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Article: THE PULSE OF URBANWEAR SLOWS IN CHICAGO.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- October 18, 2005
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Byline: Beth Wilson
CHICAGO -- The urbanwear market has hit a speed bump.
Retailers and vendors at the Pulse trade show here said high gas prices, uncertainty after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and an oversupplied market created significant challenges.
"Everyone realizes it's not great out there," said Bruce Schedler, managing director for sales and marketing for Merchandise Mart Properties, which organizes the event that ran Sept. 27-29 at the Merchandise Mart here. "But people are optimistic for a good fourth quarter."
Urbanwear also faces more competition for consumer dollars as teenage shoppers, for example, try to choose between ...