My customers drifted in and out again, oddly attired in feather boas, top hats, military medals.

Because he has held prices down and some customers have drifted away, Mr. Novikov estimates that revenue is down about 30 percent.

Ms. Morreale has seen her customers slowly drift away: "Everybody sits around until they get kind of uncomfortable."

A few customers, who seemed to have visited the place for years, so that they understood where everything was, drifted from one display to the next.

Lured, perhaps, by the blaring Hendrix, more customers and friends drifted in.

As he chatted with a visitor, only one customer drifted in, and she seemed bewildered.

Today it is one of those companies whose customers drift in from all points along the economic spectrum.

In the last 18 months, customers have been drifting away.

I asked as the last truck rolled by and the customers drifted back inside to discuss what they'd seen.

Mr. Mmola estimated that he had lost $8,000 in business after the explosion, but said that customers were drifting back yesterday.