Thursday, November 13, 2008

Keeping Momma Happy

The headline reads Cash-Strapped Moms Plot Scroogy Holiday Season. The details are from Adotas.com:


woman_blogs_small.jpgADOTAS – Confirming retailers’ darkest fears, American mothers are planning on keeping a short leash on spending this holiday season, according to an industry association called the Marketing to Moms Coalition.

Women with children plan to spend about $660 on average this year, $50 less than last year. Cuts are biggest for mothers with teens and children aged 7 to 12.

Offline retailers will take the biggest hit (8%) with online holiday spending seeing a 2% downturn. Most mothers surveyed (87%) said they planned to shop at stores like Wal-Mart and Target this season.

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