Certainly in the retail industry we represent, one member of a number of bodies, we need to keep our labour pool commensurate with our sales performance. As that came off in the fourth quarter of last year, you had to make adjustments accordingly. Near the end of the second quarter of this year, as that stimulus and the confidence did start to return on behalf of consumers, we did see that rebound again. Therefore now we're in a situation where our sales are growing versus the prior year and we're having to hire to be able to look after the sales coming into our stores. I'm sure our competitors are feeling the same.
On November 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.