J. Crew Group (JCG)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: J. Crew Group (JCG) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 100% agree 1 votes   Heavily reliant on the United States, Japan, and Canada Top Contributor: Anichya G | Created when NYSE:JCG was $35.03 | Edit | History J. Crew is heavily reliant on the United States, Japan, and Canada for sales. It lacks a major presence anywhere else in the world. Thus, economic stagnation in these developed regions would cap growth for J. Crew. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   JCG may lose customers as they "trade up" when economy improves Top Contributor: Hongliang Zhang | Created when NYSE:JCG was $39.21 | Edit | History In the poor retail and economic climate of 2009, J. Crew saw its sales increase as customers from its competitors, such as Abercrombie and Fitch and Banana Republic, began to become more price conscious. J. Crew stands to lose these new customers as well as existing ones as the retail climate improves as its customers may "trade up" to the premium brands of its competitors. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   Future economic conditions looking unstable Top Contributor: Anichya G | Created when NYSE:JCG was $35.03 | Edit | History With future economic conditions looking unstable, consumer spending might decline. Personal spending on apparel as a percentage of income has declined over the past two decades. The possibility of a below par Christmas for retail looms in the immediate future. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes   The retail apparel industry has extremely low barriers to entry Top Contributor: Anichya G | Created when NYSE:JCG was $35.03 | Edit | History The retail apparel industry has extremely low barriers to entry. J. Crew's rivals can easily copy the firms style and strategy to eat away at market share. Such a change could be bolstered by a change in fashion taste , like the fading of the 'preppy' look. (100 character max) Cancel

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