With Thanksgiving over and Christmas less than a month away, how has the economy directly affected you this year? What did you do differently and what are you planning on doing differently?
There seem to be a lot of news stories about consumers in general, but I'm interested in individual perspectives. The news stories have suggested that holiday travel is down for the first time in years, that people are buying fewer gifts for their family, that they are giving gifts to fewer people, that people are not using credit cards to buy gifts, and that they are being more selective about which stores they shop at. Are any of those things true for you? Also, it seemed like the parking lots of the restaurants open Thanksgiving day were fairly empty and the crowds out shopping the day after Thanksgiving were quite a bit less than previous years. Did anyone else notice similar things or were your experiences different? What other changes have you noticed?
One of the things that got me thinking about this was the Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce website. They have a poll up about the holidays and they are asking for personal videos about the economic slowdown affecting holiday choices. The videos will help them know where to focus their efforts. If you'd like to get your voice heard too, you can vote in the poll on their website and submit your video story on the page page that comes up after you vote. Here's the link - http://www.friendsoftheuschamber.com/email/email4.cfm?
id=175
There seem to be a lot of news stories about consumers in general, but I'm interested in individual perspectives. The news stories have suggested that holiday travel is down for the first time in years, that people are buying fewer gifts for their family, that they are giving gifts to fewer people, that people are not using credit cards to buy gifts, and that they are being more selective about which stores they shop at. Are any of those things true for you? Also, it seemed like the parking lots of the restaurants open Thanksgiving day were fairly empty and the crowds out shopping the day after Thanksgiving were quite a bit less than previous years. Did anyone else notice similar things or were your experiences different? What other changes have you noticed?
One of the things that got me thinking about this was the Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce website. They have a poll up about the holidays and they are asking for personal videos about the economic slowdown affecting holiday choices. The videos will help them know where to focus their efforts. If you'd like to get your voice heard too, you can vote in the poll on their website and submit your video story on the page page that comes up after you vote. Here's the link - http://www.friendsoftheuschamber.com/email/email4.cfm?
id=175
| Member Comments |
 |
 |
||
