The Cocooning Lifestyle Peaked in ‘98 when the typical household spent $1,601 on home furnishings and it’s been falling since. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the American household spent only $1,497 on home furnishings in ‘03. Consumers are downscaling, downsizing and eliminating clutter. Touch points of the new consumer trend are magazines like Real Simple, dedicated to doing more with less, and shows like TLC’s Clean Sweep and HGTVs
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