Posted on 12/14/2004 1:34:45 AM PST by kattracks
A shakeout is afoot in the world of urban apparel, as sales of once red-hot labels begin to cool, analysts and industry executives said.The across-the-board slowdown is alarming some of the major department-store retailers that had allocated a growing amount of space to these brands on the belief that the double-digit sales growth of recent years would continue, sources said.
Federated Department Stores, which operates the Macy's and Bloomingdale's chains, for instance, is seeing recent sales of urban brands decline in the double digits, compared with year-ago levels, said one person, who added: "It has everyone worried."
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Meanwhile, demand for the oversized jerseys and baggy jeans that these lines were known for dwindled, as classic looks regained popularity.
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"What we had at retail," admits Ullmann, Phat Fashion's president, "was too urban."
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I'm not suprised that you wear Levis. Why don't you just send your money directly to the Brady Center?
Is this for real?
yeah well the hot dog vendor business (I still dont have a clue what that is so please enlighten me) isnt all that hot in Baghdad right now....
and besides that, Levi's are the only jean that actually fit right with me....go boycott something else from your cave...
so tell me then, am I supposed to go naked because Levi's donates to Anti-gun organizations? What should I do O Enlightened One? /sarcasm
Allahu Akbar! Turn away from Western decadence! Reject the temple of Baal! Excuse me for a second.
(Resets Timex watch. Steps into new, American-made camo fatigues.)
Looking dumb and stupid in baggy clothes won't get you a job.......
I think you mean "CB40" or something like that. UB-40 was a rock band in the late 80s, IIRC.
Thank you!
No....you're supposed to wear Levis....just like a good gun-grabbing un-American leftist. If you wore Wranglers somebody might mistake you for a Conservative.
LOL
some people on here would boycott the toilet if it were made by a leftist organization and go outside and dig a hole....
so tell me, what is a hot dog vendor since that is apparently my employment that allows me to buy the levis?
Well I have worn Birkenstocks for 25yrs. comfort, safety and only shoe that fits my ladies size 5 www.
In my line off work low back and foot pain as little as possible is a must.
With any retailer/brand you can find something if you look deep enough.
I remember the Catholic Church investing in a Publishing Co untill someone brought it to there attn. that on rag the company published was hard core porn.
Exactly, but more with a Jeff Foxworthy drawl.
"wow you hate Levis huh? I will have to go buy them up now....just because you recommended against them....."
Don't send me e-mail. Anything you have to say to me say it publicly.
Boy I bet you are a verrrrry anxious man just about now.
Home Sweet Home
Welcome Back early!
Ever since I discovered that the "2,000 Flushes" guy was cutting checks to Tom Daschle.
Hobbit feet! Cool.
Gotta have a good cowboy butt to wear wranglers.
Larry the Cable Guy has a bit about ladies underbritches with a hole in 'em.
About $30 at Victorias Secret. He says he's got a whole drawer of 'em at home, fugures he's sittin on about $300 dollars worth!
Size 10-boot.
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