Also think that a recession is still trickling down. A lot of people either do not have extra money to spend or they are afraid to spend in case their job disappears or whatever.

It's my go to place to get my mom gifts . . . She likes their jewelry and scarves and sweaters. It's 'fun clothing' for older women according to her - she who refuses to go down as an 'elderly woman' without a fight.

before they went exclusively to overpriced cheaply made clothing. They lost me as a customer then.

I just didn't like the "polester/spandex" featured in every description. Nothing is more miserable i a desert summer than trying to wear plastic.

This year I've ordered a few free trade shirts from India. I might look like a geriatric hippie in them, but at least I'll be more comfortable.

It's one of my wife's favorites, not that we buy a lot there but she enjoys shopping the store and their catalogs.

I am very sorry for those who will be losing jobs in this bankruptcy, that is never, ever a good thing.

because the middle class is dying off.

When are dumb plutocrats finally going to catch a fucking clue? Depressing wages didn't end inflation. They only killed the goose laying all their golden eggs. No amount of bought Republican congressmen is going to change that fact.

You kill disposable income for everybody besides the 1%, you kill first the economy and then the country.