1.   Bridge lines, which are the less expensive labels from high-end design houses, as well as designer merchandise also were hard hit.

2.   He fled the Nazis and then the Soviets, got to the United States and created a successful garment-district business knocking off designer merchandise.

3.   Industry watchers expect the company to start stocking more brand names in all price ranges, in addition to its private label brands and high-end designer merchandise.

4.   Instead of hiding shame-faced in the back, the clothes are now trying to imitate designer merchandise and become brands in their own right.

5.   Outside its four Henri Bendel specialty stores, the Limited has not dealt in designer merchandise.

6.   There has been a shift in Japanese tastes from designer merchandise to bridge fashions.