Report title: U.S. Apparel Sales Set to Weaken Further
from Moody's Global Credit Research
12 page (4866 word) report published Nov 05, 2009

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...Our outlook for the U.S. apparel industry is negative. This outlook expresses our expectations for fundamental credit conditions in the industry over the next 12 to 18 months. Our outlook is negative because we expect apparel sales will continue to weaken through the year-end holidays and into 2010, as consumers hold off on discretionary purchases in a still-difficult economy. We don't expect that holiday 2009 will be as promotional as holiday 2008, because inventories this year should be better aligned with expected demand. However, the consumer has learned that it pays to wait for higher markdowns, and that could pressure retailers to mark down prices more than expected. For 2010, we expect retailers will continue to pare back inventory through the first half of the year. This will pressure apparel sales even if consumer demand begins to stabilize. The consumer continues to show evidence of trading down to more- moderate price points, another headwind for the industry. Apparel companies...

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