11.   Now as we move into the next century, retailers are trying to blur the distinction between shopping on the Internet and schlepping through the mall.

12.   Retailers are trying all they can to rekindle interest in shopping.

13.   Retailers try to hire more seasonal help to ease the burden.

14.   Recently the retailer has tried to build Expos next to existing warehouse stores.

15.   So retailers try to wrench lower prices from suppliers, who in turn want the clothes stitched at the lowest possible cost.

16.   Some retailers have tried to cut costs by shortening the hours they operate airport shops, restaurants, food counters, newsstands and gift stores.

17.   That mysterious woman whom retailers are constantly trying to fathom.

18.   The beleaguered retailer is trying yet another revival of its struggling mall stores.

19.   The idea is to free customers from their personal computers just as online retailers have tried to free customers from the unpleasantness of trudging through a crowded mall.

20.   The retailer is trying a new strategy in metro Atlanta and other test markets geared to boost customer service.