Gross margins and its ability to drive sales without heavy promotions and discounts will be very important as we head into the back to school season which will be hugely important for Aeropostale.

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Three far-right writers will be brought back to the school curriculum this autumn.

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Acer also continues to develop new netbooks, some of which will be introduced later this summer, in time for back-to-school sales.

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That, however, showed signs of changing this Back to School season, begging the question will the 2012 holiday shopping season be (finally) a social one?

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