So What's the Deal with the Sales Lull?

In general, things have been going well for us and we have gotten glowing feedback from our customers on the instruments we have sold them; however, we are experiencing a mysterious sales lull. We know that it is not only us, as we have checked with our colleagues who own small businesses (and, sadly, some businesses who have had to close their doors). Growing businesses like ours cannot afford to go for long periods of time without reasonable sales, especially due to the fact that we were just recovering from another lull in late January and early February. If you have any insights, please use the comment feature (see the links at the bottom of this post). Keep the comments on an adult (i.e. helpful) level, as we are in no mood for hearing from the lunatic fringe, which normally is quite entertaining :-)

In the mean time, we are lowering prices on EVERYTHING in the store until the economy improves...bottom line is that we need cash flow NOW and will bend over backwards to make it happen, and you will get unbelievably low prices in the process. We wish to thank our loyal customers who HAVE given us the privilege of serving them...we need more such great customers.