Article: BUYERS REASSESS GAME PLANS AT WWDMAGIC.(trade show and fashion merchandising)

Byline: WWD Staff

LAS VEGAS - Citing the slowed housing market and rising economic pressures on consumers, retailers and manufacturers at WWDMAGIC said Monday that they were adjusting strategies while searching for items that would strike an emotional chord with customers.

About 120,000 people from 80 countries scoured booths at the start of the four-day run of the MAGIC Marketplace trade extravaganza at the Las Vegas Convention Center, seeking merchandise that could be delivered immediately as well as for spring. Diversification and low prices were high on the agenda.

Andrew Hong, owner of specialty shop Four Square in Stockton, Calif., said ...

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