Loose Ends: Just gotta have it

One local merchant explained the sale of a one-of-a-kind item with “She just had to have it.”
Merchants aren’t hearing a lot of this lately due to the nation’s economic downturn. Many consumers are restricting their buying to household necessities. Usually someone says they “have to have it” when it is a luxury of some sort.
The little gee-gaws hanging at the end of every check-out counter are have-to-have-its or impulse buys. Talking with many…