http://marketpublishers.com/lists/news_62.html Retailing news en-us 2008-12-02 15:24:27 GMT 2008-12-02 15:24:27 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/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/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/3351/news.html Retail sales in the UK fell 3.9% in June, after they had shown a sudden and unexpected 3.6% record surge in May. The reversal from the revised May figure is the sharpest monthly decline since the series began in 1986. Analysts had... 24.07.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3285/news.html Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to sell 60 billion yen ($561 million) of samurai bonds in Japan, the first such issue by a retailer in 29 years, taking advantage of lower borrowing costs, reported The Bloomberg. The world's largest retailer is... 08.07.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3254/news.html Supermarket chain Tesco has announced it will stop sourcing products from Zimbabwe while "the political crisis persists" there, reported The BBC. The retail giant buys about £1m ($1.9m) worth of goods a year, including... 01.07.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3231/news.html DSG International, the owner of Currys and PC World, has seen its annual pre-tax profits fall by 30% after a "challenging" year for the firm, reported The BBC. The retailer, which has issued two profit warnings this year, said it... 26.06.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3206/news.html The spell of warm weather in May helped to trigger a record jump in UK retail sales, official figures have show, reported The BBC. Overall sales rose by 3.5% during May, the strongest monthly growth in sales since the series began in... 19.06.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3202/news.html Retail group Woolworths has said its chief executive is to step down and has reported a further decline in sales, reported The BBC. Woolworths said Trevor Bish-Jones would step down after it was agreed it was an "appropriate time"... 18.06.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3164/news.html Global retailers may cut orders from China and India and source more goods locally in developed markets because of increased energy and transportation costs, PricewaterhouseCoopers said, reported The Bloomberg. Companies from supermarket... 11.06.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3061/news.html UK retail sales have fallen for the second consecutive month, official figures have shown, the first time this has happened for more than two years, reported The BBC. Sales fell by 0.2% last month, the Office for National Statistics has... 22.05.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3029/news.html The British government may make it more difficult for supermarkets including Tesco Plc and J Sainsbury Plc to expand by creating a competition ombudsman to oversee the industry, business minister Gareth Thomas said, reported The Bloomberg. ... 14.05.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3020/news.html Sales on UK High Streets fell for the second month in a row in April, according to figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), reported The BBC. Like-for-like sales fell 1.5% in April compared with the same month of 2007. But... 13.05.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3010/news.html Retail spending across the 15 nations in the euro area declined more than expected in March, official European Union figures have shown, reported The BBC. Hit by soaring fuel and food bills and concerns about the global economy, retail... 07.05.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2970/news.html Kesa Electricals Plc, Europe's third-biggest consumer-electronics retailer, fell in London trading as Goldman, Sachs & Co. advised investors to sell the stock because of pressure on French consumer spending, reported The Bloomberg. Kesa... 23.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2938/news.html UK retail sales declined in March, posting their first fall in almost two years, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned, reported The BBC. Despite the early Easter, the BRC said like-for-like sales - which exclude the impact of new... 15.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2918/news.html DSG International, the owner of Currys and PC World, has issued its second profit warning of the year after it said trading remained "challenging", reported The BBC. The retailer said profit margins were down in the 25 weeks to 5... 10.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2877/news.html Apple's iTunes has overtaken supermarket group Wal-Mart to become the largest music retailer in the US, an independent study has said, reported The BBC. Market research firm NPD said iTunes surpassed Wal-Mart in January and February if 12... 04.04.2008