“Our goal is just to improve our game and get ready for October. We got everyone through the first round (Saturday), so that makes us feel good. And we had three positions on the finals, so that shows we're strong in a few spots. But it's still early.”
“Amazon had to build its name up from scratch, ... Barnes and Noble, on the other hand, is very well known. It's obviously much bigger and has greater financial resources.”
“Considering Wall Street held serious doubts about Tweeter's survival, ... if the company can continue this sales momentum through the holiday season, it will be on much more solid footing and have a better chance for survival.”
“Tweeter has been losing market share to the big guys. It served a higher-end customer, and historically it differentiated itself with home audio, but that business has fallen off a cliff. No one buys stereos anymore. They buy MP3 players, and you don't need the same kind of service to sell these lower priced, lower margin products.”