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I mean not directly but are customers shopping less or are you finding yourself with less money for promoting and marketing, because I know many of you probably operate your business off of the same budget you live off of, which isn’t good, but part of the struggle and grind when you’re operating independently until you reach a sizable budget.

I know it has affected the way I travel and spend tremendously. I actually work out of Barnes and Noble in Atlanta on the daily. Free electricity, good coffee/snacks, and $20 per month WiFi payment..not too bad. Its also a better environment then working out of a home office kind of limits your creativity when you’re staring at the same walls all day trying to think of new ideas and be innovative.

I see many smaller boutiques struggling to make sales, because consumers aren’t as frivolous and readily able to spend their money on premium priced clothing and the travel to those type of shops that are usually on the out skirts of the city is just as much as a hassle financially as paying for the garments.

WWD reports the decline of quarterly reports from top specialty retailers (Limited Brands, Talbots Inc., Charming Shoppes) as proof to consumers clenching their wallets closer than ever before. While lower priced mass retailers (Ross Stores Inc.) posted slight gains.

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