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I like watching TV purchase online mega men 50 plus Now let\'s look at the rest of the earnings statement. Gross margin was 57.5% in the second quarter compared with 56.3% last year and better than our previous guidance. We are now benefiting from a moderation in product cost, tied to product flow-through and also benefiting from a needed price increase that we took during the first quarter this year after not taking any meaningful price increases in 2012. However, these gross margin benefits are still being partly offset by a continuing shift in sales mix toward higher-price-point, lower-gross-margin products. And we took an additional price increase in Japan in the second quarter to account for some further weakening of the yen versus the dollar. We are now forecasting gross margin for the full year to be at least equal to last year. Although we are focused on improving fashion jewelry sales with new product introductions, we continue to forecast 2013 fashion jewelry sales growth to lag growth in higher-priced categories.
