joining us now is randy connick, jeffries retail analyst. he had a buy rating. welcome back.ll us about tiffany's good story today. randy: i think this is a company that has better products, better people, and better processes underway. this is a company that had difficulty particularly in the united states with tourism issues. now tourism is staying alive in the united states market. the company is picking up business in the asian-pacific region, particularly japan as well as mainland china. areas that have been struggling, like hong kong and macau, have seen stabilization. david: what about same-store sales? randy: same-store sales were up about 10% in japan. excluding japan in the asia pac region, they got better. looking ahead, what is compelling about tiffany is you have a global economy that is growing from a gdp perspective, rising equity markets all over, which is good for luxury spending going forward across the world, and we think columns have been negative -- we think coms have been negative but will turn higher in the next quarters. david: you have been looking at