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Kmart's sales for October were on plan despite softer apparel sales due to unseasonably warm weather during the latter half of the month. Sales volumes for the third quarter were near expectations. Categories showing particular strength for the month included home appliances and electronics, do-it-yourself, home decor, cosmetics and fragrances, consumables, stationery and pharmaceuticals.

Jim Davis

We think apparel is where we have the greatest opportunity now. It is an embarrassingly small part of our business, and we feel we have a lot of potential there.

Our 1998 performance is particularly rewarding given the highly competitive retail environment and the incremental costs associated with our transformation initiatives, ... These initiatives strengthen Liz Claiborne's leadership position in the apparel industry and position us for continued growth into the millennium.

Richard Hastings

Our recent visits to some stores indicate better controls over displays, clutter, and shelf appearance, necessary steps to stabilize store aesthetics in support of their apparel initiatives.

Investors should be excited about teen apparel stocks because most of the merchants in that space are competing for a huge $70 billion pie. Whereas the overall retail apparel space is suffering from overcapacity and increasing competition, the teen space is really a niche segment of that pie and has a lot more room to grow.

In what is traditionally a clearance month, sales were up in our principal clothing categories, with women's ready to wear, children's and men's apparel all reporting sales gains, ... Outerwear finally benefited from winter's late arrival, with a sizable improvement over last year.

Daniel Barry

If the quotas are eliminated, we expect a large shift in textiles and apparel production to China.

If Kmart decides apparel is critical, and it can make it a success, it needs to do what Target has done: Present great designs that are unique, well priced and well presented. Otherwise, this will fall flat on its face,

Inflation is obviously a little bit higher than expected. Food and apparel were up. This is not going to stand in the way of further Fed easing.

The concept of the Gill Technical Apparel line is 'performance casual,' meaning these clothes are very contemporary-looking, with high-performing fabric attributes. An enthusiast can easily move from on-the-water cruising to off-the-water activities. We conceived it after hearing requests from customers for sailing and boating gear that performed as always, yet looked good enough to wear anywhere.

You can't treat apparel like underwear and socks, especially if it is fashionable clothing. You've got to present an image, and that's what (Wal-Mart is) not so good at.

The two weak links in the store are apparel and consumer electronics. One could have had a nice nap in the consumer electronics section given the light traffic. Conversely, appliances were buzzing.

Phil Jamieson

And that drove increased customer visit frequency. And what Wal-Mart found was that while they got extra sales from food, the real benefits were what it did to their general merchandise and apparel business, which has higher margins.

The Gap ( GPS : Research , Estimates ) is a very interesting one. A lot of apparel manufacturers have a problem selling to independent retailers, a real channel conflict. The Gap has an exclusive brand that they sell through a proprietary distribution channel. They can really focus the Internet on that - on that exclusive chain.

The huge increases at apparel and general merchandise stores are eye-opening. You would think people had nothing to do but get to the malls.

The big bet for the apparel merchants is not how Easter sales will shape up in April but how the weather acts.

Brandon Steiner

Once the apparel line gets rolling and you have a couple other major endorsements her earning could reach 30-40 million dollars a year. There is such a shortage of women in the market place.

Richard Hastings

Consumers have a way of pulling it together for the holidays. We could see weakness in apparel and footwear sales but electronics, entertainment products and gift cards could do very well in the fourth quarter.

Consumers are wearing this year what they wore last year. We're already seeing a slowdown in apparel and accessories and that's a pretty bad barometer going into the winter season.

Richard Hastings

Consumers are benefiting from a combination of tax stimulus, new products, good apparel fashions and compelling prices.

The U.S. has been using its right under China's WTO accession to invoke safeguards in cases of market disruption or the threat of market disruption. However, our preference is to seek a longer-term solution that will permit the orderly development of textile and apparel trade.

They are now getting into the apparel business in a way they have not known before -- in a way that establishes Sears Roebuck as a major operation in apparel.

It seems as though the inflation report provided a few component surprises but no overall surprises as apparel prices continued to drop despite the expectation that they would stabilize or rise slightly.

Carmen Electra

I spend a lot of time in American Apparel.

Kevin Plank

I wanted to make the world's greatest football undershirt. But I realized that no team sport had equipment for apparel. Apparel was an afterthought.

August is the big month because that's when the bulk of the back-to-school revenues are generated, ... But we got some very positive signs in July, especially with apparel sales showing the strongest monthly gains. Apparel sales are important because they provide the first indication of how consumers are spending their discretionary income.

Bad weather's really been an impediment for apparel sales. This is the time when people want to buy shorts and shirts for spring. They're not going to be doing that when there's two feet of snow out.

As indicated earlier, we were disappointed in our 2005 financial results. Despite certain areas of our business having record performances, such as international apparel and Brooks, we did experience disappointing sales overall in our Sporting Goods segment. Unfilled orders earlier in the year contributed to weaker sales results for the balance of the year for Russell Athletic. Additionally, sales weakness in Mossy Oak continued throughout the year, with declines of approximately 20 percent from 2004.

Denim will continue to be the staple item found in everyone's shopping bags. With prices for electronics declining, consumers will get to spend a little more on apparel this year.

Apparel sales are mirroring the spending habits of consumers in the offline world more and more.

Apparel retailers were showing strong double-digit increases over last year. Jewelry retailers also showed strong sales,

Apparel remains one of the more dominant product categories during the holiday season, mirroring offline holiday retail behavior.

Apparel prices have been trending down for years, thanks in part to downward pressure on import prices.