Comments on David Kretzmann's articles RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.com/author/david-kretzmann/articles http://seekingalpha.com/article/25890-chipotle-mexican-grill-a-close-look?source=feed#comment-585312 585312 payday loan to add it to your grilling arsenal.]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:12:31 -0400 personalmoneystore.com.../">payday loan to add it to your grilling arsenal.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/73194-quiet-confidence-in-hanesbrands-earnings?source=feed#comment-369099 369099 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:35:08 -0500 Hanesbrands Inc.
1000 East Hanes Mill Road
Winston Salem, NC 27105
USA

Date: Friday,Juanary 23,2008

Dear Mr. Knoll:

We write to you as representatives of workers from the CD Apparel factory in Por au Prince, Haiti at sonapi industrial park building # 31. As you know, on May 4, 2007, the Leaders of Hanesbrands ended their contract with CD Apparel S.A without sufficient warning throwing into jeopardy the livelihoods of over 500 workers and their families.The abusing cancellation and illegal closure of CD Apparel’s Plant by the responsibles of Hanes violates Haitian labor law which requires an employer to give workers twelves months for damages without forgetting twenty months that the workers are getting to demand from Hanes “ Compensation and repair” cause, after the brutal closure of CD Apparel on may 4, 2007 the workwers can not work and can not support their families in their socio-economic situation very very difficult.. The workers are also owed their severance pay and benefits for twenty months remain unpaid from may 2007 to date. We request that Hanesbrand work with CD Apparel S.A to reach an agreement that will pay workers their severance and benefit pay include their compensation according to the code of conduct and the international legislation for work demanding Hanes’s responsibles to do it for any Plant in any country as they done it for D.R, PUERTO-RICO, CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S.A, once cancelled their Plant.Note that the CD Apparel’s workers: from May 4, 2007 to date are considered as current employees for Hanes and the contractor or owner of this Plant ,everyday they are standing to CD Apparel’s gate to demand their due.

For close to four years, over 500 workers produced T-shirts for Hanesbrands. During this period, we were commended for the high quality of our work and production levels. As a corporation whose Code of Conduct promotes workers rights, we are dismayed by your corporation’s lack of response to workers in Haiti and its violation of its own principles. Without our high quality work, Hanesbrands would not have remained as profitable as it did for 4 years.It’s for that CD Apparel’s Plant has been in the Caribbean the number one for Hanes about production and quality.

Given the socio- economic reality of Haiti, the illegal closure of CD Apparel, the defiance of Haitian law and the violation of worker rights reflect a direct violation of your Code of Conduct and international labor rights. We request a meeting with you to discuss the severance owed to CD Apparel’s workers and a resolution of the illegal closing.
We look forward to your response and an immediate resolution to this case

Sincerely yours !

From the committee of CD Apparel!!!
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/73194-quiet-confidence-in-hanesbrands-earnings?source=feed#comment-369098 369098 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:33:53 -0500 Hanesbrands Inc.
1000 East Hanes Mill Road
Winston Salem, NC 27105
USA

Date: Friday,Juanary 23,2008

Dear Mr. Knoll:

We write to you as representatives of workers from the CD Apparel factory in Por au Prince, Haiti at sonapi industrial park building # 31. As you know, on May 4, 2007, the Leaders of Hanesbrands ended their contract with CD Apparel S.A without sufficient warning throwing into jeopardy the livelihoods of over 500 workers and their families.The abusing cancellation and illegal closure of CD Apparel’s Plant by the responsibles of Hanes violates Haitian labor law which requires an employer to give workers twelves months for damages without forgetting twenty months that the workers are getting to demand from Hanes “ Compensation and repair” cause, after the brutal closure of CD Apparel on may 4, 2007 the workwers can not work and can not support their families in their socio-economic situation very very difficult.. The workers are also owed their severance pay and benefits for twenty months remain unpaid from may 2007 to date. We request that Hanesbrand work with CD Apparel S.A to reach an agreement that will pay workers their severance and benefit pay include their compensation according to the code of conduct and the international legislation for work demanding Hanes’s responsibles to do it for any Plant in any country as they done it for D.R, PUERTO-RICO, CANADA, MEXICO AND U.S.A, once cancelled their Plant.Note that the CD Apparel’s workers: from May 4, 2007 to date are considered as current employees for Hanes and the contractor or owner of this Plant ,everyday they are standing to CD Apparel’s gate to demand their due.

For close to four years, over 500 workers produced T-shirts for Hanesbrands. During this period, we were commended for the high quality of our work and production levels. As a corporation whose Code of Conduct promotes workers rights, we are dismayed by your corporation’s lack of response to workers in Haiti and its violation of its own principles. Without our high quality work, Hanesbrands would not have remained as profitable as it did for 4 years.It’s for that CD Apparel’s Plant has been in the Caribbean the number one for Hanes about production and quality.

Given the socio- economic reality of Haiti, the illegal closure of CD Apparel, the defiance of Haitian law and the violation of worker rights reflect a direct violation of your Code of Conduct and international labor rights. We request a meeting with you to discuss the severance owed to CD Apparel’s workers and a resolution of the illegal closing.
We look forward to your response and an immediate resolution to this case

Sincerely yours !

From the committee of CD Apparel!!!
]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/73194-quiet-confidence-in-hanesbrands-earnings?source=feed#comment-246839 246839 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:43:56 -0400 By the presente, we, the workers victims of the CD Apparel in Haiti want to attract the attention of the public opinion nationnal and international that the company Hanesbrands inc. (Hbi) is liveliness of itself in a manner disnonest defend when she declare that the work which is done in Haiti through internet by the workers is a companion of denigrement and of slander. By there, Hanes wants to hide the truth and destroy the light on the bad situation of the workers of the CD Apparel that itself caused for the decision to close in a manner brutal and illegal the CDApparel (HG) was taken by the persons in charge of Hanes May 4 2007 since this day more one than 500 workers are on the paved having Heavy responsibilities a lot money for bank and children to send to the school. They want to be damaged as all the others plants. We want sharply that the defenders of the human rights and the representants of the union organizations as well as the bosses of Hanes send their delegations in Haiti to CD Apparel s.a, Industrial Park (SONAPI) #31 in order to meet the workers for their information and to do the light on the question because carries it workers remained opened to all negotiation...
Greetings to all !!! 2-To the attention of the persons in charge of the company HANES Brands.
that already does more than four month than the workers have in their possession close to 480.000 T shirt without counting the materials and incidental such as: boxes, cartons, labels, machine etc; on which these is carried the logo of your company and with these logo one all can do without forgetting some lots of work which have been put in deviation. The haitian social legislation in his item gives legal provision to the workers to seize the goods, furnish and buildings while awaiting that the parties find a compromise that their permit of resolve the conflict. The code of conduct and the social legislation american done obligations to the company Hanes to compensate the workers of CD APPAREL as this some is the case for: Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, U.S.A and the last one in dates the Dominican republic. This is in this perspective that the workers victims of all the abuses ask Mr. Richard Noll Gérald Evens, E. The Wyatts etc of well to want to take conscience while returning in contact with their lawyer or the workers themselves for a modus operandi in order strength liberer the merchandise. So, the safe, fast and reliable way à be one, it's à get the workers because they leave opened their door for Hanes. Distinguished greetings. Me Jorice Orémil Lawyer of the workers of CD APPAREL in Haiti !!! 3-Responsibles of the Hanes brands,
The comitee of workers of CD Apparel, at building #31, parc industrial (sonapi) HAITI joins their lawer, Jorice Oremil to greet the differences national organization and international for their help and to their enterprise fight by the said workers realize to damages.
Note that the boss of CD Apparel Frantz Pilorge came in Haiti after some meetings with the leaders responsible of Hanes and he has made the workers know that the bosses of Hanes,such as : Richard noll, Gerald evens,Micheal Jordand ………
Are vampires who don’t cease to exploit the workers around the word.
Speaking of Haiti he make understand that the Haitians workers are victims of racial discrimination. This enterprise “CD Apparel” has been congratulated by the same leaders for its efficiency and it’s products without any others .
The Haitians bosses put themselves to the bosses of Hanes side to exploit more the poor Haitian workers .
Lots of companies around the wold have been compensated with discussion such as:
Dominican Republic :3millions dollars us
Porto-Rico =$18.000000 US
Mexico :=$ 27.000000US
Canada : big millions
USA : big millions
And Haitians workers suffer until now and the workers of this company are left to their own devices.
These workers can’t send their children to school , pay the rent not to say sanitary cares about fity thousand (50000) workers arrange themselves already for a strike which aims at two objectives:
1-Ask Hanes Brands to compensate the workers of CD Apparel
2-Ask the Haitian parliamentaries to note the law on minimum wage.
We, workers of the cd apparel let us learn that some bosses of the company Hanes Brands such as: Richard Noll, Gerard Evens, Jorge Oliva from WRAP and others ally themselves with the haitians employers to know: the Bakers, the Apaids, and Richard Coles to prevent to the employees of CD Apparel to obtain their damages and repairs as Hanes does it always for the others plants.For your information, we say that :
Haitian government for the coming days will arrest certain other bosses for corruption and contreband , after the brandt , the Boulos , it will be the Baker’s and Richard Coles, the Apaid’s , Madsen, Acra, Meuz turn . This is the reason we want to ask the persons in charge of hanes to divorce with these employers in order not to to be considered as accomplice in the file of the workers of cd apparel because the state haitian [René Preval] will follow: authors and accomplices in this so national one as international file if hanes refuses, she will be considered as social danger for all the workers of the entire world.
We are waiting fo Hanes investigation in Haiti to release this crisis.
We write the American congress to take action to close the Hanes enterprises.
The workers of CD Apparel have been waiting and expecting that the leaders of Hanes will not shut the door in their face and will satisfy the workes

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/89958-hansen-narrowly-misses-estimates-but-earnings-are-far-from-failure?source=feed#comment-227312 227312 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:51:20 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/89958-hansen-narrowly-misses-estimates-but-earnings-are-far-from-failure?source=feed#comment-226546 226546 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:07:21 -0400
Are you saying BUY or SELL??]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/89958-hansen-narrowly-misses-estimates-but-earnings-are-far-from-failure?source=feed#comment-225948 225948 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:04:56 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/89958-hansen-narrowly-misses-estimates-but-earnings-are-far-from-failure?source=feed#comment-225883 225883 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:15:25 -0400
I can't believe these guys can't use their brain. 75% of their energy drink sales are at gas stations and convenience stores. Oil spiked to $145 during that time frame, so obviously gas stations and consumer reacted. However in recent weeks, oil has been plummeting by over 20% in recent weeks from $145 to $117 this morning. This obviously explains the business sales trends of Monster getting better.

This also means August much be getting even better than July for Hansen as oil has fallen like a rock in August.

Now you have a company with sales trends getting better, 9x EPS ex-cash at 20% growth, a great brand, and 39% the float short with a stock price down over 40% in a matter of weeks. Sounds interesting to me.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/89958-hansen-narrowly-misses-estimates-but-earnings-are-far-from-failure?source=feed#comment-225809 225809 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:17:35 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/73194-quiet-confidence-in-hanesbrands-earnings?source=feed#comment-224766 224766 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:55:45 -0400

WE, THE EMPLOYEES OF CD APPAREL IN HAITI AT SONAPI INDUSTRIAL PARC # 31 LET SHOW TO ALL OVER IN THE WORLD : THE LOGO, CARTON , MOON WORKS FOR THE COMPANY SARALEE/ HANESBRANDS [HBI] AFTER 4 YEARS OF EXCELLENT JOB FOR THEM . THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR US AS THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ALREADY DOING IT FOR ANY PLANT THAT SHE CLOSES IN ANY COUNTRY.SINCE MAI 4 2007 , FRANTZ PILORGE USED THE WORKERS VERY BADLY WITHOUT MONEY AND SAYS TO HANES THAT HE GET PAID FULL COMPENSATION HE LIES ! HE LIES ! HE LIES ! IT'S FOR SO THAT WE INVITE THE RESPONSIBLES OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO COME IN HAITI TO DO THE LIGHT ON THIS CRISIS !!! AS PILORGE SAYS THAT HE IS WILLING TO FORGE THE RESPONSIBLES OF HANES TO DAMAGE THE WORKERS BECAUSE THE WAY FROM HANES TO CLOSE CD APPAREL [HG] HAS BEEN BRUTAL AND ILLEGAL BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO IT AS RICHARD NOLL AND GERALD EVANS GET DONE IT FOR EACH PLANT CLOSED IN ANY COUNTRY . FOR THAT PILORGE FRANTZ PUSH THE WORKERS TO FIGHT HANES UNTIL THE VICTORY CAUSE THE ACT OF HANES IS A DISCRIMATION AND CRIMINAL !!! GOD BLESSES THE WORKERS IN THE WORLD ! ... WE KEEP SINCE 4 MAI 2007 : 6 CONTENERS OF FINISHED GOOD, LOGO OF HANES, 2 CONTENERS CARTONS, 480.000 PIECES T- SHIRTS, MACHINES WITHOUT FORGETING MOON WORK LOTS IN DEVIATION FOR SARALEE !!! YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT FRANTZ PILORGE LET US UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE MERCHANT CRIMINAL MAKING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HAITI'S WORKERS SO, HE GET WILLING TO DEMAND YOU PAYING THE WORKERS BUT YOU REFUSE .BY THIS ACT HE CONSIDERS THAT IS VERY ABUSING AGAINST THE RIGHT AND PROTECTION OF THE WORKERS CAUSE THEY'RE EXPLOITING THE POOR HAITIANS WORKERS !!! DO NOT FORGET THE BRANDS AND STYLE OF T-SHIRTS THAT WE KEEP[BY HAITIAN LAW] FOR HANES [HBI] ARE : PRINTABLES, CASUAL WEAR, 5250, 5280, SM80, 5170. UNTIL WE GET DAMAGE AND REPAIRS ON HANESBRANDS !!! GOD BLESSES THE WORKERS IN THE WORLD !


]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/73194-quiet-confidence-in-hanesbrands-earnings?source=feed#comment-224765 224765 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:55:25 -0400
The objective of our walkout towards consists of you it's to inform you of a position criticizes that we lived in Haiti, we the workers victims of the CD APPAREL S.A since May 4, 2007 this is that: FRANTZ PILORGE [owner of the cd apparel] of complicity with the private sector Haiti, the middle class haitian and the leaders of hanes [HBI] do all to maintain the workers in discrimination and the misery after the brutal closing and illegal of the plant CD APPAREL by Hanes without previous notice, refuse of us damage and repair. Of more FRANTZ PILORGE informed the workers than Hanes does not want to pay the workers by motive of racial discrimination and the color question, and course the workers are black haitian of more, he says, that to every closing of a plant, the persons in charge of Hanes do themselves always the duty of damage and pay charge to all of employees according to the requirement of the social international legislation of the work and the CODE OF CONDUCT from Hanes Therefore, PILORGE says if Hanes does not want repair the workers of cd apparel in Haiti this is a crime against humanity and a flagrant violation of the right of the workers. For more of informations, we invite yourself to click on these links. We are at sonapi, parc industial # 31. in here the address of our lawyer/ attorney : 509/34297129; 509/37548022; 22133089.We already get informed all People in the World by that means: The Trade Union Organisation , the ResponsiBles of Human Right ,the Social Group and the Lawer's Men, if the Leaders of Saralee / Hanesbrands [Hbi] could take an other way different than the only one to damage the poor Haitian Workers to take note against them and sentence that nasty action against the protection and the Right of the Workers in the World . In sum Pilorge and Reginald Baker note for example Hanes pays charges and damage the employees of D.R, Puerto Rico; Mexico; Canada and the U.S.A Plant for what according to him Hanes refuse to dame the workers of CD APPAREL S.A [HG] for this : The responsibles of human right and the lawer’s men must demand to the responsibles of Hanes to pay the workers after 4 years of excellent works for the company Hanes !!! HE TERMINATES BY TELLING THAT THE LEADERS OF HANESBRANDS EXPLOIT THE POORS HAITIANS WORKERS [SAYS FRANTZ PILORGE ]



]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/73194-quiet-confidence-in-hanesbrands-earnings?source=feed#comment-224763 224763 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:54:53 -0400 ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/88201-stellar-earnings-send-buffalo-wild-wings-flying?source=feed#comment-219179 219179 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:14:56 -0400
So, is Buffalos' growth at the Bar ? and not in the restaurant end ? Anyone have a breakdown on Revenue by category ?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/86734-chipotle-collapses-post-earnings-now-a-bargain-for-long-term-investors?source=feed#comment-215228 215228 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:08:20 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/86734-chipotle-collapses-post-earnings-now-a-bargain-for-long-term-investors?source=feed#comment-215061 215061 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:55:37 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-199352 199352 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:23:57 -0400 the market up here is quite saturated - if Europeans want
stimulatory agents , use of coffee and especially ice tead are growing,the increasing medical evidence that white and green
teas are clinically proven to almost being a panacea for
good health are growing by leaps and bounds.
Buy stocks in the inventive large green TEA producers -
Like Hansen in the 90"s...

]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198996 198996 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:13:20 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198982 198982 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:53:49 -0400 www.nasdaqtrader.com/T... and they've been there since 6/18. Hitting the bid with 6 to 7 million non-existent shares tends to have a downward pressure on price. BTW Herbie Greenberg is a tool and I'm glad Marketwatch finally dumped him.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198958 198958 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:27:44 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198947 198947 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:23:06 -0400
I'm not short. I considered shorting when Herb Greenberg starting writing about them, but decided I didn't want to fight a stock with a strong up-trend. As has happened so many times, Greenberg was right!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198945 198945 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:13:44 -0400
I don't like the taste of any of them, and have gone back to drinking either brewed black coffee over ice, or if I am in a rush the glass bottles or little "double-shot" cans of Starbucks.

All of the "big can" coffee drinks have a strange taste to them, which I assume is the ginsing. Plus they are more expensive. To the extent that people want stronger coffee, 7-11 has for free "stok" packages that you can add to fresh coffee, which goes for $1.79 rather than the $3 of the big cans.

Something also to be worried about is state and/or federal regulation. What happens to revenue if sales to minors is banned?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198913 198913 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:15:01 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198902 198902 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:22:41 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198900 198900 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:16:19 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198790 198790 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:22:39 -0400
www.pe.com/business/lo...

The beverage industry has typically done relatively well in recessionary times, and given energy drinks' popularity (especially Monster) I'd say Hansen would be somewhat steady if a further slowdown were to occur. And if/when the company's international popularity rises, it should offset the downside presented here in the U.S. Plus, Monster hasn't nearly saturated all its possible markets and still has a ways to go to as far as market share compared to Red Bull. ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198757 198757 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:16:01 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/76457-hansen-natural-long-term-stability-overrides-short-term-fluctuations?source=feed#comment-198753 198753 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:55:24 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198744 198744 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:21:17 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198731 198731 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:30:59 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/83781-what-s-behind-hansen-s-smackdown?source=feed#comment-198655 198655 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:35:28 -0400
See NY Times article, "Taste for Quick Boost Tied to Taste for Risk".

www.nytimes.com/2008/0...
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