"We see that there is definitely a softness, a carefulness, a delay in the conversion of purchasing," he said. "And people on the things that they want, the things that are priced sharply, on the newness, they're responding, but even the affluent consumer is not spending like they were a year ago." Comparable sales at Macy's were down 4.5% on an owned basis and down 3.6% on an owned-plus-licensed-plus-marketplace basis. Comparable sales fell 1.1% at Bloomingdale's and down 1.4% on an owned-plus-licensed-plus-marketplace basis. Bluemercury net sales up 1.7%.