The short-term impact is pretty clear and pretty obvious, and it's to be expected. Traffic really dropped off. The main effect of Sept. 11 was to exacerbate a trend that was already in place, and that is that consumers were really buying consumables and buying them in discount outlets. How quickly that will turn around Your guess is as good as mine.
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