Pizza chains also have been hit, with same-store sales falling 3 percent in the fourth quarter at Dominos and 1 percent at Pizza Hut.
9. Career Development Websites
Traffic to job sites increased 20 percent in January 2009 from the year before, according to Nielsen Online. That was driven not only by the unemployed but by people who still had jobs.
People are seeking out information in more old-fashioned ways, too. Borders says its sales of career guides are up from last year.
10. At-Home Coffee Brews
The economy must be bad when even Starbucks, purveyor of $4 lattes, introduces its first value menu. But while the powerhouses profits fell 69 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, revenue at Vermonts Green Mountain Coffee Roasters climbed 56 percent.
And retailers have been selling Mr. Coffees coffee makers faster than the company can ship them, says Matt Ragland, vice president of marketing, with sales of coffee makers and accessories rising almost 5 percent from last year.
6、公立大学
经济危机可能危及到了美国公立大学的预算开支,但却增加了这些大学对学生的吸引力。康涅狄格州立大学系统今年的申请学生人数预计将增加11%,俄勒冈州立大学的申请人数增加了12%,得克萨斯州立大学的申请人数也创下纪录,增幅为6%。
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