Yes, have been experiencing very significant drops in sales since before last Xmas, and I'm aware my items are from from essential. To the point I started running discount sales which I've never had to do in the past 12 years. Even during the discounting it has been hard to get people to spend, so I'm not going to bother with that much longer. People seem happier paying full price!
I manage a range of clients who have small businesses and it has been exactly the same for them. They're all asking for ideas on how to get people to spend money on their things.
