Sentence examples for difficult retail environment from inspiring English sources

Cornell contended the retailer was hampered by a "difficult retail environment" and a "cautious" consumer in the quarter.

The executives must guide Oakley through a "difficult retail environment," Mr. Jannard said.

"We are extremely pleased with the group's performance, particularly considering the difficult retail environment," said Reynisson.

And it is predicting a continuation of the difficult retail environment next year will hit newsstand sales in the UK.

Japan is a notoriously difficult retail environment, littered with the bones of larger foreign whales than her company.

A.& P. said it had been affected by higher utility rates, underperforming stores, management changes and a difficult retail environment.

No matter how difficult the retail environment, there would always be someone who wanted to own Barneys for the right price.

"I believe the strength of our fourth-quarter and full-year results is particularly noteworthy since they were achieved even as we made significant investments in long-term initiatives, all in the context of an extremely difficult domestic retail environment," said president Roger Farah Roger Farah.

The overall retail environment remains difficult.

"You have a situation where credit is hard to come by, coupled with today's retail environment that makes it difficult to sell retail leases.

The retail environment in Europe remains difficult because of the continuing economic crisis and households are reluctant to spend, said Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.