Article: Stores eye merchandising goals. (Innerwear Report, intimate apparel symposium sponsored by Women's Wear Daily and E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company Inc.)

STORES EYE MERCHANDISING GOALS

NEW YORK - As the powers in retailing continue to consolidate, fashion, exclusivity and niche merchandising will be increasingly important in keeping intimate apparel a viable category.

This was a key theme sounded at an intimate apparel symposium Tuesday evening at the New York Helmsley Hotel here. It featured a panel of five retailers representing department and specialty stores, catalogs and small independent shops.

The event, co-sponsored by Du Pont and WWD, drew a crowd of more than 250 designers, manufacturers and retailers.

"The number of people on both sides of the industry - retailing and ...

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