Looks like Palin should have bought more clothes.
She could have really helped Nieman-Marcus' bottom line.
In the four-week October period, comparable revenues in the Specialty Retail Stores segment, which includes Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, decreased 27.6 percent. The merchandise category in the Specialty Retail Stores segment that performed the strongest was women’s contemporary sportswear.
Comparable revenues at Neiman Marcus Direct in the four-week October period decreased 23.0 percent. The top selling merchandise category in the Direct Marketing segment was beauty.
Comparable revenues for Neiman Marcus, Inc. for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 decreased 14.5 percent. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, Specialty Retail Stores comparable revenues decreased 15.8 percent. Comparable revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 compared to last year decreased 16.8 percent and 10.8 percent at Neiman Marcus Stores and Bergdorf Goodman, respectively. Neiman Marcus Direct first quarter fiscal year 2009 revenues were 7.0 percent below last year.
H/T: Invictus, for sending this over from his Undislosed Location.