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The latest UK High Street statistics from Synovate Retail Performance show that the number of non-food shopping trips made between November 30th and December 6th climbed by 10.1 per cent compared to the week before – though the number is still 4.1 per cent down on the same week in …
Read More »Online to dominate festive retail
Convenience is coming in ahead of lower prices” this Christmas according to market researchers at Ivobank. Consumers were surveyed ahead of the frantic buying season and the verdict was returned that as many as 88 per cent (29.09 million people) confirmed they plan to buy at least one Christmas gift …
Read More »VAT cut cant stop poor December at retail
Retailers will need to use every tactic at their disposal” – that’s the message from a leading High Street analyst today as it predicts a gloomy December at retail despite Chancellor Alistair Darling announcement of a VAT drop yesterday. Synovate Retail Performance has claimed that it now expects non-food shopping …
Read More »Wii Fit tops online UK shopping searches
Online shopping stats firm Hitwise has revealed that Nintendo’s Wii Fit is currently the most searched for product by internet shoppers in the UK – with the Wii console itself and Apple’s iPhone close behind. In total, Wii Fit accounted for one in six searches for video game products in …
Read More »Xmas shopping shows minimal footfall increase
Figures for the first week of Christmas retail have been released, and have shown that footfall only increased by 0.01 per cent year-on-year. However, looking at week-on-week figures, the number of shoppers increased by 11.2 per cent, signalling that many people had begun their Christmas shopping. For the full story …
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