21. While customers continued to shun clothes last month, sales of " hard goods " like computers continued to climb. 22. This is an indication that many of the hard goods and entertainment retailers may have a better-than-expected holiday season. 23. My dad not only taught me the value of hard work, that when you work hard good things happen, 24. Still, some retailers did well, notably those selling jewelry, consumer electronics, home decorating items, appliances and other hard goods . 25. Exchanging hard goods for credit-card numbers over a phone line _ audio bleeps and hen-scratchings on a hard drive? 26. "It hasn't grown as much as it could, but that is because hard goods have been so strong ." 27. And Sears has not walked away from their hard good business, which is the next leg of profit growth. 28. Santa Paula has very few large retail stores but residents often travel to neighboring cities to purchase hard goods . 29. Moving hard goods out of the department stores has also freed up space for more clothing, which carry higher profits. 30. And so it just may be, Blitzer and other retail experts said, that hard goods have simply peaked for now.
