Do they know something that they aren’t telling us? 

All of a sudden major retailers are feverishly canceling orders, and this would only make sense if a severe economic downturn was imminent.

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/why-are-walmart-and-other-major-u-s-retailers-canceling-billions-of-dollars-in-orders-as-summer-comes-to-an-end/