date:Jul 24, 2012
severe rainfall makes it difficult to draw wider conclusions, Brock added.
Clearly, there are macro-economic issues out there, consumer-fragility issues, he said. [But the weather has] been so bad, that it is hard to dissect all the other components.
Better weather in the upcoming quarter will make the situation clearer, Brock said.
With normal weather we're going to be in a much better position to decipher exactly what's going on with these other issues and to see if they really are issues