Wearied New York Buyers Relax in Price War Lull
New York shoppers crowd department stores as price cutting slows and tags show 10 to 20 percent reductions on many former fixed price items. Stores report orderly crowds and reserve stock shipments from out-of-town, amid broader national price-cutting spread to garden equipment and other goods. A Queens pharmacist sues Macy's over fair trade enforcement, seeking to curb underselling on price-fixed items within New York State.