Half of U.S. Consumers Reduce Spending to Combat High Gas Prices

Half of U.S. Consumers Reduce Spending to Combat High Gas Prices Avatar Posted by Jenny under News
From http://www.nielsen.com 1956 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 18, 2008 10:49 pm
New research from The Nielsen Company finds that half (49 percent) of U.S. consumers are reducing their spending to compensate for rising gas prices, up four points from June 2007. Consumers are also battling high gas prices by combining shopping trips and errands (70 percent), eating out less (41 percent) and staying home more often (39 percent).



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Written by melanee
1955 days ago

Whatever... people always say that and don't do it unless the money just isn't there.



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