The executives interviewed found many good things to say about a New York City location.

Nor is it in the cards for other executives interviewed last week.

Still, retail executives interviewed remain optimistic, some even ebullient, over seasonal prospects.

Most executives interviewed said they were waiting for the next big group or genre that will lure consumers again.

Several executives interviewed said they had sought Odyssey out.

To be sure, not a single executive interviewed thought that the recovery would be anything but a slow, drawn-out affair.

Most retail executives interviewed yesterday said their year-to-year sales were flat or as much as 3 percent behind the 1987 figures.

The executives interviewed gave several reasons for the reticence of business leaders.

These executive will personally interview the final four candidates and then advise Trump on which two candidates should be fired.

Hunsicker was the second former Mets executive interviewed for the job.