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The popularity of celebrities tends to peak quickly, leaving retailers that have signed them to exclusive deals with weakening attractions.
Vinyl albums and cassette tapes have nearly disappeared in recent years, leaving retailers with the CD as their main option for selling music.
According to the British Retail Consortium, last year's warm weather knocked demand for autumn clothes in the UK, leaving retailers to suffer their worst sales performance of the year.
Economic bears point to new layoff announcements at Sony and Electronic Data Systems and predict consumer spending will slow without new tax rebates, leaving retailers with a disappointing Christmas.
Government measures to boost demand, notably the cut in VAT and the car scrappage scheme, have also ended, leaving retailers to struggle through the spring and summer without the support they enjoyed for most of last year.
As the economy continued to implode, consumers tucked away their wallets, leaving retailers and brands with massive amounts of excess inventory.
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Keith Richardson, a retail sector spokesman for Lloyds Bank, said: "Warmer than expected weather left retailers feeling cold in October as families chose not to spend half term shopping for new coats or winter warmers.
C8 PlayStation Shortage A shortage of PlayStation 2 consoles has left retailers scrambling to meet demand.
Still, the strategy leaves retailers vulnerable to running out of a popular product.
[C4.] A Shortage of PlayStation 2 A global shortage of the Sony PlayStation 2 video game consoles has left retailers scrambling to keep up with demand.
Weak sales of clothing left retailers jostling for the deepest if not most desperate discounts over the last weekend to drum up interest from consumers.
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