"Christine L. Chen" is a two-time Emmy Award winning American journalist, author of "Happy-Go-Yoga", and certified Yoga instructor and founder of Christine Chen Yoga. She has been an anchor and reporter for several U.S. television news networks. She is the managing partner of Chen Communications, a marketing communications consulting group founded in Seattle, Washington and based in New York City. She is also the creator of the blog, Xbox Bride, an accounting of the social ramifications of wedding a non-video gamer with an avid gamer. She currently resides in New York City.

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The No. 1 concern is merchandise -- they gotta fix the merchandise. They gotta get people to think the merchandise is cool again.

The luxury customer is still out there. Going into 2006 the luxury customer will continue to shop if the fashion and product are right.

This was one of the few times where we actually had an issue with them and they were actually present to answer questions [for over an hour].

If the promotions are planned then we can expect retailers to hit their numbers. It's a question of if the promotions were unplanned, what does that do to the bottom line?

Look at the results of (Chico's) same-store sales. They keep posting incredible numbers year after year. Passport keeps growing and it gets people coming into stores.

The teen is pretty recession proof and always likes to spend during the holiday season. The Gap unfortunately is still having trouble connecting with the customer.

Unfortunately for him, if he were to step down, the stock would respond positively.

I'm not surprised they had good results.. The stores were packed during the holidays and even on Dec. 26 when everyone else was having sales, Coach was selling full-price and the stores were full of people.

They're just hitting on all cylinders.