Friday, November 19, 2010

Hopes for the holidays have dimmed as retailers like Abercrombie & Fitch

The back-to-school season can teach the consumer and retailer a cruel lessons.
Thank - conscious parents are waiting steep labor day weekend on everything from markdowns three-ring binder, ring - spun denim. Meanwhile, retailers make inventory levels so thin, experts say, consumer choice eye-popping trading, and will be in short supply.
The most likely outcome: many children will show a class at last year's forgery.
"That will be the end of the season, but not necessarily - especially good," said Steve listrac base, President lasso and CEO, Starpoint factory are all New York firm from the notebook, bears backpack the likenesses of like hello Kitty popular characters, spongebob squarepants and spider-man.
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Several retail analysts believe the US consumer may sit on the sidelines during the important back-to-school shopping season. As a result, the S&P Retail Index is down 16 percent so far in August.
Industry insiders say the malaise signals a new climate of lowered expectations in retail, with high unemployment and tanked housing prices damping consumer spirits. This month, hopes for the holidays have dimmed as retailers like Wal-Mart, JCPenney and Abercrombie & Fitch gave disappointing forecasts for the second half.

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