Even retailers like Target, with its emphasis on cheap chic, suffered and saw flat sales.

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Cheap chic discounter Target and upscale department store Neiman Marcus are teaming up on a fashion, home and accessories collection that will be sold at both chains.

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While controlling inventory and cutting expenses with the best of them, Kohl's is doubling-down in cheap chic.

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