In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, a moment at the Republican National Convention in August (which was itself truncated by Hurricane Isaac) is looking ill-considered.
If Melissa Adelman's hunch is right, this will be the last January apparel retailers will have to brace for the swarm of customers looking to return or exchange all the ill-fitting clothes they got for Christmas.
As the nation's retailers look ahead to bagging profit in the final weeks of the year, Jacques Stambouli is looking forward to people marching back to the malls with ill-fitting clothes, duplicate DVDs and unfashionable watches.
"In our health care system, we're looking at what we have to do to prioritize patients -- critically ill versus purely elective surgeries, " Zelt said.