High-end spending could be the last to rebound.
Then there are bad economic times made even worse by a furious public and political fallout against high-end spending.
Some experts contend that much of the high-end spending before the recession was fueled by money borrowed by people who were trying to live beyond their means.
It should come as no surprise then to learn that, while workers in Europe and elsewhere are being told they must pay the price of past profligacy, high-end spending indicates the rich have never had it so good.
And fans of the British television series "Absolutely Fabulous" might expect Patsy and Edina, the two fashion-driven shopaholics, to enter the bar at any moment, laden with the fruits of their retail therapy from the four floors of high-end spending opportunities below.
Or, at the high-end, spend a small fortune on a Cisco or Polycom video conferencing system which usually means losing the first 15 productive minutes of every meeting wrestling.
If you wish to avoid this area consider saving for a high end gun or spending the extra money on BDU's or other gear.
But his tastes were high end for Hollywood, and he spent time at the Museum of Modern Art watching films by the French avant-garde.
Mr. Gelb also declined to discuss the cost of this "Ring," although he said each installment was at the high end of the amount typically spent for a new production at the Met.
The Somerset firm announced Guillon's departure with "immediate effect" after the firm's attempt to chase the spending power of high end shoppers on New York's Fifth Avenue and Hong Kong's Causeway Bay alienated the John Lewis crowd back home – who were its most loyal shoppers, even if they had to save up for months to buy one of its soft leather bags.
As year-end reports on 2011 emerge from companies and organizations around the world, an astonishing picture is building of extravagant, high-end Chinese spending that offers a glaring contrast to the hardscrabble, high-saving image of most Chinese.
