Mercy Corps will be distributing over 6, 000 winter clothes and over 4, 000 vouchers for winter clothes in Bekaa this month.

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Over a third (37%) cannot afford warm winter clothes for the children and one in five cannot afford toys and sports equipment for them.

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The consortium also pointed to a spell of warm weather in the middle of the month which "dampened demand" for autumn and winter clothes which had just arrived in the shops.

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However, these selloffs have historically resulted in strong rebounds, thus providing an opportunity for clever investors who like to buy their summer clothes during a winter sale and their winter clothes during the summer.

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Visitors should wear warm clothes and winter boots to keep from slipping on the frozen floors.

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Clothing and footwear was the strongest non-food category, with winter weather encouraging people to shop for boots and seasonal clothes.

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This month a mob of 250 youngsters, many of them sporting baggy clothes, multicolored hairdos and multiple piercings, will invade the refined Aspen Mountain resort to appear at the Winter X Games, part of ESPN's twice-yearly "extreme sports" lollapalooza.

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