What sells during a Recession??

Bob the Seducer

State assets!

busyliving

chucken1 wrote: »

Dont think her names ever been mentioned here!! Nope...never!

Well there was a thread about her and the story printed in the Sindo...don't know where the thread was if I'm being honest

kelle

3rdDegree wrote: »

Unfortunately, no one actually pays for them though. Undertakers around the country are owed a fortune. They often don't get paid until the estate gets settled - which can take years. No I'm not in the business, but a buddy of mine is.

When my parents died, their bank account was frozen but the expenses arising from their funerals (they died within 4 weeks of each other ) were able to be released.

Anyway, my answer :
toilet paper
needle and thread
secondhand clothes
Argos or Tesco own brand stuff

Lab_Mouse

alcohol,gear and religion

Abi

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Candles and jumpers

^ These

Tinned food, and any non perishables. Coal, and sales in pennys would be up, and the people that turned their snouts up at charity shops in better times have had a re-think.

Littlehorny wrote: »

Nappies judging by this recession baby boom!

While this may be true, they're now opting for the shops own brand in nappies or them cloth jobbies. As for the formula, cheaper versions will be bought, and sales in the ready made stuff and jars of food will take a tumble.

When things are going well, people get lazy, and stupid with their money. I'm willing to bet a lot of people are regretting what the spent their SSIA's on..

3rdDegree

Abi wrote: »

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Candles and jumpers

^ These

Tinned food, and any non perishables. Coal, and sales in pennys would be up, and the people that turned their snouts up at charity shops in better times have had a re-think.

Littlehorny wrote: »

Nappies judging by this recession baby boom!

While this may be true, they're now opting for the shops own brand in nappies or them cloth jobbies. As for the formula, cheaper versions will be bought, and sales in the ready made stuff and jars of food will take a tumble.

When things are going well, people get lazy, and stupid with their money. I'm willing to bet a lot of people are regretting what the spent their SSIA's on..

When people go back to cloth nappies, the recession will have hit very hard indeed!

kelle

Abi wrote: »

As for the formula, cheaper versions will be bought, and sales in the ready made stuff and jars of food will take a tumble.

Or perhaps more will be breastfeeding.

I somehow can't see a return to cloth nappies and plastic pants, own brand nappies are much cheaper and harder to justify the toil of washing and drying nappies (though I did it myself for 2 years....)

cjmcork

Abi wrote: »

When things are going well, people get lazy, and stupid with their money. I'm willing to bet a lot of people are regretting what the spent their SSIA's on..

nah, I needed that 4x4 to navigate the rough terrain of Cork city...........:P

Spread

cjmcork wrote: »

remould tyres

They're now banned

Capt'n Midnight

Dry cleaners do well.
I think shoe repairs do well too.

Brand name goods tend to be a bit recession proof because too many corners get cut by the "me toos" in a race to the bottom.
Coca Cola are still shifting gallons of the stuff.

Sparks43

Rope

Amirani

Repairs of stuff in general. People tend to try get things repaired rather than replacing them.

Car mechanics because people will hold on to their cars for longer thus requiring extra servicing.

Sam Vimes

Places that sell closing down signs

Abi

3rdDegree wrote: »

When people go back to cloth nappies, the recession will have hit very hard indeed!

kelle wrote: »

I somehow can't see a return to cloth nappies and plastic pants, own brand nappies are much cheaper and harder to justify the toil of washing and drying nappies (though I did it myself for 2 years....)

You'd be surprised. With threats of electricity, gas, and god knows what else to go on the increase, not to mention water charges supposedly to kick in, SW threatening to reduce payments - theres going to be a lot on arses against the wall. Newer versions of the cloth nappy would seem like thriftier option with those barely able to make it from one week to the next.


+1 on the breast-feeding though, reckon a lot of mothers will try stick it out.

cjmcork

Spread wrote: »

They're now banned

not according to the motors forum...........worth checking, I know I've seen stuff about those and part-worns

bnt

4leto wrote: »

Actually the debt collection and repo industry is doing very well.

and I suppose they are selling a service to someone.

Loan sharks are doing well too - though these days they appear legitimate and go under such nuce names as "payday", "emergency" or "short-term" loans.

In-between programs on the Discovery channel, I recently saw an ad for a loan service, which looked all nice and friendly until I saw the following: "Representative APR 1573%". In other words: borrow €100 today, pay back €1573 if you're dumb enough to not pay it back for a year. :eek:

For Forks Sake

Sparks43 wrote: »

Rope

Old rope?

dj jarvis

Lies

The Saint

Dutch Gold and Buckfast.

Bobby Baccala

nooses.

ilovesleep

There was a program on rte last year about this. I think it was aired around xmas.

Many people are looking for comforts so they so they go back to what was available to them as a child when there was no stresses and strains and worries on them. I don't know if anyone else has found this to be true but I think it is.

Just last week I had a conversation with a woman I know and she was saying that she would love to go back to the days of drinking buckfast in fields. Something she did as a teenager.

As for what sells in a recession and taking in what I wrote above:
Soup - remember the day you would arrive home from school to have a bowl of soup ready for you? Its inexpensive too.

As for comfort foods:
Jelly and dream topping
Bakery food as someone else wrote here.

For activities:
Board games, lego
(this is very much true in my case - I've taken to going back to some childhood activities).

Now just to gather up some adults willing to play red rover with me!

mrsdewinter

kelle wrote: »

I somehow can't see a return to cloth nappies and plastic pants, own brand nappies are much cheaper and harder to justify the toil of washing and drying nappies (though I did it myself for 2 years....)

I agree.

People always say that cloth nappies are cheaper in the long term but I'm not sure ordinary mums are in a position to make the time commitment they entail. Plus, once water charges come on stream, I think the cost of washing and drying (only people with small children can justify switching on the tumble dryer) terry nappies will make people reconsider the merits of own-brand disposables.

pow wow

Misery. I would have said hope but there is none

SafeSurfer

What sells during a recession?

ESB, Coilte, Bord Gas, Aer Lingus.

Basically any publicly owned company in order to pay the debts of the privately owned.

Abi

mrsdewinter wrote: »

I agree.

People always say that cloth nappies are cheaper in the long term but I'm not sure ordinary mums are in a position to make the time commitment they entail. Plus, once water charges come on stream, I think the cost of washing and drying (only people with small children can justify switching on the tumble dryer) terry nappies will make people reconsider the merits of own-brand disposables.

I agree with you on the tumble dryer, clothes horses are going to be a big seller too. With regards to washing, I'm the eldest of our lot and I recall (the others wouldn't) my mother washing a heap of cloth nappies in the bath. She had a bucket to steep them in, and then rinsed them off in the bath.

With regards to the time and the commitment though - to be fair, there are far smaller families now, for most. A lot of women (and men) are finding themselves at home now due to lost jobs. My grandmother had 16 kids, and it was bloody tough. I don't mean you personally, but I think when money was about it made people lazy, and quite frankly, snobby.

So long as you don't live outside your means (i.e. massive houses and expensive cars you couldn't ordinarily afford) then with some savvy, you can survive a recession. My belief is, a lot of people need to come down a peg or two five.

languagenerd

Toilet paper! (no-one's gonna give up on that)

Bicycles/public transport tickets

Own-brand products

Sonnenblumen

Soup kitchen supplies are on the up:eek:

4leto

Economists and their garble, they seem to be the new celebrity chefs, both here and the UK.

Fkucen idiots if you ask me!!!!

ko4jm6y9iwv2lc

Flights to Australia.

Rockery Woman

Frozen Pizzas
Dunnes Stores Jeans
Hair Dye (DIY) like Nice and Easy etc...
Illegal cigarettes
Cheap Beer
Flagons of Cider:D

the groutch

Cheap coke, and even cheaper hookers

Archeron

Tumbleweeds

4leto

Supermarket and off licence drink.

hal9000

hindsight seems to be very popular these days!

General General

hal9000 wrote: »

hindsight seems to be very popular these days!

Never trust a HAL 9000.

allthedoyles

cattle , sheep , pigs .

Farmers were never as well-off as now .

60% of their income is coming through the post in cheques .

Sell to farmers .

Saila

shares

JupiterKid

Comfort foods like soup, chocolate and tinned foods like baked beans, marrowfat peas etc.
Cinema tickets - cinemas become very popular as a form of entertainment in recessions.
Own brand products.
Repairs for shoes and clothes - just yesterday I saw a new shoe repair stall in the Jervis Centre and thought to myself "sign of the times."
Board games, DVD rentals, video game rentals.
Clothes airing racks.
Cheap paperback novels.
DIY and self assembly products. I imagine Ikea are doing a graat level of trade.

And hopefully, for many people, a dose of reality, manners and humility.

Reamer Fanny

I was thinking of becoming a pet rock salesman I think in these time pet rocks would be very popular

Saila

houses!