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Big_Bird
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...
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 Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:42 am Post subject: Financial crisis is sparking baby boom |
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| Cash-strapped couples whose socialising has been curbed by the credit crunch could fuel a baby boom as they seek entertainment at home, industry figures say. |
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Sales of maternity clothes and baby equipment have soared, along with those of pregnancy tests and sex toys.
It comes as home-delivery pizza company Domino's reported a 20 per cent sales rise in the first half of this year, while a report from financial services firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers predicted meals out and trips to the pub would be the first luxuries to go in a recession.
Mothercare said its sales have gone up by more than 20 per cent, while baby clothing firm Mamas And Papas has reported a 46 per cent increase in maternity dress sales.
Chemists around the country have reportedly seen a rise in sales of pregnancy test kits while online company sextoys.co.uk reported a 27 per cent increase in sales.
Website spokeswoman Monique Carty said the most popular products were those specifically designed for couples.
"We are gobsmacked by the upturn in sales, while everyone else seems to be suffering," she said.
But Miranda Levy, editor of Mother & Baby Magazine, said cost-conscious couples were not thinking long-term.
"What's cheaper and more fun than making babies?" She said. "The trouble is, when they come out they are really expensive." |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| Why would you have more kids in a time you can barely afford to raise a family? This is the last thing I'd do if not feeling totally financially secure. It's a very expensive responsibility to have kids, but I suppose it would be a real joy if you have the money to do it well. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: |
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| Why would you have more kids in a time you can barely afford to raise a family? |
You are either pro-immigration or pro-baby production or else anti-materialistic... (or a combination of the three) those are your only logical options, to not be any two of them makes you the remaining one.
Wake up people. It's exactly the postwar baby boom which created American prosperity in the first place.
Open the floodgates or else hit the sheets. The economy needs it. |
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