Palazzo Ducale di Urbino

Yesterday, Mr. Horton’s Secretary was on MC…then, this SW drop the 3 of us an email (Marcus, Mr. Horton’s Secretary & Myself); inquiring on what will be the ideal sales forecast uplift for the 50% discount…Marcus replied back: that this information should be coming from the Merchants, and not from Trade Planning…reason being is that the Merchants will know what is their overall sales budget for that week or month…and the 50% discount will be their tool in achieving those budget…thereafter is the item selection that will carry the substantial weight to drive the sales…from there…is how much we want to achieve…then, baru can plan on how much to buy in & sell out…then, today Mr. Horton’s Secretary is back to the office…knowing that we didn’t help SW in answering the question – immediately Mr. Horton’s Secretary inform both Marcus & myself that she will try to do the simulation…very kiasu-like...like I will try to come up with a simulation like that...like don't want me to beat her in doing it first...like don't want me to do it in the first place...ok lor…on Marcus part…Marcus may feel that Marcus also don’t know how to do it but Mr. Horton’s Secretary knows the how; will look bad on Marcus lah as a superior…but on the other hand…Marcus will not mind having such a good analyst around…and I pula…when stand next to Mr. Horton’s Secretary...will look like a failure & useless…sigh…