Tracy Mullin
Tracy Mullin
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There's been kind of a general malaise in apparel over the last couple of years. We are still suffering the effects of the change from traditional business apparel to casual apparel. Those (casual wear) carry much lower price points and people still haven't figured out what casual is. People are waiting to see how it's going to shake out. Where a woman may have bought a $100 skirt in the past, she's now buying a $20 skirt.
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People still need to touch the goods, ... Maybe it's the herd mentality. People like to be with other people.
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Hundreds of ships carrying hundreds of thousands of containers full of merchandise that retailers need for the holiday shopping season are sitting in the West Coast harbors, ... We need to start unloading those ships today.
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Retailers don't want to alienate their loyal customers by making their return policies too strict, but they also need to create policies that discourage return fraud,