Daily Archives: January 29, 2010

Americans buy less stuff, experience more life during recession

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING Before the Great Recession hit, we’d already documented a shift among aspirational consumers from buying goods to collecting experiences. Now that trend has mainstreamed in a big way, as financially strapped Americans are cutting their spending and replacing it with low-cost, high-value experiences. The U.S. Department of Labor tracked consumer […]

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