Today I would like to call attention to specialty retail jeweler, ZALE Corp, (NYSE:ZLC) and the difficult challenges it must overcome to successfully outperform the market. After a brief analysis, I have come to the conclusion that it will face many uphill challenges in the coming year. A weakening economy coupled with an inflationary environment will hamper efforts to revitalize the retail jewelry market, especially where specialty brick and mortar retailers already face stiff competition from all fronts including...

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