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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 186845, member: 37&quot;]Haven&#039;t really seen any changes of late here locally.&nbsp; The market is pretty much dead.&nbsp; No one cares about age or provenance any more.&nbsp; It is all about the look and that look these days is the shabby found and repurposed look.&nbsp; (They really don&#039;t want real aged shabby but, rather, the faux-painted pseudo-shabby look.)&nbsp; Some of the best selling furniture items in my group shop are newly made from old pallets <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Brown furniture moves slowly if cheap enough.&nbsp; We don&#039;t even have much of an MCM market, contrary to many other places.&nbsp;&nbsp; Smalls are dead in the water unless exceptional and dirt cheap.&nbsp; If other smalls sell, it is for use or to decorate with and they better be pennies on the dollar.&nbsp; Another top seller in our store are slogan signs and framed chalkboard imported from china and mostly under $10.00.... under $20.00 for larger ones.&nbsp; We are not an antiques shop so anything goes.&nbsp; There are not any true antique shops here any more.&nbsp; The rents are too high.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besides all this, business in general has been really bad of late.&nbsp; I blame this on the election.&nbsp; It can&#039;t get over soon enough for me.&nbsp; Having been doing this for over 35 years, I have always noted a downturn in business during presidential election years.&nbsp; We don&#039;t sell anything that people really need and the bit of uncertainty about the election results in people being more conservative with their money.&nbsp; Whether or not things will really change with the election doesn&#039;t really matter. It is just the perceived uncertainty and things generally go back to business as usual in short order once the election is over.&nbsp; This year may be different.&nbsp; The uncertainty is greater and people seem to be more invested.&nbsp; Business may not bounce back as quickly this year depending on the result.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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