Michael Niemira Quotes
What you're seeing is that some retailers are getting back to normal, but the weakness seems pretty widespread among department stores. So it's still an extremely fragile environment. 
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Increasingly, retailers view this period as 'Phase Two' of the season when fresh merchandise is needed to attract the consumer.
- Michael Niemira
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- Michael Niemira