Valerie Streif, a student from the United States, went shopping a lot when she was a teen and spent over 150$ a month on it. Nowadays she only visits the mall once in 2 months, a big difference that can be explained by peer pressure, big costs and the economic crisis.

 A survey released that teens these days mostly spend their money on value brands and overall cheaper items. It seems everyone is spending less. Teens' fashion budgets were very low since the spring. Dan Jasper, spokesman of Mall of America, says he wasn't aware 100 of the fact that teens shop less, on the contrary sales have increased by 9%.

Cassie Hendricks realizes people spend less in the moment and think more of the future. The crisis made people spend less and think twice when they go shopping and don't buy as much as they used to.

Max Vandormael

Link: http://www.mndaily.com/2010/10/25/survey-shows-teens%E2%80%99-shopping-habits