Guest EurythmicThrust Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Attended a very private pre-opening party of this store last week...guys were easily snatching up 500 dollar shirts and jeans, and those 1100 dollar leather messenger bags were also quite popular- I'm still trying to convince my date that nite to give his SECOND messenger bag to me in exchange for...umm... Gas prices ARE dropping, so i guess discretionary income is back! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...001&sc=1000 Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted July 31, 2008 Members Posted July 31, 2008 ... so i guess discretionary income is back! Haven't seen any more rolling through my front door. Maybe tommorow? Quote
Guest JamesWilson Posted July 31, 2008 Posted July 31, 2008 Gas prices ARE dropping, so i guess discretionary income is back! Maybe, but they will probably only last for the run-up to the election. My guess is that Big Oil is trying to take a bit of the pressure off of its candidate. For some interesting info on historical gas prices in the US, check out the following: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/faq.shtml (note especially the "What is the history of gasoline prices in the U.S.?" graphic) http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/d...as_history.html (for downloads of weekly data points) Quote
