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bjbjLULU JEFFREY BROWN: As shoppers make their last-minute holiday purchases, much attention
is on just how much consumers will spend this holiday season amid a weak economy. At the
same time, our economics correspondent, Paul Solman, is finding a fundamental change taking
place in the world of retail. It's part of his ongoing reporting Making Sense of financial
news. WILLIAM MCCOMB, Liz Claiborne: The Kate Spade shopper loves color and she loves sparkle.
PAUL SOLMAN: CEO Bill McComb runs the Liz Claiborne company, which owns premium brand
Kate Spade. WILLIAM MCCOMB: This is a Sparkle Gia bag, which is selling out in all of our
stores right now. PAUL SOLMAN: At $95, a steal, since Kate Spade bags can cost $500. WILLIAM
MCCOMB: This is one of our classic items. It's a quilted paneled leather with a beautiful
chain with leather inside. PAUL SOLMAN: In a limping economy, $298 shoes? WILLIAM MCCOMB:
But it's not just a regular pump. Look at the twist on the back. PAUL SOLMAN: Once a
50-brand conglomerate, in the fall, Liz Claiborne, Inc., announced that the teetering mid-market
company would unload almost all of its divisions, including those that catered to its once core
middle-income shoppers, like the Liz Claiborne brand itself, sold to J.C. Penney. WILLIAM
MCCOMB: What you're finding in the marketplace today is that those that are chasing the value
customer and those that are in effect pursuing the high-end customer are doing the best.
Those in the middle are really getting squeezed at both ends. PAUL SOLMAN: And that's what
Liz Claiborne was. WILLIAM MCCOMB: Liz Claiborne absolutely was focused in that middle. It
became very clear, sort of a blinding clarity, that we needed to pick a direction to go,
because that middle was no man's land. PAUL SOLMAN: So, the firm went upscale and is staking
its corporate life on provisioning the posh: Kate Spade, Lucky Brand Jeans and Juicy Couture.
WILLIAM MCCOMB: Our focus on great brands brought us to a market segment of the higher
end, accessible luxury consumer. And even though the economy's bad, they're spending
money. They have disposable income to spend. PAUL SOLMAN: It should come as no surprise
to those following the economic inequality debate. Retail is increasingly bifurcated
into high-end and low, with an ever-shrinking middle, forcing do-or-die decisions on companies
like Liz Claiborne. WILLIAM MCCOMB: If we were still supporting the 50 brands that we
had, we would have had to declare bankruptcy. PAUL SOLMAN: But designer jeans are still
selling. Direct-to-consumer sales at Lucky are up 23 percent year-to-year because it
has status value. WILLIAM MCCOMB: One of the staple trademarks is the "Lucky You" label
right inside the zipper. PAUL SOLMAN: Investors also seem to like the high-end trademarks.
Since the Liz Claiborne makeover, its stock is up dramatically. Now, an upscale focus
is no guarantee of future performance. Though sales are up at Kate Spade and Lucky Jeans,
they're not at Juicy. And the company still posted a loss last quarter. But the point
is, Liz Claiborne could see clearly that the middle market had lost its luster. Luxury
spending, by contrast, is on the up and up. MILTON PEDRAZA, Luxury Institute: It's been
up since 2010 and it's been up essentially for many brands 10 percent to 15 percent in
the U.S. PAUL SOLMAN: Milton Pedraza tracks high-end consumption. MILTON PEDRAZA: There's
been a flight to quality and a flight to pedigree. So the Guccis of the world, the Louis Vuittons,
the Chanels, all the brands that we think as classic have done far better than brands
that are let's say not so pedigreed, don't have a long history, don't have classic products.
PAUL SOLMAN: The well-heeled can and will up the ante to demonstrate their prosperity
in a high-low economy, it seems. And sales are climbing at high-end retailers. Saks Fifth
Avenue stores are up 9 percent year-over-year. CEO Steve Sadove on FOX Business News. STEVE
SADOVE, Saks Fifth Avenue: We're seeing very good performance in areas like handbags, shoes,
accessories, jewelry. And we're seeing the best full-priced selling we have seen in years.
And, in fact, what we're seeing is the customer going towards the more special, differentiated,
best, unique products. PAUL SOLMAN: At Neiman Marcus, profits in the most recent quarter
surged 88 percent over last year. And fantasy gifts in Neiman's annual Christmas book are
selling like hotcakes, exorbitant hotcakes. A custom library for $125,000 sold -- all
five $5,000 private Johnnie Walker tasting packages, gone in two days -- 10 special edition
Ferraris with custom-made luggage to match the cars leather interior, $395,000 apiece,
snatched up in 50 minutes. But in an increasingly high-low economy, says luxury maven Pedraza,
such spending may pay off. MILTON PEDRAZA: When somebody walks into a negotiation, and
they get out of their Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari, and they may have a very high-end watch, it
isn't just showing off. It is showing off to make a point. PAUL SOLMAN: And what's the
point that's being made? MILTON PEDRAZA: That, I have power. I, mean, for example, Louboutin
shoes with the red soles, extremely conspicuous, right? And when we asked women, well, why,
they said, it shows that I have power because I can afford these products, I have made the
money myself, and I'm still feminine, and, frankly, I'm still sexy. PAUL SOLMAN: Meanwhile,
unemployment and stagnant wages continue to hammer the middle class and the middle-priced
retailers who have long catered to it. J.C. Penney, new owner of the Liz Claiborne brand,
is a current casualty of mid-income malaise, says stock analyst Anthony Chukumba. ANTHONY
CHUKUMBA, BB&T Capital Markets: The J.C. Penneys of the world, the Kohls of the world, they're
struggling. I mean, in many cases, their sales are really not growing at all and their profit
margins are declining. PAUL SOLMAN: Case in point, Thanksgiving sales began earlier than
ever this year and deep discounts have continued since Thanksgiving. Layaway is back, free
shipping is up, profits down at Wal-Mart, the Gap and Best Buy, to name a few. But,
as at the top, at the bottom, business is really good. At Jack's 99 Cent Store in Midtown
Manhattan, the joint was jumping. Why? WOMAN: The prices, of course. MAN: Because of the
economy and the way things are, you have to try to watch every penny. WOMAN: My hours
have been cut. I own a home and all that, so everything has -- I have to be budgeting
right now. PAUL SOLMAN: Analyst Chukumba, who's been tracking dollar stores for 14 years,
says they're benefiting from what we, among others, have called the hourglass economy.
ANTHONY CHUKUMBA: They're growing their sales. They're growing their profit margins. They're
growing their earnings. And the stocks are reflecting that as well. In addition to their
core low-income customers, you have a lot of sort of middle-income customers who are
trading down to the dollar stores. PAUL SOLMAN: At Dollar General, the largest national chain,
profits were up last quarter by 34 percent -- sales at Family Dollar stores and Dollar
Tree also booming. And Jack's 99 Cent Store was doing a brisk business, too, especially
for a weekday afternoon. ANTHONY CHUKUMBA: Given the time of day and the day of the week,
I'm very surprised by the amount of traffic here. And, as you can tell, it's not people
browsing. These people are shopping. I see a lot of full baskets, a lot of full shopping
carts. And it's not just your person paying with food stamps. PAUL SOLMAN: And dollar
stores are investing to serve the pinched consumer. ANTHONY CHUKUMBA: It's not like
they have just been sitting around counting their money. They have been aggressively opening
stores, renovating stores, improving the store experience, bringing in more national brands.
PAUL SOLMAN: What products are popular in stores like this? ANTHONY CHUKUMBA: They're
definitely focusing a lot more on needs, so your food items, your health and beauty care
items, your household cleaning products, and less on wants. They're catering to what the
customer is buying. PAUL SOLMAN: So, then, as the holiday shopping season enters its
final few days, the retail takeaway seems pretty obvious: Aim low or aim high, but don't
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