Hmmmm. Skylark, huh?
Consumers are out there spending but I don't know if it's on PCs. Our local mall was mobbed yesterday - busiest I've ever seen it with a lot of shopping bags in sight. We bought several workout items from the Nike and New Balance stores. It would be a good location for an Apple Store as there are a lot of high-end names in the mall but there's an Apple Store 12 miles south of it.
I really don't know of anyone shopping around for PCs these days other than the occasional person that asks me about Macs. Most people talk about mobile devices - their PCs are meeting their needs just fine. They may want faster, smaller, lighter, etc. but they're not at the point of upgrading yet.