Value and items: the mood is up

Clothing manufacturers are generally upbeat about business prospects in 1993. Designer collections from Donna Karan, Anne Klein and Calvin Klein are projected to increase annual sales by 25% or more. Clothing executives say that value is still highly important in the market and many are changing their resources to lower costs while holding down prices. Some companies plan to expand through their own stores or via foreign sales, particularly in Europe. Jeans continue to sell well, but junior collections are being phased out of some stores.
NEW YORK -- Despite an economy they concede is not yet fully under control, sportswear houses are sharing in the groundswell of optimism that seems to be making itself felt [...]