text: **Our stores located in shopping malls may be adversely affected if the consumer traffic of malls decline.**
  Many of our stores are located in desirable locations within shopping malls and benefit from the abilities that we and other anchor tenants 
  have to generate consumer traffic. A substantial decline in mall traffic, the development of new shopping malls, the availability of locations 
  within existing or new shopping malls, the success of individual shopping malls and the success of other anchor tenants may negatively 
  impact our ability to maintain or grow our sales in existing stores, as well as our ability to open new stores, which could have an adverse 
  effect on our financial condition or results of operations. 
  
  **Improvements to our merchandise buying processes and systems could adversely affect our business if not successfully**
  **executed.**
  We are making investments to improve our merchandise planning, procurement and allocation capabilities through changes in personnel, 
  processes and technology over a period of several years. If we encounter challenges associated with change management, the ability to hire 
  and retain key personnel involved in these efforts, implementation of associated information technology or adoption of new processes, our 
  ability to continue to successfully execute our strategy or evolve our strategy as the retail environment changes could be adversely affected. 
  As a result, we may not derive the expected benefits to our sales and profitability, or we may incur increased costs relative to our current 
  expectations. 