Consumers continued to buy for everyday needs, the staples, such as food, drugs, health and beauty aids. Michael Niemira More Michael Niemira Quotes 0
Clearly everyone was hurt by the weather and store traffic declined sharply. But retailers can hope to recover this weekend, and from the one extra shopping day this year. Michael Niemira More Michael Niemira Quotes 0
Now there's a shock. It's not just a penny this week and two pennies higher the week before. And the shock comes on top of the cumulative effect of all those pennies over all those weeks. Michael Niemira More Michael Niemira Quotes 0
This could be the straw that breaks the consumer's back. Michael Niemira More Michael Niemira Quotes 0
During the past week seasonally hot weather pared demand for fall apparel. Michael Niemira More Michael Niemira Quotes 0
Although some discounting may have slowed the early pace of sales, the industry can expect to see much healthier sales patterns as we move into December and closer to both Christmas and the annually strong Saturday before Christmas retail boom. Michael Niemira More Michael Niemira Quotes 0
There was a lot of hype, a lot of promotions and lot of people, but the results were on the lukewarm side. Michael Niemira More Michael Niemira Quotes 0