RPT-Last-minute cold weather brings little relief to U.S. apparel
January 04, 2016 at 07:00 AM EST
Dec 31 (Reuters) - Apparel retailers saw a boost of no more than $200 million in sales from cold weather just before the new year, and with product markdowns above 50 percent, it will be very difficult to make up margins in the coming months, industry researchers said.