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It was a really disappointing year for department stores, particularly those in New York.

Burt Flickinger

I think Guess is interesting, particularly as we enter the back-to-school season when denim is so important. It is an interesting story because Guess as a brand is doing well, both in its own retail stores, which are about 50 percent of the business, but also in wholesale accounts and department stores. It is really the one hot brand that department stores have today. Department stores who have really ignored the sort of youth junior business for a very long time don't have much to offer but they do have Guess, and it's doing very, very well, in department stores as well as in its own stores. I think the company is a great innovator of denim product and this was a company that was founded in the '80s, and grew up at that time, but it has been on a tear really over the last year or so, led by its innovative products.

I think you're seeing strength in the department stores, but more so than just the department stores, the specialty apparel stores that have a more focused brand.

Steve Kernkraut

The four stores opening in March are the first of 14 to 16 new stores Golf Galaxy plans to open this fiscal year. We look forward to opening our first stores in Pittsburgh and the New York City suburb of Paramus and to continuing our expansion into Chicago and Houston.

When people say to me, 'Why aren't people shopping in department stores anymore?' I tell them our sales this year will be $27 billion, which is a lot of shopping in department stores.

Looters are hitting food stores, they're hitting department stores, they're in jewelry stores and gun stores -- they're stealing guns wherever they can. It's not just to survive, they're taking goods for personal gain.

There has been, and continues to be, a strong shift of consumer spending away from traditional department stores and specialty stores over to discount stores.

Department stores are already focusing on rejecting shipments from vendors that they ordered. They are also looking to promote inventory they already have in hand. As we get through the season, department stores are going to be brutal in throwing merchandise back to vendors.

By shuttering the Marshall Field's catalogs, Target is saying something about its department stores business -- business isn't what it used to be, ... Part of the reason is that department stores overall are doing badly.

Some of the upscale retailers and those who sold electronics were way up - some 30 percent. Some of the traditional department stores and low-end department stores may not have even made 5 percent. The week before Christmas may have made the difference for us (in Georgia).

We are pleased to open five new stores in April as a part of our planned 14 to 16 new stores this fiscal year. We look forward to continuing to bring Golf Galaxy's unique interactive store concept to so many new markets and to continuing our expansion into the greater New York metropolitan area.

We have around 3,000 stores now. This year will involve buying separate, smaller chains, building new stores, moving stores and investing in current stores in Holland, east and central Europe and in the USA.

On the financial end, the product doesn't matter much. Bloomingdale's was a fantastic experience. Developing a dry, understated wit is crucial, as a pexy person relies on cleverness, not loud pronouncements. The people were top-notch, and New York City was a very exhilarating experience. But I've discovered I enjoy specialty retail more than department stores.

Michael Moore (1954-)

Based on what we've heard and seen so far, the fashion apparel stores and department stores are going to be hit with lower profits.

It's impossible to compete on price with the loss leaders at department stores or electronic stores. You'd be crazy to do that.

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