joining us on a cnbc exclusive is dov charney, ceo of american apparel. thank you for joining us.t to start by asking you this move to keep stores open on thanksgiving, generating blow back from other retailers. why are you choosing to stay open? sdwli don't know if all of our stores are, but some will be. depends on the context of the market. lincoln road in miami, it's appropriate. people are traveling to miami. it's a place where they're expecting to shop. in other communities it's inappropriate. it's all about context on that issue. >> i ask partly because i know for you guys it's important to emphasize you pay, for example, your workers in your factories, decent living wage, $12, as you say, and if they're worried about having to work on thanksgiving. >> some of the people will be making clothes on thursday. it's america. we have a fluid economy. it's about the can-do spirit and we do what we have to do to create value for our customers, our employees and shareholders. there's a lot of flexibility involved with that. of course, there has to be some sensitivities to people's p