Observations on the decline
Target is hiding its slumping sales by widening its aisles and making each rack 2/3rds as tall.
If I was a child, my reaction would have been “neat, a more airy layout!” but as an adult, I recognize it for what it is — the end of people buying things, continued.
on March 30th, 2010 at 8:44 am
I wonder if it’s the end of people having money to buy things (disposable income). Wages have become so stagnate and the cost of living just keeps skyrocketing. I would say we are living in “interesting times,” but it feels too cliche.