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Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers

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Re: Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers

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You have a group of shoppers that are boycotting brands they feel have backtracked on positions they previously held and you have income inequality getting worse so people can't afford the things they used to. Companies will feel the squeeze on both sides of those things.

Re: Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers

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You have a group of shoppers that are boycotting brands they feel have backtracked on positions they previously held and you have income inequality getting worse so people can't afford the things they used to. Companies will feel the squeeze on both sides of those things.

Inequality getting worse is definitely going to start impacting company sales more and more. IMO we are watching the math of perpetual "growth" hit a finite world.

Re: Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers

#7

Most people in the US have some orientation towards independence and self-reliance, which economically translates to curtailing superfluous expenses.

Most people in the US live beyond their means through credit card debt.

Re: Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers

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One small silver lining in all this is perhaps that it is such a clear cause and effect that people will remember in future. So many economic levers take many months or years to really play out, but everyone can grasp that the president imposed big tariffs on every country and the economy instantly tanked.

Re: Big brands are officially worried about American shoppers

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Most people in the US have some orientation towards independence and self-reliance, which economically translates to curtailing superfluous expenses.

You're either saying something obvious and universal, or something blatantly false.
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