"Women will go without coffee, or having their nails done, but they won't go without makeup," proclaims Sandra Ervin, owner of a Merle Norman Cosmetics store. "It's
recession-proof."
Ervin reports no "real" drop off in sales at her establishment. Not bad at a time when even Toyota is expected to report a sales decline -- its first
in a decade, according to the
Detroit Free Press .
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