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Great Recession Consumer Trends

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Hot in recession: Chocolate, running shoes, Spam
Sunday, May 17, 2009
BY DEB RIECHMANN

"Guns are selling well, too. Total firearms sales rose 27.5 percent at Smith & Wesson for the three months ending Jan. 31. It's not a sudden interest in hunting behind the increase; hunting firearm sales at the company declined during the quarter by 46 percent."