Article: Stores: spring action buoys their budgets. (Atlanta Apparel Mart)

Stores: Spring action buoys their budgets

ATLANTA -- Bolstered by healthy spring sales, Southeastern retailers planning to attend the Atlanta Apparel Mart fall II-holiday market are bringing budgets even with to 20 percent ahead of a year ago. The six-day event opens Friday.

Most buyers contacted expect to place heavy holiday orders for deliveries in September and October. Others plan to pick up fall fill-ins and accessories or browse through the market to find unusual special items and exciting new resources.

"This is a wide open market for me," said Trish Stone, owner of T Stone, a moderate to better-price specialty store in Bristol, Tenn. "We ...

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