31.   Such factories put together clothes for big American retailers and typically received a set amount for each piece.

32.   STRONG MONTH FOR RETAILERS American retailers in July enjoyed one of the strongest months of sales in two years.

33.   The cashmere sweaters, for example, come from the English-Scottish border country, which depends heavily on sales to up-scale American retailers.

34.   The two combined in June to give American retailers strong same-store sales, which were reported Thursday.

35.   The two combined in June to help American retailers report strong sales Thursday.

36.   Then a prominent American retailer decided to attract attention by reversing the colors.

37.   There was no punitive tariff placed on toys, for example, so that American retailers would not be harmed.

38.   These are some of the lengths to which American retailers are going to attract help for the Christmas season.

39.   Though American retailers can enter the market there for the first time, they will be limited to a single retail store indefinitely.

40.   While most American retailers have mall life down to a science, though, they are finding that running a shop in an airport is another story entirely.