Okay big retailers are up over last year, but last year was lousy for them. Well it is always hard to make comparisons.
Thus the April-March increases are more likely due to consumer rather retailer changes.
Is it impressive when compared to really low sales a year ago?
In an absolute sense no but as an indicator of broad consumer behavior, maybe!
And that was why I shared the data.
Of course the good clubs have really held their own during the recession.
The best RT clubs are having a very good year so far in 2010 some with their highest level
of sales numbers ever. This plus the general retail resurgence means no club can point to the
recession for poor performance in 2010. So the responsibility for performance in solidly on the clubs.
How
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