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VOICE YOUR VIEWS -- SHOPPING AT THE TIME OF RECESSION
Under check

What is recession? Is it economic decline, a depression? Should we be more careful while spending money on trivial things? Such questions crop up more frequently now. But has recession really impacted Indians? The US effect has not been seen ...

Everybody now knows about recession. Yet most choose to be ignorant and happily continue with their shopping. Recession has certainly put the shopping activity on the backburner. Caught in between, as always, is the middle-class undecided ...

Shopping is not as brisk as it used to be. The global economic meltdown has taken a toll. Vast majority of the population does not have a fixed shopping schedule. And now even the rare shopping spree will be far and few.

But those who ...

The impact of recession may be felt less in small cities like Madurai but one should always be prepared to face severe crunch any time. Unnecessary expenditure should be curtailed in every family. All shopping should be done with extreme ...

Worldwide economic recession has its effect on shopping activity also. Recession hits production, availability of raw materials, cost of end products, import, export, employment opportunity, cost of living etc. Cost of imported products is ...

Spending is correlated with cash flow. India being a mixed economy is not so much affected by recession as compared to UK and other developed nations, where recession has turned 48 per cent normal customers into soft reactors as they reduce ...

The economic slowdown might have led to a decline in footfalls at shopping malls but shopaholics continue to shop. People continue to spend money on decorating their homes or buying new vehicles.

But with job cuts on the rise, ...

Shopping is based on needs and wants, but in the time of recession the buyer behaviour becomes different. Everyone gets stringent with the wallets. Huge lay offs and retrenchment are a constant source of worry. But this is not a good sign for ...

Government believes in a Welfare state. But now world economy is facing recession, which is leading to unemployment and decline in economic activity.

This is the time when people panic and even take bad decisions. But during recession, ...

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