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Monday, October 27th, 2008The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that High Street sales fell by 0.4% last month, taking annual growth to 1.8%, from 3.3% the previous month.
However, the September fall was less than analysts expected who had predicted a 0.9% monthly fall.
The ONS said demand for new clothes and household goods had slowed as sales […]
Retail sales hit new low
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Retail sales volumes dropped 3.9 per cent in June compared with May, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), representing the sharpest decline since its records began in 1986.
Food stores suffered a 3.6 per cent fall in sales volumes – also the largest fall since records began – and non-food stores dropped 4.5 […]
Shopper Loyalty Hits New Low
Friday, July 11th, 2008UK consumers are more disloyal than ever, with 22 per cent saying they are dissatisfied with the store they shop most at and would prefer to shop somewhere else.
According to Verdict, 10.8 million people are disloyal to the stores they use. The report said that, while the credit crunch has led to customers shopping around […]
In these dark days retailers can’t even rely on shopper loyalty
Friday, July 11th, 2008During hard times the need to engender loyalty among consumers becomes ever more important, which is why it is very disconcerting for the sector that it has declined at its fastest rate for the past decade.Verdict research found that as many as 10.8 million shoppers are disloyal to the stores they use (which equates to […]
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