Doesn't this recent article seem to be indicate that consumers now think of luxury commodities as gifts...........to themselves?:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/24/business/consumers-cut-back-on-staples-but-splurge-on-indulgences.html?ref=andrewmartin On 10/29/10, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > - An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have. > > Andy Warhol* *
