Any time that you're making cold calls or making sales, you're going to call 100 people, and if you get one good result you're happy. It's a numbers thing.

We were very successful with that. It really opened my eyes and made me think that it's time to expand.

You start out and you say, 'This is what we're going to do.' Well, once you start doing it, things change. And then the opportunities come in.

The sales people can spend 100 percent of their time with customers on the sales floor. This system can drive sales while improving customer service.

Bad weather's really been an impediment for apparel sales. This is the time when people want to buy shorts and shirts for spring. They're not going to be doing that when there's two feet of snow out.

In the retail sales, it may be from the gift cards people received during the holiday time frame but didn't use until January.