The ripple effect of the retailing debacle has also hurt healthy retailers whose business has been competitively affected in local markets.

It hasn't been proven that Sunday shopping hurts retailers by leading all of them to open longer hours.

This runs counter to the prediction that Sunday shopping hurts retailers by leading all of them to open longer hours.

But getting the balance right between nurturing the new medium and not hurting states and traditional retailers is no easy proposition.

Further hurting retailers, the 1996 holiday season, from Thanksgiving to Christmas, was five days shorter than the 1995 season.

The severe winter weather this year has hurt retailers.

That rankled opponents of congestion pricing, who released their own report yesterday saying it would hurt retailers and other businesses.

Galleries and Tourists The vacant stores do not seem to have hurt strong retailers.

And it certainly can't hurt retailers and other small businesses that can assist some way in the recovery.

Members fear the mall will hurt existing retailers, including smaller businesses along Jericho Turnpike.