Consumers Return to Small Luxuries

Consumers are starting to return to pre-recession levels of discretionary spending on small personal luxuries, according to a new survey from Stores Magazine and BIGResearch. Data from the survey indicates that dinner at a casual sit-down restaurant, a haircut/coloring, and a daily cup of gourmet coffee were all considered “untouchable” by similar percentages of consumers in December 2010 as they were in December 2008.
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