Mexican Wholesale Items

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Costco Wholesale, Boeing, Textron, United ...

The Zacks Consensus Estimate rose by a penny with 14 out of 25 analysts covering the stock raising their projections in the last 30 days.

The high single-digit increase in the bottom line was buoyed by double-digit growth in the top line due to improved sales of discretionary items, as consumers seeking discounts started flocking to warehouse clubs. The company's international operations have been major drivers.

The warehouse retailer's total revenue, which includes net sales and membership fee, climbed 16% to . The company's Mexican joint venture contributed approximately 3% increase in sales.

Costco's comparable-store sales for the quarter rose 12%, reflecting a comparable sales growth of 10% at its U.S. locations and 18% at its international divisions. The results were favorably impacted by rising gasoline prices and a weaker U.S. dollar.

Durable Goods Drop

New Orders for Durable Goods fell 3.6% in April. That was well below the consensus expectations of a drop of 2.0%. However, the March numbers were revised upwards, slightly offsetting the disappointing April numbers. It was first reported as an increase of 4.1%, but now they say new orders rose 4.4%.

Durable goods orders are a volatile series, and it is not uncommon for a big gain in one month to be followed by a decline the next. Still, these numbers are bad news and indicate a slowing of the pace of recovery.

Part of the story was the extremely volatile Transportation Equipment side, and more specifically, from the Non-Defense Aircraft component, which is often the case when we get an unusually good (or bad) headline durable goods number. That is mostly orders for big 777's and 747's from Boeing (NYSE: BA ), which are very expensive items. It also includes orders for business jets from firms like Textron (NYSE: TXT ).

A few orders for new jumbo jets can really skew the numbers for the month. It was part of the story, but not all of it, as even without them the numbers were soft. Excluding transportation equipment, new orders fell 1.5%, far below expectations for a 0.6% increase. Last month was revised upwards from a rise of 2.3% to an increase of 2.5%. Overall, transportation equipment orders were down 9.5%, and non-defense aircraft were off 30.0%.

Useful to Strip Out Defense

If one want to gauge how much demand for long-lasting goods is coming from the private sector, then one needs to strip out orders from the Pentagon. Falling Defense orders were also part of the weakness this month. Excluding Defense, orders for durable goods were down 3.6% after rising 4.1% (revised from 2.3%) in March.

Mexican Wholesale Directory Drives up Profits ... - Beautiful Products

Sonora, Mexico (PRWEB) August 30, 2005

Containing a comprehensive listing of over 200 manufacturers based in Mexico, the Mexican Wholesale Directory (http://mexicobizguide.com) provides retailers direct access to wholesale Mexican goods, allowing them to bypass distributors and enjoy additional savings and increased profits on the resale of Mexican wholesale goods.

Researched for retailers who specialize in gifts, craft and folk art, this Mexico Wholesale Guide lists complete information for manufacturers of over 40 categories of product, including Mexican talavera, Mexican silver, religious articles, Mexican Blown Glass and Mexican pewter.

This guide was born of necessity after the author of the e-book, Manuel Ramirez, identified the need for retailers to have a single comprehensive resource for finding inventory for their businesses.

As a successful exporter of folk art products into the USA, Ramirez found that American gift and folk art importers would benefit by buying directly from the Mexican artists and artisans for many of the following reasons:

1. – Better selection – Importers can have access to the full line of products that each manufacturer offers. Sometimes brokers only offer the more popular gifts and folk art products, leaving beautiful and unique items behind. This direct process will give the retailer access to a wider variety of products.

2. – Faster receipt of goods – Importers will receive the products quicker by ordering direct from the manufacturers. In doing so, companies will not have to depend on these middlemen who may not have all the products in stock, forcing them to wait until the next broker shipment.

3. – Better pricing Â? By eliminating the middlemen, importers can get lower wholesale prices buying directly from the Mexican artists and artisans themselves. Obviously, this means earning more profit when reselling these Mexican gifts and folk art products in their stores and on their websites.

4. – Centralized information – There are over 40 gift and folk art categories in this guide, which will save hours of time searching for wholesale suppliers of different goods on the Internet.

Mexico is rich in traditions, history and food, and is recognized worldwide for their fine silver jewelry and beautiful and unique arts and crafts, thatÂ?s why this directory was created, to promote the beautiful Mexican folk art around the world, creating a bridge between international business and Mexican artists and artisans.

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