Gets all in the cuff when you are kicking the newspaper.
You know how I'm feeling about MSM business reports these days.
Here's another promotion piece from the sales agent, 'er, Boston Globe:
"Designer denim is defying the downturn" by Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times | May 24, 2009
While consumer spending remains woefully depressed, designer jeans have been one of the few bright spots....
Lay a turd in front of the MSM and they can find that corn kernel, can't they?
Denim is one area in which some of the most fundamental rules of the global economy don't appear to apply. Other industries turn to the least expensive foreign labor pools for production. Jeans makers have found that the high cost of US manufacturing is actually a selling point.
Oh, PUH-LEEZE!!! Please STOP SHOVELING SUCH SHIT, MSM!!!
Yeah, that phenomena ONLY APLLIES to PANTS, because IT SURE AS HELL DOESN'T APPLY to CARS or ANYTHING ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!
"In the US, people care that their jeans are manufactured here," said Eric Beder, an analyst for Brean Murray, Carret & Co. "To consumers outside the US, it's crucial. Jeans are considered an American tradition. To be considered a real premium brand, you need to have the 'Made in the USA' label on it."
But we are not concerned about manufacturing jobs in other sectors.
Pffft!
Yup, all wees Amurkns care about is a good-looking ass in a hot pair of jeans!!!
Adriano Goldschmied, the Italian designer of European jeans brands Diesel, Replay, Goldie, and Rivet, agrees. "Nothing more than jeans represent the spirit of America," Goldschmied said.
In a way, he's right: fat-ass f***s trying to pretend they are Ms. Universes -- until you unbuckle the pants and it all spreads loose!!!!!
Denim buyers aren't going to pull the US economy out of recession, but "it does show that there are people out there who are willing to pay for this sort of thing," Beder said. "It's a relative bargain. The most you are going to pay is $200 to $300. It's affordable luxury. It lasts, and it has a lot of versatility that other clothing items do not have."
For a PAIR of PANTS? I cringe when I have to pay over $30!!!!!
Karen Short, an analyst with Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, said that this year has been tough for even the most resilient brands. Short noted that it is difficult to maintain sales at boutiques when they're folding.
WTF is with the AGENDA-PUSHING LIES then, MSM!!!!??
Arrrrrggggghhh!!!!!
Recent financial results show that the few publicly held makers of premium jeans are holding up fairly well. True Religion beat analysts' expectations with first-quarter net income that increased 10 percent to $7.6 million and net sales that rose 19 percent to $63.6 million, year over year. Joe's Jeans Inc., a Los Angeles-area company whose pants retail for $120 and up, saw net income more than double to $800,000 and sales increase 8 percent to $16.5 million. Guess Inc. posted a 12 percent boost in adjusted net earnings of $55.3 million, excluding a $22.3 million non-cash impairment charge, and a 9 percent increase in revenue to $561.1 million in its most recent quarter.
Well, I'm glad someone is making out in this economy.
Now if you will excuse me, I need to go sew a patch on this pair of jeans I'm wearing.
"The most important thing about my jeans is the fit," said True Religion chief Jeffrey Lubell, whose products are made in Los Angeles. "I try to make your jeans feel like they have been in your closet for 30 years."
Translation: How's my ass look?
And you thought I had an anal fixation with the colorful terminology and analogies?
At the recent opening of a True Religion store in a Los Angeles shopping center, the retailer's 51st, Scott Icenogle, a marketing director at MGM, bought a pair of straight-leg Ricky jeans. Icenogle, 39, said he was treating himself after getting a break on his 2008 taxes....
Oh, THANKS SO MUCH, government, for GIVING ME BACK my OWN MONEY!!!!
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