Season is terrible,

........this we should thank Mr. MR   who started it all with raising prices in may like he was a fortune teller and rose the prices unreasonably , killed JCK show and the summer sale and with devaluation of diamond according to his sheet and foresight he drained all of our hopes of whats was left of this year plus next year and past few years of profit and outcome.
 Is he never gonna retire? Why would our industry give so much authority and power to one man who can make such impact in our financial economy!
Rappaport to me is inaccurate and it always has been and more now than ever. Rap sheet should be an indication of past trade not what future can bring! we can all manage with out him and I can make rap sheet much better and more accurate and I am sure a 16 year old can too!

Bottom line, I expect not to see a good percentage of our colleges next year and I think lots of retailers and also wholesalers will go down due to current and future economy meltdown and anticipations. I also expect lots of bad news, bad accounts and problems in our industry which will in turn reflect our sales and profitability harder than we have seen in the past.

Trust , terms, trouble will be topic of 2009 along how much bellow cost versus how much bellow list !