http://marketpublishers.com/lists/news_38.html Consumer Goods & Retail news en-us 2008-11-21 01:39:51 GMT 2008-11-21 01:39:51 GMT http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3812/news.html Consumers across Europe are set to rein in their spending over the festive period, business consultancy Deloitte has predicted. Just days after around one in four of the British families polled by the Family and Parenting Institute admitted... 12.11.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3760/news.html U.K. consumer confidence dropped in October close to the weakest level since at least 1974 as the financial crisis spooked British shoppers, GfK NOP said. An index of sentiment, based on a survey of 2,002 people between Oct. 3 and Oct. 19,... 31.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3738/news.html The Whirlpool Corporation, the home appliance maker, said Tuesday that it would cut about 5,000 jobs by the end of 2009 because of the global credit crisis and its expectation for continued reduced demand in North America and Europe. The... 28.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3733/news.html Retail sales in Britain fell for the seventh consecutive month in October and the outlook for next month remains weak, a survey showed today. The Confederation of British Industry said half of all retailers surveyed suffered falling sales... 28.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3725/news.html Retail sales fell by less than expected during September but annual growth declined to a two and a half year low after demand for new clothes and household goods slowed. Sales volumes fell by 0.4 per cent last month, according to figures... 23.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3717/news.html McDonald's Corp. posted an 11% rise in third-quarter profit, helped by strong sales worldwide, the fast-food giant said Wednesday. Before the start of trading, McDonald's said it earned $1.19 billion, or $1.05 a share, up from $1.07 billion,... 22.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3687/news.html Remy Cointreau SA, France's second- largest liquor company, said first-half sales fell 2.5 percent, less than analysts expected, after ending contracts to distribute lower-priced beverages. Revenue dropped to 365.2 million euros ($489... 16.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3682/news.html Johnson & Johnson showed resilience Tuesday in the face of an economic downturn, posting higher third-quarter sales and earnings. Because the large medical products company is more broadly diversified than many other drug and medical device... 15.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3681/news.html Sales at U.S. retailers probably decreased in September as mounting job losses, plunging home prices and the deepening credit crisis rattled consumers, economists said before reports today. Purchases fell 0.7 percent, the most in more than... 15.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3649/news.html Gap in goods traded larger than expected, signalling economy has entered recession The UK's goods trade deficit with the rest of the world was bigger than expected in August, leading economists to warn that the British economy has now fallen... 09.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3602/news.html Dairy Crest, the maker of Cathedral City cheese, Country Life butter and Clover spread, warned yesterday it was planning job cuts and considering closing a UK factory in the face of higher costs and an increasingly gloomy economic outlook. ... 01.10.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3597/news.html Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter net income fell 11% amid slumping case volume it blamed on the weakening global economy and a year-earlier gain. The world's largest bottler for PepsiCo Inc., based in Somers, N.Y., reported... 30.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3585/news.html China's milk consumption, which rose 9.3 percent last year, may fall next year and will be squeezed at least until 2010 on concerns over dairy products tainted with chemicals, UBS AG said. "Following the pattern of consumer behavior after... 29.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3564/news.html Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest soft-drink maker, rejected a Chinese newspaper report that it has agreed to acquire Groupe Danone SA's stake in Hangzhou Wahaha Group Co. "It's wrong, it's absolutely not correct," Kenth Kaerhoeg, a... 25.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3550/news.html U.S. retailers may post the smallest holiday sales gain in six years as consumers facing rising unemployment and food prices pare spending on non-necessities. Sales will probably gain 2.2 percent to $470.4 billion in the last two months of... 23.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3489/news.html SUPERMARKET chain Morrisons posted a healthy rise in profits and sales despite "the toughest trading environment seen for many years". The firm said disposable incomes have dropped significantly following the tightening of credit... 11.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3475/news.html New York Times Co. said Monday 550 jobs will be eliminated when it closes its metropolitan distribution center in January. The publisher's departure from the wholesale distribution business coincides with the ongoing struggles of the... 08.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3471/news.html Food prices are rising at the highest level since records began, according to the latest official statistics. Factory gate prices, the amount manufacturers charge buyers such as supermarkets, increased by 11.4pc last month compared to the... 08.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3462/news.html The era of falling food prices is over and households will have to get used to spending more of their budget at the checkout, experts said. A typical trolley of food has risen in price by 8.3% since the beginning of the year, according to... 05.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3436/news.html Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. rose the most in four months in Sydney trading after Australia's biggest soft- drink maker posted first-half earnings that beat analysts' estimates. Coca-Cola Amatil gained 5 percent to close at A$8.34, its biggest... 20.08.2008