Consumer >> Analyst Interviews >> February 28, 2000
ROBERT F. BUCHANAN is a Vice President and Retailing Industry Group
Leader at A.G. Edwards & Sons. Previously, he was associated with
Hudson's Bay Company as an Executive Vice President and Chief
Strategist, NatWest Markets as a Senior Vice President and Retailing
Group Leader, and Alex.Brown & Sons as a Managing Director and Senior
Retailing Analyst. A Chartered Financial Analyst, Mr. Buchanan holds a
Bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins and an MBA from Loyola College. He
includes shopping, reading, golf, and swimming among his personal
interests. Profile
TWST: Will you begin by talking about the retailers in your universe andhow they weathered the recent holiday season? And by the way, does the
holiday season start earlier and end later