TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE RETAIL-AUSTRALIA-STORE.
A shopper walks past a Grace Bros department store in the centre of
Sydney's Central Business District (CBD), June 10, 2003. Australia's
exclusive emporium and mass-market department stores are scrambling to
find their place among the nation's small but relatively affluent
population. Once the first point of call on every shopping trip, known
for good service and well-chosen merchandise, the stores are struggling
to keep up with fickle shoppers who want to be sun-kissed surfers one
minute and sultry gypsies the next. Picture taken June 10, 2003. TO
ACCOMPANY FEATURE RETAIL-AUSTRALIA-STORE REUTERS/David Gray
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