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Luxury retailers hit as wealthy LIers cut back, too

There was a time not long ago when Marina Stern of Great Neck would buy a $1,500 shirt without thinking twice. She can still afford to, she said, but now, she's more likely to go for the one costing $500.

"Now I'm looking for the price," she said, pausing outside the Americana Manhasset mall recently to explain why she wasn't shopping as much. "One, it doesn't seem right when the whole country...

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