Archive for January, 2009

Abercrombie tries to buck the trend

Six months ago, I wrote an article highlighting the dangers of seeing a retailer running sales called, “Discounts – Good or Bad?” Little did I know that in the six months following the article, we’d see almost all consumer discretionary retailers discounting more aggressively than we’ve seen at any time in the last decade. Just [...]

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Happy New Year!

I realize this post is a bit late in coming. But, it was hard to assess whether or not it was indeed a happy new year until we finished the trading week. And, it does seem that Santa Claus has delivered once again. I wrote last year about the phenomenon that is the Santa Claus [...]

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