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Many U.S. Stores Closing as Consumers Pull Back on Spending in Biden-Harris Economy
Breitbart ^ | 10/26/2024 | Amy Furr

Posted on 10/26/2024 12:15:52 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Stores across America are shutting down left and right as shoppers are unable to afford to spend money on non-essentials.

CNN Business reported on Friday that so far in 2024, major retailers have said they are closing down 6,189 stores. That number surpasses the 2023 total of 5,553, per Coresight Research, the article said.

“Chains are on track to close the highest number of stores in 2024 than any year since 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic decimated the industry.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidenharris; closing; consumers; economy; joy; retail; stores; us
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But joy will save us!
1 posted on 10/26/2024 12:15:52 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“But joy will save us!”

Here in the blue part of Ohio people think it will.


2 posted on 10/26/2024 12:16:39 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: brownsfan

They say that?


3 posted on 10/26/2024 12:17:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: brownsfan

JOY ——
Fascinating.


4 posted on 10/26/2024 12:20:51 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“They say that?”

Not directly. Liberals don’t engage, they merely rant at you if you disagree. LOTS of those liberal scumbags are in this part of Ohio, and they will vote to preserve their right to kill babies. That’s where they find joy.


5 posted on 10/26/2024 12:23:59 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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Cleveland?


6 posted on 10/26/2024 12:27:48 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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but, but the economy is at full employment and inflation is so under control they’re cutting rates...don’t all these stores know that.


7 posted on 10/26/2024 12:28:24 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How much is less spending versus more crime?


8 posted on 10/26/2024 12:30:57 PM PDT by alternatives?
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...when the Covid-19 pandemic decimated the industry.

To be fair, it was government's overreaction to Covid-19 with all of its unnecessary edicts and mandates that decimated the industry.

9 posted on 10/26/2024 12:33:29 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The left is OK with cutbacks in the private sector, but do not at any time cut back on the size of the government.


10 posted on 10/26/2024 12:35:02 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

NE Ohio. Nearby.


11 posted on 10/26/2024 12:41:57 PM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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I’m sure Chicago is worse. Lol


12 posted on 10/26/2024 12:47:18 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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This is clearly fake news because I’ve heard that ‘Bidenomics’ is booming.


13 posted on 10/26/2024 12:49:20 PM PDT by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: Gaffer
To be fair, it was government's overreaction to Covid-19 with all of its unnecessary edicts and mandates that decimated the industry.

Exactly.

14 posted on 10/26/2024 12:49:51 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have been ASSURED repeatedly that the economy is great and Bidenomics has been the savior of America. All the economic experts agree.

I read an article at a financial site yesterday that had an interview of a couple that had to cut back a bit by canceling their $1000 yearly hedge-clipping service. They can still afford their European vacation so they weren’t complaining too much about having to do their own yard work (although they admitted the sacrifice was painful).

I’m not sure why so many businesses are closing. I guess that just got tired of “gauging” the American consumer and decided to take their billions and retire in the Bahamas.


15 posted on 10/26/2024 1:01:06 PM PDT by CFW
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In the past two months, a Bartell Drug Store and a Shari’s Restaurant closed down in my area. A nearby Walgreen’s has many empty shelves, so it may be next.


16 posted on 10/26/2024 1:09:29 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Amazon.com


17 posted on 10/26/2024 2:00:29 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: T Ruth

When I go to Walmart and all the everyday products are locked up and it takes the one guy with a key 30 minutes to show up to unlock the cabinet, I shop Amazon next time.


18 posted on 10/26/2024 2:16:14 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (It should be illegal to be here illegally. It should be a crime to be committing crimes in the USA.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Umpossible. We have been told this is the best economy ever even if we are too stupid to realize it. Just because people don’t have any money doesn’t mean Paul Krugman and Don Lemon are broke.


19 posted on 10/26/2024 2:27:23 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: brownsfan

A number of large restaurant chains are going down for the
count. Some places I’ve frequented for forty years or more,
gone. Building back better? How about tearing down much
better?

This alone is making a lot fewer food choices available.

I could easily recite ten nice restaurants in my region
that have gone down. It’s not just in this last four years
either. Going back 15 years, we’re talking a lot of places
just not there anymore.


20 posted on 10/26/2024 3:02:57 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands. )
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