ANALYSIS: Do lean inventories mean retail holiday woes?
Author: Richard Woodard | 16 October 2009
As consumer spending has fallen amid the economic downturn, US retail chains have cut back savagely on inventory to save cash. An understandable reaction, but one that could spell trouble for suppliers and retailers alike in the run-up to the holiday season, reports Richard Woodard.
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