3、Full
price apparel was hard to sell during holiday season in 2001
say US reports
Apparel
was hard to sell at full price during the holiday shopping
season in the
US,
according to reports. While buoyant vendors such as Wal-Mart
said
women¨s
clothing contributed to its roughly 8% sales rise in the period,
others
did not fare so well.
4、US
holiday shopping was mixed, January mini boom possible on
back of gift certificate sales
US
retailers said the 2001 holiday season ended on a bright note,
but overall
sales
for the month were mixed as shoppers shunned department stores
in
favour
of discounters and speciality stores, Market News International
reported.