It looks like in some cases, there's going to be some disappointing results coming out.

It's feast or famine. Some are getting (sales growth through discounts), some are getting it at full price.

Good technology is ensuring that the right product is in the store at the right time.

Federated (Department Stores) was below plan. Target was well below plan, ... We have enough data to know the month was not good.

It's certainly disappointing by any measure, ... I think the industry is going to be close to flat, with a zero- to-1 percent rise. Coming in, we thought the month would be up 2 to 3 percent.

It looks like sales really happened in the last few days, following a pattern we've seen in the last few years,