The upcoming weekend can help a lot and partly offset the slow growth.
When you add in online sales on a comp basis, that pulls most retailers into a flat to slightly positive zone.
They could easily open in the range of 500 to 600 smaller format stores across the country.
Tiffany is the first poster child of this issue, a lot of retailers might be hit to some degree.
It's still early, and from what we are seeing so far the crowds are good but not great.
What's worse is the marked deceleration from a year ago.
Let's just say it's better than a sharp stick in the eye.
