“It's the squeeze,” says Faith Popcorn, “the squeeze in the environment, squeeze in the economy, squeeze on the ethics.” And the retail numbers may be the clearest evidence. While sales at high-end stores like Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom are down from last year, sales at Wal-Mart and Target are up.

The new status…is not how much you spend, but how much you don't.

– all quotes above taken from CBS Evening News