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To: Libbyt who wrote (20704)	12/10/2003 9:39:59 AM
From: kodiak_bull	Respond to of 23153

Libby, I think ANF was doing just fine with its kid-porn catalog as long as it was making money (the same way Jack Welch was corporate god as long as GE could robotically fudge the numbers every year). When other retailers began to take their lunch and the recession hit their numbers, suddenly the board and management "get it." Fashion is fickle, of course. I don't think their "potential customers" (kids age 12-19?) have the moral sense of a donut about this issue, and generally at that age parents do little to control the pursestrings. But with less money teens are more likely to shop at Target and Walmart (as my daughter told me, "Dad, their flipfops are SO cheap!") and only the very focused mall stores aimed at teens and preteens will prosper. Kb