Word: consumerized
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Huelle hadn't done anything wrong - she never missed a payment, and her credit score was unchanged - but tighter lending standards across the board meant the safety net she'd counted on for emergencies (a dog-dryer breakdown, say) was suddenly that much smaller. Now, as a precaution, she's...
Only in recent weeks have those concerns started to translate to Main Street: retailers stocking less for Christmas, fears that companies won't make payroll. Though some of the direr projections of where the credit crunch may lead are unlikely, the effects are nonetheless filtering down to the average consumer...
The thing is, on the basis of conversations with retailers, the folks at BDO figure that the vast majority of that 37% drop is due not to firms' inability to finance purchases but but to their anticipating that consumer spending simply won't be there to match.
Davis’s piece of plywood is bordered by mahogany and covered with red glass to elevate the value of the imagery. Davis says that this frame is meant to comment on conformity within society. “Consumer culture has people so framed because the particular thing we...
Republican Presidential candidate John McCain’s health care plan would likely have little impact on the number of uninsured Americans, according to a study co-authored by Harvard School of Public Health professor Katherine Swartz. Swartz and her three co-writers concluded that, within five years, this number...