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Risks

• We face significant competition from other retailers, which may adversely affect our sales and profitability
• If we are unable to successfully execute our strategies, our operating performance may be significantly impacted.
• Our failure to anticipate and respond to changing guest preferences in a timely manner may adversely affect our operations.
• Failure to successfully grow our Gordmans off-price business as planned may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
• Our failure to attract, develop and retain qualified employees may negatively impact the results of our operations.
• Risks associated with our vendors from whom our products are sourced may have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
• Risks associated with our carriers, shippers and other providers of merchandise transportation services may have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
• Failure to obtain merchandise product on normal trade terms may adversely impact our business, financial condition and cash flows.
• There can be no assurance that our liquidity will not be affected by changes in macroeconomic conditions.
• The Credit Facility contains covenants that may impose operating restrictions and limits our borrowing capacity to the value of certain of our assets.
• The inability or unwillingness of one or more lenders to fund their commitment under the Credit Facility may have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
• Our dependence upon cash flows and net earnings generated during the fourth quarter, including the holiday season, may have a disproportionate impact on our results of operations.
• Changes in our private label credit card program may adversely affect our sales and/or profitability.
• Unexpected costs may arise from our current insurance program and our financial performance may be affected.
• An economic downturn or decline in consumer confidence may negatively impact our business and financial condition
• We are subject to payment-related risks that may increase our operating costs, expose us to fraud or theft, subject us to potential liability and potentially disrupt our business.
• Unusual weather patterns or natural disasters may negatively impact our financial condition.
• An event adversely affecting any of our buying, distribution or other corporate facilities may result in reduced revenues
• War, acts of terrorism, Mexican border violence, public health issues and natural disasters may create uncertainty and may result in reduced revenues
• The price of our common stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange may be volatile.
• If we cannot meet the NYSE’s continued listing requirements, the NYSE may delist our common stock.
• Changes in the regulatory or administrative landscape could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
• Our business may be materially and adversely affected by changes to fiscal and tax policies.
• We may be subject to periodic litigation and regulatory proceedings which may adversely affect our business and financial performance.
• If our trademarks are successfully challenged, the outcome of those disputes may require us to abandon one or more of our trademarks
• A disruption of our information technology systems may have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.
• A security breach that results in unauthorized disclosure of guest, employee, vendor or our company information may adversely impact our business, reputation and financial condition.