I own a hair salon. Typically, November is my busiest season. It has been SO quiet. A lot of my colleagues are also saying the same thing and have had to close up shop because of it - or get a second job.
People keep saying it will get better and the economy will bounce back but I don’t know. I am so close from just throwing in the towel, closing up shop and getting a corporate gig.
I work in mortgages and we are absolutely positively dead. My wife works for a fairly major clothing brand and they’re slow AF too. Laid off quite a few people recently.
As a realtor in CA, I feel this. No incentive with rates the way they are leads to no inventory for people to purchase.