U.S. retailers, some of them on the brink of complete ruin, are already slashing prices ahead of Black Friday next week. We’ll be covering the fallout of the financial crisis and how it is changing the consumer psyche in great detail, both here and on the Reuters Holiday Shopping coverage page. To start off, here are a few images of how “recession” is the new sexy when it comes to luring shoppers, from our reporters in the trenches.
New York City, where the sign says it all, via Nick Zieminski:
It almost looks like the Entire Store is for Free, though that is not the case:
These are from Atlantic City, if anyone is looking for diamonds, via Martinne Geller:
Or dress shirts (everything MUST go):
Plus a handbag, provided there is something to put inside:
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