| Cutting back does not mean people are not still | | | | sell stocks, sales of Home Brew Kits were booming. |
| shopping, they are just changing their shopping habits | | | | This trend continues as wines and beers are |
| to accommodate the new recessionist trends | | | | consumed, and compared at parties by recessionist |
| created by the end of the old economy. In many | | | | consumers, who make their own, rather than |
| cases whilst stockbrokers are closing down, new | | | | purchase from a store or a bar. |
| businesses are either expanding or opening up to | | | | 5. Bicycles |
| accommodate these new trends. Trends that in the | | | | Bicycle Sales are expanding in particularly mid-sized |
| short term create opportunities for new businesses, | | | | Towns and Cities around the USA and Europe. The |
| and thousands of new employment opportunities. | | | | possibly temporary age of healthy, cheap transport is |
| 1. Dollar Stores | | | | returning, as recessionists cut back on owning gas |
| Dollar Stores are busy, as householders cut back | | | | guzzling cars, making up with the lack of public |
| they still need the basics that dollar stores provide at | | | | transport by using the humble bicycle. |
| often cheaper prices than large supermarkets. They | | | | 6. Camping Equipment |
| also cater for the "feel good" factor many | | | | Vacations are still a basic need for most recessionist, |
| consumers feel after they buy something, at an | | | | even if large Hotel Chains and Tour operators are |
| affordable price, like a cheap bag or CD, available at | | | | fighting for decreasing business. Camping fever has |
| dollar stores. | | | | taken over as the new trend in vacations, meaning |
| 2. Sewing Machines | | | | consumers need tents and camping equipment |
| Fashion does not stop because consumers cut back | | | | before they set off on their recessionist vacation. |
| buying branded or more high priced fashionable | | | | 7. Electric Scooters |
| clothes, fashion conscious consumers improvise. The | | | | As second or third cars are sold or looked away in |
| old fashioned sewing machine does not only mend | | | | the garage, the introduction of electric motorbikes |
| clothes, it allows anyone to reinvent them. A win-win | | | | could take over the role of the second car. They are |
| situation for recessionists, who create the new look | | | | cheap to run, safe and often look like any standard |
| at home, rather than buy it in a store. | | | | Scooter, recessionists may find them handy to travel |
| 3. Material Stores | | | | short distances, rather than a car. |
| Making it themselves rather than buying from a store | | | | Even in uncertain economic times consumers only |
| is the new trend. A trend that creates a need to buy | | | | change habits, often preferring more practical and |
| materials and fabrics to make clothes, couch covers | | | | cheaper alternatives, to older habits learnt in the era |
| and curtains. Material Stores that offer on the spot | | | | of conspicuous consumerism. The age of the |
| sewing services may also be on a winner. | | | | recessionist is upon us, but it does not mean the end |
| 4. Home Brew Kits | | | | of business opportunities. |
| Whilst many Liqueur Stores were finding it hard to | | | | |
