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lunch crunch
Poll: Are you planning a 'buy nothing' break this January?
Give it to us straight. Be honest.
AFTER THE LEVELS of consumer activity over Christmas, many face into the new year vowing to cut down on their spending.
This piece from the New York Times, published in mid-December about the author’s ‘year of no shopping’, is still proving a popular read.
Is taking a break from unnecessary consumption – eg, from buying new clothes – something you plan to do for any part of January?
Poll Results:
Not entirely broke but taking a break (3563)
Yes, because I'm broke (2553)
No (2310)
have your say