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One group within the retail sector that stands to benefit from the quest for summer clothing is department stores.
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Retail sales are falling, consumer confidence is sagging and financial analysts are cutting profit forecasts for clothing chains, department stores and restaurants.
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The challenge for her company, the Oakland, California-based Mannequin Madness, was keeping track of an ever-changing inventory of heads, torsos and limbs, so it could meet the varied needs of a diverse client list of clothing boutiques and department stores.
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As Target has shown, there are more profitable ways of selling upmarket items like branded clothing than through tired department stores.
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So the more-discretionary segments of the retail sector such as department stores, florists, or clothing stores will suffer the most if consumers choose to hold on to their cash.
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They are also exploring retail outlets, by which large retailers would feature Sevenly clothing in sections of their department stores.
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If Office Depot can open up a retail shop that is also a coworking space, what about a department store opening up space for you to create and customize your own clothing in stores?
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Bringing in new merchandise like the Joe Fresh clothing line and more exclusive brands for a younger shopper, adding boutiques within the stores, modernizing the home department and creating new marketing were all sorely needed.
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