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April 23, 2008
The Sharpest Cut: LASIK Business
Good piece in the NYT about another chunk of high-end discretionary spending being "cut", so to speak: Lasik.
Although more than 800,000 Americans got Lasik surgery in 2007, a slight increase from 2006, the numbers started slumping along with the economy in the second half of last year. And industry analysts are now seeing a Lasik recession.
“We’re forecasting a 17 percent drop for 2008,” said David Harmon, president of Market Scope, an eye surgery market research house.
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