Yesterday, I went shopping at Costco and Wal-Mart. On the Saturday before xmas, but I wasn't doing any holiday shopping. Just run-of-the-mill Saturday errands. (My son and I have a standard Costco outing every Saturday after his TaeKwonDo class - lunch and samples). And we needed milk and bread, so off to the Super Wal-Mart afterwards.
The thing was, there were no lines at either. I actually remember being at Costco on the same day last year, and the lines were literally halfway back into the warehouse (couple hundred people long). But this year, nothing. The red line is the where the end of the checkout lines are, only a couple of people in each, and they weren't even all open.
Not sure what this means for the economy as a whole, but it's got to mean something.
Oh yeah, I heard on the news this morning, that retail sales are down 23% from Dec. 2007, which is an absolutely incredible amount. From what I saw at these 2 stores yesterday, it was actualy a lot more than that.
Oh, and I'm not sure who that good looking kid is. Obviously not related to me. :)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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