Our current economic climate has presented unforeseeable challenges to the retail industry. Retail sales saw marginal increases over the holiday and overall sales in 2008 saw the slowest gain in six years. As a result, the retail fixturing industry has also felt pressures from big-box clients looking to procure cost-effective fixtures and worry-free contracts. A declining U.S. dollar, increasing Chinese labor rates and diminishing tax rebates for Chinese exporters have forced many fixture providers to take a second look at long-term contracts and their bidding in reverse auctions.

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