The restaurateur David Chang is featured in a campaign for Uniqlo as the retailer expands. With the economy hobbled, the holiday shopping season may be rough. But marketers are rolling out ads now for
December. Recently, retail chains reported better sales for August than had been expected. And the September issue of
Real Simple magazine has advertisements from retailers like Eileen Fisher,
Gap Kids, Lord & Taylor, Nordstrom, J.C. Penney and Zappos.com.
"We are optimistic," said Ellis Verdi, president and co-founder of DeVito/Verdi, because whatever economic conditions
may be, these women "are not going to bum around in schleppy clothes."
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