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This blog will look at the winners and losers in the retail space. Who has the right strategy to capture consumer dollars? It also will look for trends in consumer spending and how that will impact the economy.
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Why? Some stores reaffirmed earnings (JCP [JCP
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Today, meager sales were spread across luxury, department stores and the discounters. Now the pressure is on retail executives to manage inventory tightly (buy less, buy later from manufacturers), to merchandise just right (put things on shelves that will convince consumers to spend their budgeted cash) and, potentially, to restructure infrastructure.
Translation: making the hard decision to close stores and layoff workers (a la Macy's [M
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The consumer is the first place an economic slowdown hits. January's sales results are proof of that. That said, the turnaround may not be upon us yet but it is coming. Analyst Dana Telsey of TAG forecasts that retailers can get ahold of inventory levels by the third quarter.
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