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Nelson Vargas is helped by Hennes & Mauritz employee Cyndy Leiva buying a dress shirt, Friday, May 2, 2008, at the at The Americana at Brand retail district complex in Glendale, Calif. Consumers gave some of the nation's retailers a little relief in April after months of dismal sales, gravitating toward less expensive discounters and wholesale clubs but generally still shying away from stores selling clothes and other non-necessities. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)