I finally broke down and went shopping this weekend. Went to the UTC mall to get some stuff since I had won a gift certificate from my company at the xmas party and hadnt spent it. I dont buy much, never did. What shocked me was how little other people seemed to be purchasing. There were alot of people there, but no one buying anything. While shopping I remembered other threads on here around xmas time talking about the mall traffic, and it made me start looking.
IF people were carying bags, it was 1, and it had one thing in it. I eventually got 2 pairs of pants and a new pair of running shoes. When I got in line behind 4 other people (1 clerk, struggling with a bad register, not too many people clogging things up) I noticed what they were getting. 1 shirt or maybe a pair of dress pants. I EASILY had the largest amount of merchandise, all $80 of it. I dont see how retailers can be doing well when 5 shoppers all together MAYBE spent $250. Oh, and when I picked up my bags and turned to go, no one was in line behind me.
