owner martin resnick says most of his heavy winter clothing items are sitting. >> a lot of business in my industry went away because people just don't feel christmasy and they're not cold, they're not going to work and feeling cold. up and down the east coast. data firm planalytics estimates retaers lost over $4 million in sales from november 1 compared to the same critical sales period last year. in chicago mits sales down 15%. outerwear sales dropped 25% in tampa. freddiefred fox is planalytics c.e.o. >> merchandise will be marked down 50 to 70% in january, so we're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winters in this winter warmup at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox saysys some retailers are at risk. >> you know, any retailer that has been marginal, meaning they season like this can definitely put them out of business. >> martin resnick says his store will survive but won't make back those sales. >> they're taking the mone

martin resnick says his store will survive - but it won't make back those sales. (2:03:17 resnick) they're taking the money they would've spent in our industry and they're spending it elsewhere. fox says winter apparel purchases are driven by need. and who needs a coat in this weather? on the other hand, what's bad for retailers is good for consumers, who should be able to buy heavily discounted if not for this winter, for next year. anna werner cbs news new york. > ((paula francis)) that is far from the story upstate. heavy snow in reno and carson city has guaranteed they'll have a white christmas... and it prompted governor sandoval to order all state government offices to close at noon today. crews are working to keep the roads clear tonight./// ((paula francis)) > it's warmer in most places around the country than it is in las vegas tonight... but it's still comfortable enough outside to enjoy some christmas lights. ((tedd florendo)) as long as you're bundled up, in fact i got to check out a pretty awesome display earlier near gowan and el capitan way in the northwest valley. take a lo

owner martin resnick says most of his heavy winter clothing items are sitting. >> a lot of the business in our industry went away because people just don't feel cold, they're not going to work feeling cold. story up and down the east data firm planalytics estimates retailers have lost over $400 million in sales since november 1st, compared to the same critical seven-week sales period last year. in chicago, sales of long-sleeve mitts down 16%, snow thrower sales are off 15% in cincinnati, and outerwear sales dropped 25% in tampa. fred fox is planalytics c.e.o. >> retailers may have a great january or february clearing out winter merchandise, but it's going to be marked down 50% to 70%, so they're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winners in this winter warm-up. at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox says some retailers are at risk. >> any retailer that has been limping along, a season like this can certainly put them out of bus

owner martin resnick says most of his heavy winter clothing items are sitting. >> a lot of the business in our industry went away because people just don't feel christmas-y and they're not cold, they're not going to work feeling cold. >> reporter: it's a similar story up and down the east coast. data firm planalytics estimates retailers have lost over $400 million in sales since november 1st, compared to the same critical seven-week sales period last year. in chicago, sales of lg-sleeve mitts down 16%, snow thrower in tampa. fred fox is planalytics c.e.o. >> retailers may have a great january or february clearing out winter merchandise, but it's going to be marked down 50% to 70%, so they're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winners in this winter warm-up. at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox says some retailers are at risk. >> any retailer that has been marginal, meaning they have been limping along, a season like this can

owner martin resnick says most of his heavy winter clothing items are sitting. >> a lot of the business in our industry went away because people just don't feel christmas-y and they're not cold, they're not going to work feeling cold. coast. data firm planalytics estimates retailers have lost over $400 million in sales since november 1st, compared to the same critical seven-week sales period last year. in chicago, sales of long-sleeve mitts down 16%, snow thrower sales are off 15% in cincinnati, and outerwear sales dropped 25% in tampa. fred fox is planalytics c.e.o. >> retailers may have a great january or february clearing out winter merchandise, but it's going to be marked down 50% to 70%, so they're not going to make a lot of money off it. >> reporter: there are some winners in this winter warm-up. at some golf courses in the midwest, rounds of golf played in december have gone up over 1,000%. sales of bicycles, fishing gear and even iced tea are all up. but fox says some retailers are at risk. >> any retailer that has been limping along, a season like this can certainly put them ou

. >> martin resnick says his store will survive but won't make back those sales. >> they're taking the money they would have spent in our industry and spent it elsewhere. >> reporter: fox says apparel is driven by need. who needs a doubt in this weather? on the other hand, what's bad for redaily tailers are good for consumers who should be able to purchase heavily discounted cold weather gear if not for this year, then next year. >> axlerod: we are continuing to chart major changes in the way people conduct their holiday shopping. is expected to be done online. but we've discovered in some ways what's old is new again. >> reporter: from slinkys to lincoln logs, these are the hot doice boomers had to have. for some shoppers like julie berke, classic toys are still a must-have at christmastime. >> it's a nays nostalgic feeling we want our child to be able to have. (singing carols) >> reporter: it's the procrastinators in los angeles that are doing real bonding over long lines and packed parking lots. for malika meads and her son, hitting the mall on november 24 is their version of smart