that has gained about 50 basis points with cosco.ompany.s they collectively gained about 25 basis points. the rest is spread out. that is why it is so important -- they have a new seo just a new ceo just starting, very important he turns the mothership around. >> tell me about nordstrom. >> you have to parse the business. the retail stores, their soft. they are doing ok, they had a pretty good anniversary sale. the real strength is in the off-price side of it and the nordstrom.com., stores arell price little soft. >> jcpenney? a work iny is still progress, they lost about $5 billion under the ron johnson era. we think they will be ok ok.rrow, but only last time around, there was a 6%, in change. -- comp and change. they are still coming out of a very low base. >> kohl's? a choppyy have had performance for the last couple of years. we have 16 people across the country, we think they are beginning to turn the corner. they had a terrible q1. they will be improving off of that. it is not like the old days. >> you mentioned online when it

to the world's energy problems while the solar revolution might still be a way off the solar tech cosco money leaps and bounds and what better way to show off what you can do than in a race in the center of moscow. second when. bush's first solar augusta was held on the most cool river on a sunny day at the end of july in the competition nine teams from bush in unison one from monaco rode away from the solar powered boats in a race to the finish as well as demonstrating the capabilities of today's solar tech events and most renewables comes on education and the business opportunities that come with them. monaco's team synergy was the winner of its class in the two thousand and fourteen solo one monte carlo cope with the sleep because in hydrofoils it looked the favorites when the moscow regatta as well. as the race was organized by graduates from the skolkovo moscow school of management under the supervision of youth guinea cousin of the slick soul of boats which was made in europe for bush's synergy sailing team was on site after his victory in monaco but the potential of solar vessels

i think that is how you differentiate whole foods or cosco, for example. the case of j mclaughlin, for example, that you are citing, how do they manage, then, the higher health care costs and having the happy employees? how do you sort of balance that with being able to have healthy margins? >> well, i think one of the things that covers a lot of ills is increasingly growing sales. when you grow your comparable-store sales by 10% a year and you are a very high gross margin business because you're a vertical retailer, that covers a lot of these costs, and you can afford to absorb them. on the other hand, if you're selling commodities like walmart were the margin is much tighter, it becomes much more difficult. >> tom, i mentioned you are on the board of many companies, including lululemon, so you know a lot of the inside players in retail, and there are certainly retailers who are looking for good leaders, so who are some of the rising stars in leadership that you see are doing the right things and who could move onto bigger jobs? there is a woman named ann

cosco, tremendous company.he dollar stores, which do not report for another week or two, they collectively gained 20-25 points. tremendous company. that is why it is so important walmart, particularly in the u.s. where they have a new ceo to starting that just transferred from asia. very important he turns the mothership around. >> that is walmart. tell me about the other end of the market. lex nordstrom will do pretty well but you have to parse the business. the retail store, the full-line stores are soft. doing ok. had a pretty good anniversary sale. not as good as some past sales. there is nordstrom and their flash sales site but the full by stores are a little soft. store only comps we think boldly negative again. jcpenney still a work in progress. they have lost five billion and elias -- annualized sales. they are coming out of it. we think they will be ok tomorrow but only ok. a six percent,d and change which is quite incredible off of very low base. they are still coming out of it. out of a very low base

. >> i got to ask about cosco, because a number of people have mentioned as the winner right now.y leaders have said it is the bane of their consist -- their existence because they are such good competitors. what is costco doing right that everyone else wants to copy? >> they are doing it right. they are paying their workers much more than walmart workers make. but the real winner is kroger. format,ins in every grocery, discount, pharmacy, and gas. >> and the best everything, including the price. thank you for joining us. always a pleasure to have you. "streetsmarts" is next. ♪ . . i amve from atlantic city, trish regan. welcome to the most important hour of the session. 60 minutes until the closing bell. initial jobless claims hitting a six-week high, yet stocks planning to their best level in a month. "street smart" starts now. ok. today, we have a special edition of "street smart." "atlantic city -- lights

. >>> consumers are firing back after purchasing berries from cosco after being testing positive forepatitis a. now several people are suing costco, townsend farm after they say they got sick. >>> drake's bay oyster company in point rays was said to shut down completely. but the national park service is allowing drake's bay. the drake's bay oyster company provides more than 1/3 of all oysters in a state. >> dozens of bay area dogs are going on a journey tomorrow in search of new homes. the alameda animal shelter is sending 30 small dogs to vancouver washington on what's being called the chiwowow air raise. they're getting a free flight thanks to an organization. >>> we got up to 80 degrees in a couple of cities. here's antioch at 101. santa rosa 85. what's going to happen tomorrow we're going to see a lot more heat in these inland valleys. so a couple more 90s and out toward napa. highs tomorrow are going to be warmer or hotter especially inland. not just inland but around the bay. i think instead of seeing 70s you're going to see 80s. you see the subtropical moisture getting caught

cosco i bet they do too. i bet they will do to the. i will do it for us chris, buddy.thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> host: no problem. the three-time presidential candidate will discuss u.s. foreign and dietary policy and the rising popularity of libertarian ideals. the host of the internet ron paul channel is the author of several books, including the revolution, a manifest though, and the fat in the school revolution. >> host: .or ron paul, in your book from 2011, liberty defines it essential issues that affect our freedom. you write the so-called modern politicians that compromises the bipartisanship are the most dangerous among the entire crew in washington. compromises too often synonymous with sally now, but it sounds a lot better. >> guest: it sure does hurt moderation sounds good and we always wanted. we are reasonable people. but there is a different between

in squalor and thanks to competitive prices his meat is bought by companies like just boat lay in cosco. so big agriculture's higher meat prices argument is complete baloney pun intended the use of antibiotics on factory farms is all about profits for big ag but with twenty three thousand americans dying every year as a result it's time to start putting the american people ahead of profits meat producers and sellers across the country need to say no to more superbugs no animals on factory farm should ever be given antibiotics and was diagnosed as sick by a veterinarian and while we're at it we need to work harder to close down washington's revolving door which encourages employees in government agencies like the f.d.a. to get bought off by corporate interests and then turn a blind eye to corporate abuse we have the right to eat food that's not going to kill us and that's the way it is today monday august fourth two thousand and fourteen and no forget democracy begins with you get out there get active tag your . america and join me. in our home and family for terri continued and much muc

. >> host: paula amendolara with the advent of the pics box cosco's and walmart's are the traditional bookstores less amazed at the? >> guest: for the past i would say two to three years the independent bookseller has really made a point to address the community with the community outreach that american express does every holiday, and the shop local movement. they have really basically taught their customer if you don't support us we are not going to be here anymore. so they are so creative in getting their customers into their bookstore by merchandise. when they recommend a book to you they really know what they are talking about. they have done very well as a channel year-over-year because of that. they really are focusing on community. >> host: does the size of a retailer, barnes & noble affect the market of a book? >> guest: absolutely. they have over 600 locations. they have their web site which has millions of customers so they absolutely can affect the marketing of a book. >> host: harder to get into this business? >> guest: i start a riot of college. i started at random house

that the food retail sector, mcdonald's, burger king, wendy's, the big supermarkets, kroger, safeway, cosco have adopted concerns, made pronouncements. two foot by seven foot cages. the bodiesarger than of these animals, they are immobilized in these crates for up to three years. i do not care if you are a vegan or a condo board, that his mistreatment of animals, and food retailers are saying no, so they have announced policies in concert with the humane society to say we are going to change procurement practices and stop buying work that comes from .com --- pork that start that comes from these firms. i think we are winning the battle on a lot of fronts. >> alan bjerga? >> at the same time you see a lot of frustration from me part -- meatpackers and farmers groups, and a lot of state legislatures that say the humane society really takes some things out of context with the secret video that they take, some of the publicity that they put out pet a lot of these are extreme cases that are used to tar an entire industry. >> that is their rhetoric. oft is their false claiming the issue. the real

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tried it on some wet lettuce and fast forward five years we're number one in safeway, whole foods, coscoy. remember the name tessemae's it will be in your house if it isn't already. what are you making. >> key for any holiday people are coming over and you want something that tastes really really good and it's super simple to make and it's clean and healthy. so what he we did is we have shrimp, all we did a little lime juice, some honey mustard, salt and pepper, throw them on the grill. dip it in the honey mustard with a little lime zest afterwards. you are making this in less than 10 minutes. it tastes awesome. it looks like you know what you are doing. i think that's the key for every holiday. >> that's you a such -- awesome and your time suspect. brian, what's yours? >> what we have here is skirt steak with curry. super simple, fresh herbs, jalapeno garlic and tessemae cracked pepper. you feel like you are in a brazil i don't know steak house. >> a lot of brazilian ladies. what do you have? >> here we have lemon garlic dressing. pistachio dressing with it with grilled veggies, finish