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Black Friday sales hit $1bn Monday, 26th November 2012
Black Friday retail sales tipped USD 1 billion this year as consumers flocked to the internet to do their Christmas shopping.
Posted in Consumers, Online retail, Retail Industry Tagged Black Friday, Retail Industry, Consumer, Retail & Consumer Industry, Online Retail, E-Commerce
Black Friday fever hits the UK Friday, 23rd November 2012
Black Friday is upon us, and the British are in no mood to let Americans have all the fun.
Posted in Consumers, Retail Industry Tagged Amazon, Apple, Asda, Target Corp, Toys R Us, Black Friday, Retail Industry, Consumer, Retail & Consumer Industry
Premier Foods cuts 900 jobs Tuesday, 20th November 2012
Premier Foods is dropping 900 staff members at its bread division and is closing two bakeries as it attempts to restructure its logistics operations.
Posted in Food Tagged Premier Foods, Hovis, Food, Retail Industry, Consumer, Michael Clarke, Supply Chain
Retail sales dip 0.8% in October Thursday, 15th November 2012
Retail sales fell in October as consumers scaled back their food and clothing purchases, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics.
Posted in Consumers, Retail Industry Tagged Retail Industry, Consumer, Retail & Consumer Industry, Office for National Statistics, British Retail Statistics
Consumers to spend £4.6bn online this Christmas Tuesday, 13th November 2012
Internet retailers are expecting consumers to part with £4.6 billion during the first two weeks of December – up from £3.7 billion in the same period last year.
Posted in Consumers, E-Commerce, M-Commerce, Online retail, Retail Industry Tagged imrg, capgemini, e-commerce, m-commerce, online retail, retail industry, consumer, retail & consumer industry, chris webster, tina spooner
The BRC urges George Osborne to rescue retailers Monday, 12th November 2012
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) today submitted papers to Chancellor George Osborne that warn of “stubbornly weak” consumer confident, “flat” sales on the high street and that business rates are rising “rapidly”.
Posted in Consumers, Retail Industry Tagged The British Retail Consortium, British Retail Statistics, Stephen Robertson, Retail & Consumer Industry, Consumer, Retail Industry
High street revolts against credit card fraud Monday, 12th November 2012
A group of high street retailers, led by Dixons, have launched a £70 million legal battle in an effort to recover VAT paid on fraudulent credit card transactions.
Posted in Consumers, Legal, Retail Industry Tagged Retail & Consumer Industry, Cards & Payments, Consumer, Dixons, Legal News
Visa and MasterCard both see profits rise with increased card use Thursday, 1st November 2012
The world’s largest credit and debit card networks each reported an increase in profits thanks to a rise in consumer spending and card use worldwide. According to Visa, the biggest global network operator for credit and debit cards, payments after adjustments to currency exchange rates grew 6 per cent in the three months to September compared with a year before.
Posted in Consumers, Retail Industry Tagged visa, mastercard, increase, profit, global, expansion, consumer, retail, results, third, fourth, quarter
Consumer morale lowest for six months, according to survey Wednesday, 31st October 2012
Consumer confidence dropped to its lowest point for six months in October, according to a survey by GfK NOP.
Posted in Consumers, Retail Industry Tagged Retail Industry, Retail & Consumer Industry, Consumer, Nick Moon, GfK NOP, British Retail Statistics, Consumer Confidence
UK retail sales increase in October Tuesday, 30th October 2012
UK retail sales increased to a larger extent than was originally forecast in October, according to a survey by the Confederation of British Industry.
Posted in Consumers, Retail Industry Tagged Confederation of British Industry, Retail Industry, Consumer, Retail & Consumer Industry
