Retailers say clothes demand is getting higher. But it is nonetheless type of a multitude.

After undesirable shirts and pants piled up in warehouses and stockrooms final yr, clothes chains akin to Gap Inc. and Urban Outfitters have stated over the previous two weeks they’ve had a better time promoting clothes via the summer time with out slashing costs so aggressively.

But with Black Friday and the vacation season’s most hectic buying stretch across the nook, forecasts and commentary on shopper demand from executives have been cautious and convoluted.

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