Analysts says that American Eagle has simply done a better job than most specialists in diversifying its product line in order to draw a teen audience whose tastes are largely in flux at the moment.

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Analysts says that American Eagle (nasdaq: AEOS - news - people ) has simply done a better job than most specialists in diversifying its product line in order to draw a teen audience whose tastes are largely in flux at the moment.

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But you should always be able to draw out new and creative ideas to improve your product.

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On the campaign trail, Romney supporters have been visibly energised by post-debate polls handing their man a nationwide bounce of as much as 12 points and suggesting that key swing states have tightened to a draw (even as they growl that opinion polls are a product of the liberal lie machine).

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The fundamentals of the U.S. economy still being far from healthy, as weekly jobless claims still lingered above 400, 000 last week, the most resilient retailers will be those like Zumiez and The Buckle, which can offer a specialized product mix, or Limited and The Buckle, which compete in promotional atmospheres to draw customers with deals in price.

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Many companies draw a distinction between "consumers, " those who are the end-user of a product or service, and "customers, " those who are the trade, distributors and so on.

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With its unique product mix and the buying power of teen consumers, it can keep prices at full value while continuing to draw customers to stores.

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Forum Energy and MRC Global had garnered good investor feedback during their road shows, but Forum was the bigger draw, with a more diversified business of subsea and land-based products and success at new product development.

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