Category Archives: Economy
Atlanta Retailers Target Frugal Consumers with Lower Dollar Store Prices
Since when are low prices not always a good thing? Since stores began using them as a marketing tactic to get low-end consumers to spend more money. With many shoppers limited by tight budgets, retailers have started offering selections of smaller-quantity products at rock-bottom prices in an effort to lure consumers away from dollar tree… Read More »
Chicago Stores Lower Prices to Target Consumers on Budgets
Once upon a time, most stores catered to the kind of customer willing to shell out big bucks. Oh, how the tides have changed. Today more stores are following the dollar store model, selling small-quantity but low-priced items aimed at shoppers on a tight budget, according to the New York Times. By luring a lot… Read More »
Recession Not Over Yet for Atlanta Consumers Struggling With Debt
The Great Recession really is over – if you listen to the National Bureau of Economic Research, that is. But if you’re like many Americans, you might beg to differ. Based on GDP, employment rates and earnings, economists claim the recession ended last June, over 15 months ago, say Atlanta bankruptcy attorneys. But to folks… Read More »
Recession Still Being Felt by Chicago Residents Dealing With Debt
It’s all over, folks. At least, that’s what the National Bureau of Economic Research has to say about the Great Recession. But for many of us, it’s not so clear-cut. Whether we really are on our way out of the latest recession as some experts speculate, or headed into a so-called double-dip recession as others… Read More »
The Best Way to Save Money on Back to School Sales
Summer is barely halfway over, but retailers are already trying to turn our attention – and our dollars – to back to school shopping. Coming off a couple years of dismal sales, stores are desperate to pep up their bottom lines. And they’re using the fall season as an excuse to launch an all-out attack… Read More »