The brush shaped like a hockey stick ($19.69) and the five-inch Bison brush, bottom left, ($26.79) are both from Janovic Plaza, the New York-based chain.

The store, a New York-based chain that specializes in marked-down designer clothing, fills 133,000 square feet formerly occupied by a Macy's department store.

In a telephone interview, Mr. Trump said "it's possible that I will be a buyer of Alexander's," the New York-based chain of 11 department stores.

"We are still very anxious to try to make the deal happen," said Nick D'Agostino Jr., the chief executive of the New York-based chain.

At Ecco shoe stores, 35 percent of the shoes are priced under $100, according to Fred Marsh, president of the New York-based chain.

At Bloomingdale's, Marvin Traub, chairman, said the 17-store New York-based chain had intensified its use of its shops with the store to intrigue shoppers, adding several for the season.

Although the New York-based retail chain has had an erratic earnings record over the last decade, it is considered a potentially good profit maker.

It was one of at least three proposals for the New York-based chain, which last year had sales of $1.24 billion and operating earnings of $94.1 million.

The price tag is reported to be in excess of $500 million for the New York-based retail chain, which had sales last year of only $250 million.

Saks, a New York-based chain, will continue to finance the receivables and control credit policy with an executive credit management team.