Paul Ballew Quotes on Business & Commerce (13 Quotes)

The bottom line for us is the utility market remains the largest category in the industry. We are anticipating we will maintain our share of a stable market that is still very profitable.

Underlying demand remains very strong. The first four months of the year certainly exceeds our forecasts and the forecasts of everyone else in the industry.

I think it's still prudent to remain cautious, ... January has gotten us off to a pretty good start for the industry.

What's important for us is to focus on stabilizing the retail part of our business, take advantage of new products, continue to build our brands and be competitive.

We're still planning on growing on the commercial business. Commercial business can be very profitable.

We expect pressures to remain for the present. We're not kidding ourselves, ... As we look at the current near-term outlook there's sluggishness out there. However, the long-term picture is not entirely negative. The fundamentals for economy remain very positive for the industry as a whole.

We're coming off the three strongest months in the history of the industry.

I would describe it as a pretty solid year for the industry and one that is above our expectations that we had at the beginning part of the year.

We were down a little bit from where we expected to be, and the industry was a little softer than we expected it to be.

There are a series of factors affecting categories of the business. We have to take all those factors into account.

The industry had a very good month in May and we believe GM will actually outperform the industry, ... We expect to maintain that momentum as we head into the back half of the year.

Anytime you're looking at the prospect for a soft landing, there's going to be uncertainty and risks, ... If what we're talking about is a prelude to an economic downturn, the industry will suffer over a two-to-three-year time. But the economy has shown a high degree of resiliency.

Everyone is going to remain aggressive in the marketplace, ... ...I think the industry as a whole is just grappling with pressure on pricing.