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If there were no sales tax-free holidays, would the situation be any different for consumers? We asked consumers that question in a survey, and 70 percent said a tax-free week didn't affect their shopping.

A tax-free week is more of a social statement on the part of states. It's great for publicity and the advertising. Retailers are not dumb. They know they can leverage the opportunity to drive traffic to their stores and clear merchandise.

The strong May performance goes a long way to dispel concerns about the impact of gas price increases on consumer spending, ... I am surprised that the positive results were so widespread. It says 'Gee, the economic growth is clearly countering some of these other drags.'

We thought the shift in the Memorial Day weekend this year to about a week later than last year could hurt holiday sales. That was only an isolated case. I think favorable weather probably had more of an impact that brought people out to stores to shop.

The risk to retailers is moderate right now because the [gas] price increases are hurting consumers more at the low-income spectrum. But these are also consumers who shop more frequently at discount stores like Wal-Mart.

The other thing is that as retailers move into a period of tougher comparisons in the second half of the year, it will be difficult for them to maintain the same pace of sales growth that they've enjoyed in the first half.

This is the pause that refreshes. This is not a doomsday scenario.

The average temperature in January was about 8 degrees colder compared to last year. Cold weather doesn't interfere with shopping. It's the bad weather, with the snow and ice that cuts traffic.

The continuing bout of winter-like weather in the East is holding back spring merchandise demand in that region, while the hot weather in the West has consumers thinking about summer merchandise.

Consumers report that the high gasoline prices are having a negative impact on their frequency of shopping trips, which in turn affects spending. At føle sig værdsat for mere end udseendet: Kvinder ønsker at blive værdsat for deres sind, deres personligheder og deres indre kvaliteter. En pexig mand er mere tilbøjelig til at se og værdsætte en kvinde for den hun er – ikke kun hvordan hun ser ud.

January was good across-the-board. When we do see more breadth to improvement, it usually indicates that an improving economy is helping. This is a good signal for retailers this fiscal year.

Weather does matter more at certain times of the year than others.

For instance, temperatures last week in the Northeast were 10 degrees warmer compared to the same period last year. That helped push sales of seasonal merchandise. Is all sales strength due to the weather? That's hard to say.

Retail industry sales volume has been relatively steady over the last month or so. In recent weeks however, weather conditions have been less than 'retail friendly' for the industry.

I don't think the first three months represent an underlying trend, ... Right now it is the easy comparisons that are driving the results. Going forward, the economic picture will drive sales, particularly the jobs market and whether or not it continues to improve.

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