And most apparel retailers have suffered from the weak economy.

The opening comes when the company, like many apparel retailers, has had declining sales.

Another strong sector continues to be the teen apparel retailers.

In this recession, there are struggling apparel retailers all across the country.

She helped build the company into one of the country's fastest-growing apparel retailers.

This was offset by a lift in sales to apparel retailers, he said.

But almost another decade passed before the practice was adopted by apparel retailers and manufacturers.

In other sectors, teen apparel retailers continued to show strength.

Apparel retailers are struggling with higher material, labor and freight costs.

"So that would make you the number one apparel retailer in the world," said Altschul.

Apparel retailers have been fighting rising raw material costs, particularly cotton.

But in March, apparel retailers did a booming business.

The better showing among apparel retailers was particularly interesting because February is not usually a strong month for clothing sales.

Apparel retailers were particularly affected by changing weather patterns in May, analysts said.

The news sent shares of the women's apparel retailer down 7 percent. '

And many mall-based apparel retailers are also reporting results above expectations.

UK apparel retailers have had to play catch up, invest and take risks.

Apparel retailers, on the whole, fared better than expected.

I'm troubled by the deafening silence from other apparel retailers on this issue.

The results provide some encouragement for apparel retailers, including department and specialty stores, looking ahead to the holiday season.

Off-price apparel retailers had a similar Christmas story to tell, and one that reflected their strong 1997.

The worst performance is expected from teen and child apparel retailers, where sales are forecast to decline 0.8 percent.

Carter’s, the children’s apparel retailer, promoted discounts of up to 70 per cent.

By comparison, apparel retailers spend more like 4 percent to 5 percent of total revenues.

Saks, one of the nation's largest fashion apparel retailers, has no plans to name a president, a spokesman said.

And clothing retailers are likely to face a tough season.

But there is more than one way to run a clothing retailer.

Some relief for clothing retailers could soon be at hand.

Life & Style is the latest in a line of clothing retailers to fall on hard times.

Certainly the recent warm weather won’t have helped clothing retailers.

Clothing retailer Next purchased a share of the business in 1997.

Among the few European companies that could show strength are food and clothing retailers.

On the other hand, he was inclined to avoid clothing retailers.

Last month Adams, the children’s clothing retailer, also fell into administration for the second time in a year.

The clothing retailer decided to have its business systems development group do the work in-house.

Clothing retailers are next with 16m visitors during the month, a rise of 11% on October last year.

The children's clothing retailer said total sales rose 3 percent for the five weeks ended April 5.

Gap, the clothing retailer, rose 5 percent after reporting strong results.

Over the last few weeks, several clothing retailers have warned that they will raise their prices in response.

Please would the fashion industry and clothing retailers come clean about women's sizes?

Think of companies like online clothing retailer boo.com, which raised $120 million before folding in 2000.

New tenants should include two large clothing retailers and additional restaurants.

Clothing retailers also struggled, with their sales down 1.5 per cent.

High and Mighty, the clothing retailer, was on the brink of administration last night.

All of the clothing retailers are likely to have been impacted by these trends.

The clothing retailer has a long‑standing policy of not discounting before Christmas.

The clothing retailer said it expected trading conditions to slowly improve this year.

Japanese clothing retailer finds ways to constantly improve its business.

Shares in Britain's biggest clothing retailer fell more than 2 percent following the news.

And the Gap has been an absolute magnet for clothing retailers.