More shutdowns.

[carol b]

I am really begining to get worried here folks. I am home for the holidays to visit my family. I went out today with my mother to do some shopping.

We were looking to finish her christmas shopping but it became difficult rather quickly. One of her favorite shops at our local mall was closing its doors.

Sadly she was unaware of this before we went. When we walked in the door all you saw was empty shelves. They only had them for sale and a few ladies clothing items.
What upsets me is there are more unemployed people and less and less quality places to shop.

Something has to happen quickly before the only things left for us to purchase are items shipped in from overseas. It could also end up being to costly to purchase anything and we will have to revert to the old ways of doing things.

I don't imagine that the kids of this generation are going to be able to handle patches on their clothes. They can't deal with hand me downs and it is going to be difficult for people to do anything other than repair the old.

[pennypinch]

There have been so many business's closing their doors this past year. Way too many to even name. It is quite a shame. These are not only small business's either. Really big business's that have been very successful in the past are now closing.