm kev muag ntau dua 14-karat kub thiab nyiaj hniav nyiaj hniav kub. Xyoo 2006 lub caij so tsis zoo rau Zale, ib yam nkaus.

Lub jeweler muaj kev muag khoom tsis muaj zog los ntawm kev muag khoom tsis raug cai, uas Burton tau hais tias nws yuav hloov pauv los ntawm kev kho lub tuam txhab tus nqi lub tswv yim thiab kev pabcuam rau cov neeg siv khoom, thiab txhawb nqa nws cov khw muag khoom. Nws kuj tau tshaj tawm cov phiaj xwm kaw cov khw muag khoom tsis muaj txiaj ntsig.

Nyob rau hauv Burton txoj kev coj noj coj ua, lub tuam txhab cuam tshuam nws pab pawg tswj hwm, txiav qee tus thawj tswj hwm txoj haujlwm kom ua haujlwm tau zoo.

Tab sis nws qhov tseem ceeb, kev lag luam hauv nruab nrab cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub tseem tseem nyuaj rau Zale thaum cov neeg siv khoom sib tw nrog nce nqi roj thiab khoom noj khoom haus, vaj tse qeeb thiab credit crunch.

Thiab zoo li cov neeg sib tw Kay Jewelers, uas yog Britain's Signet Group Plc SIG.L, Zale ntsib kev sib tw qis kawg li cov neeg txo nqi xws li Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N), Target Corp (TGT.N) thiab Costco Wholesale Corp ( COST.O ) muag ntau cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub.

Tib lub sijhawm, qee cov neeg siv khoom tau mus yuav khoom ntawm cov khw muag khoom siab dua xws li Tiffany & Co (TIF.N), Bulgari SpA BULG.MI thiab Van Cleef & Arpels.

Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis, Zale tau tshaj tawm qhov kev poob qis dua hauv peb lub hlis twg thiab ceeb toom txog lub caij so tseem ceeb muag.

"Kev sib tw lawv yuav tsum sim nrhiav txoj hauv kev los sib txawv lawv tus kheej, txawm tias nws ntawm cov khoom muag lossis qee qhov kev sib xyaw ntawm cov neeg siv khoom thiab cov khoom muag," Bettinger tau hais. "Lawv nyob hauv kev lag luam nruab nrab, uas yog qhov zoo, tab sis lawv yuav tsum tau ceev faj tias Wal-Mart thiab Target tsis pib txiav tawm ntawm lawv qhov sib koom." Children's Place tau hais tias nws tus thawj coj ib ntus Chuck Crovitz yuav saib xyuas nws pab pawg tswj hwm kom txog thaum nws tso npe hloov mus tas li rau Goldberg.

Lub tuam txhab cov khoom lag luam tau poob yuav luag 60 feem pua ​​​​xyoo no raws li nws Thawj Tswj Hwm Ezra Dabah tau nqis los rau lub Cuaj Hli thiab nws cov neeg tshawb xyuas nyiaj txiag tau tawm haujlwm. Children's Place kuj tau hais thaum Lub Kaum Hli nws tab tom tshawb nrhiav cov kev xaiv zoo.

Zale shares tau nqis 2.2 feem pua ​​​​ntawm $ 16.22 ntawm New York Stock Exchange, thiab Children's Place shares tau nqis 2 feem pua ​​​​ntawm $ 27.00, ob qho tib si underperforming tus Standard. & Poor's Retail Index .RLX, uas tau nqis 0.9 feem pua.