Originally Posted by
coasting
i was out until lunchtime and it is ridiculous. there is some kind of shopping mania going on and we keep being told that it is austerity times and bad times are here and we must all take a hit...yet i have never even in boom times seen such hysteria of shopping madness. i'm starting to think all the doom and gloom is just a scam by politicians.
Early numbers in the states have put holiday consumer spending up 4.7% over last year.