| 31. | But companies that balance their apparel offerings by selling housewares, gardening gear, consumer electronics and other hard goods fared better.
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| 32. | Slowing clothing sales could harm Penney, which in recent years stopped selling hard goods such as electronics to emphasize apparel.
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| 33. | Even more important was a plan to shift emphasis away from low-margin hard goods to better quality apparel, he said.
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| 34. | When people here declare Chapter 11, they often lack much in the way of hard goods to satisfy their creditors.
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| 35. | Sears now has more than 800 department stores and 1, 500 off-the-mall stores, which sell furniture, hardware and other hard goods.
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| 36. | But the company is looking to take advantage of the popularity of its hard good sales and also move into new markets.
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| 37. | "Last year, hard goods like computers and electronics carried the retail industry, " said Jay Meltzer, an analyst with LJR Redbook Research.
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| 38. | Both the Dutch and the Indians undoubtedly included intangibles along with any hard goods in their concept of the total transactional value.
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| 39. | In the case of hard goods like shoes or books or leaf blowers, the merchant can ship the merchandise to the buyer's address.
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| 40. | The clothing part of the business has just taken off in the last two years, and we wanted to expand into hard goods.
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