heather: with many american families struggling to make ends meet is there such a thing as a consumer economy anymore? a report in the wall street journal citing the sales of luxury goods are soaring, while sales at stores like walmart, they are rather tepid. and some economists are saying the country is moving in two different directions, and joining us now, brenda buttner, senior business correspondent and the anchor of bulls and bears, to talk more about this. thanks for coming by, brenda. twice in two hours! happy to do that. heather: talk a little bit more about this. we actually discussed last weekend how the sales of luxury goods were increasing, and this is now maybe not a surprise, that in fact that means higher income consumers are spending more. yes. i mean, tiffany is glittering and walmart, i mean, is the stock, is basic on a flat line for a bit, right now. but, what we have learned is that about 20% of the