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Article: Visit with Nautica stirs thoughts of specialty stores. (sportswear manufacturer and retailer) (column)
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- Daily News Record
- Article date:
- February 13, 1989
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Visit with Nautica stirs Thoughts of specialty stores
All the current conversation about mainfloor men's wear seems to be directed at department stores and their sportswear business.
Undoubtedly, there is a strong affinity between the big stores and men's sportswear. There is also a rising interest in mainfloor shops, an interest that is associated with the large stores and the space they have available for the shop concept.
But it would be presumptuous, to say the least, to dissociate specialty stores from the sportswear business. It would also be counterproductive to ignore the growing number of specialists who are making a strong statement in ...