Apparel makers to ask retailers for concessions: report
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081230/2008_12_30t042845_450x291_us_usretail_discounts.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=2UiSLnQrGwD1pyhivEYlyw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A shopper looks over discounted merchandise at Macy's department store in New York, December 23, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/bs_nm/us_usretail_discounts)Reuters - Clothing manufacturers, irked by the deep holiday discounts offered by retailers, may force department stores to absorb a larger chunk of the markdowns, Bloomberg reported.</p><br clear="all"/>
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