Top News From Today's "Boomiverse”
Shift to thrift: Is recession creating 'new consumer'?
Kara G. Morrison
The Arizona Republic
March 19, 2009
Overview: “We are pinching pennies, waiting for sales and, experts say, employing such old-fashioned money-saving tricks as haggling and swapping goods and services. But it's less clear whether these are short-term coping skills or new habits.”
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Chevy Camaros could give GM a boost
G. Chambers Williams III
The Tennessean
March 19, 2009
Overview: “In the middle of the worst auto-sales slump in 30 years, General Motors Corp. this week began sending its revived Chevrolet Camaro sports coupe to dealerships, hoping that this iconic nameplate with a nostalgic following among baby boomers might find some traction in the weak marketplace.”
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