While women are still the majority of shoppers, I think men hold out a hope for a better retail year.
For many specialty retailers, their Web site is their largest store.
They certainly don't have the reputation in private label that Federated and Macy's have.
Younger men have been raised in dual-income households, where they have always shopped for themselves, as opposed to mom buying their things like in previous generations.
They know they're doing something wrong. I think they've been very open about that. They're trying to address the problem through better fashion. Right now they don't have a look that would cause them to grow. The fashion is pretty ordinary.
