"For months now, consumers have been hunkering down in an economic storm, buying only what they need to survive, like groceries, diapers, medicine -- and shoes.
Shoes?
The American public, it would seem, cannot carry on without new shoes. Boots, booties, sneakers, pumps -- for the last few months they have all been selling well as the broader economy struggles toward recovery."
Excerpt from A Not-So-Guilty Pleasure by Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times
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