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Advertising: To Pry Open Tight Wallets, Two Retailers Stress Innovation

Bloomingdale?s and Saks have come up with elaborate campaigns to differentiate themselves from other retailers, even as discretionary spending is down, even among of the more affluent.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"> <a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2a&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/business/media/03adco.html"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=c02dfc2617604e998d611b38fc5b9e2a&u=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/business/media/03adco.html" border="0"/></a></span>