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Byline: JONATHAN PRYNN The West End is heading for its best Christmas since before the pandemic, with spending expected to be sharply up on last year as the cost of [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the National Retail Federation: The National Retail Federation still expects steady sales growth for the winter holiday season despite contradictions in [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-October 11, 2024-: United States e-Commerce Ready Packaging Market Report 2024-2033 - Ships in Own Container (SIOC or SIPP) Driven by Environmental Concerns & Cost Savings (C)1994-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS [...]

Findings show that 3 in 4 Millennial and Gen Z consumers are deterred by strict returns policies, highlighting increased urgency for retailers to balance cost reduction with customer centricity DALLAS [...]

DUBLIN: RESEARCH AND MARKETS has issued the following news release: The 'Asia Pacific: Retail's New Centre of Gravity' report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. An unprecedented surge in the [...]

NEW YORK, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The global indoor positioning and indoor navigation (IPIN) market size is estimated to grow by USD 52.50 billion from 2023-2027, according to Technavio. [...]

* The latest retail sales data indicates a robust consumer, leading economists to predict robust economic growth this year. * The chances of a recession within the next year were [...]

VALLETTA, December 24, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- With the spiraling cost of living and gloomy economic forecasts making most Europeans ever so frugal about their Christmas budgets, businesses throughout [...]

LOCAL retailers are resorting to cost-cutting strategies such as reducing operating hours as they bear the brunt of inflation, according to the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA). 'Some retailers will probably, [...]

Fashion retailer H&M reported a surprise operating profit for the December-February period as cost-cutting measures started to bear fruit, despite consumers' curbing spending amid soaring inflation and a delayed spring. [...]

Byline: By, Andrew Young Over half of high-street business owners 56% have said this has been the 'toughest winter in memory' -- as two in five customers 41% are spending [...]

Byline: Phillip Inman The UK economy unexpectedly grew by 0.1% in November as consumers headed to the shops in the run-up to Christmas and pubs and bars enjoyed a boost [...]

Byline: MATTHEW LYNN Awave of strikes has made it impossible for anyone to get anywhere. Real wages falling at the fastest rate in a generation mean no one has any [...]

BEIJING, May 8, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Xinhua writers Zhang Yisheng, Fan Yu China's tourism and consumption have been firing on all cylinders during the just-ended May Day [...]

BEIJING, China -- The following information was released by the State Council of the People's Republic of China: -- China's tourism and consumption have been firing on all cylinders during [...]

BEIJING, May 7, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- by Xinhua writers Zhang Yisheng, Fan Yu China's tourism and consumption have been firing on all cylinders during the just-ended May Day [...]

Byline: Martin Baccardax To access, purchase, authenticate, or subscribe to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/amazon-earnings-preview-cost-cuts-retail-aws-outlook-in-focus Amazon (AMZN) shares moved firmly higher Thursday heading into its [...]

TOKYO, April 13, 2023 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index rose for a fifth straight day on Thursday as hopes for the domestic retail sector lifted the [...]

What's happened? German consumer sentiment indicators have improved slightly over recent months, but consumer spending is set to remain weak. Retail sales volumes have trended lower since early 2022 dragging [...]

DUBLIN: Research and Markets has issued the following news release: The 'Europe Gift Card and Incentive Card Market Intelligence and Future Growth Dynamics (Databook) - Q1 2023 Update' report has [...]

DUBLIN, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/4751553/europe-gift-card-and-incentive-card-market?utm_source=CI&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=rcndl4&utm_campaign=1828559+-+Europe+Gift+Card+and+Incentive+Card+Market+Intelligence+and+Future+Growth+Dynamics+(Databook)+-+Q1+2023+Update%3a+Use+as+a+Countermeasure+to+Rampant+Inflation+Bolsters+Sector&utm_exec=como322prd report has been added toResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Gift card market in 2022 was driven a wide range of factors, which supported growth across [...]

What's happened? Retail volumes fell by 1% month on month in December and by 2.8% in 2022 as a whole. Retail sales have declined in 12 of the past 14 [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-December 6, 2022-: 61% of consumers fear the cost-of-living crisis is the final nail in the coffin for the high street (C)1994-2022 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:06122022 UK high streets have [...]

Byline: Richard Partington Economics correspondent Retail sales in Great Britain unexpectedly rose in July as consumers continued spending despite concerns over the cost of living crisis. The Office for National [...]

Byline: Jasper Jolly block-time published-time 8.25am BST The FTSE 100 has gained 0.3% in the first minutes of trading in this mid-August week, hitting its highest point since early June. [...]

New York: Fitch Ratings has issued the following commentary: The post-pandemic recovery of European retailers' profitability and deleveraging have been halted by sharply increased inflation that is forcing consumers to [...]

Australia: BDO Australia Ltd has issued the following press release: Just like the rest of the world, Australians are feeling the pinch. With increasing energy costs, higher food prices and [...]

Kenya will remain a key market in East Africa Kenya's large and briskly growing population (estimated at 53m in 2021), its comparative affluence (in regional terms) and its role as [...]

Bristol: Business Money Promotions Ltd has issued the following news release: Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: Moonpig shares drop by more than 11% Kingfisher shares fall [...]

Byline: Alby Gallun Local retailers and restaurants swung from doom to boom last year, ringing up record sales as the economy bounced back from the pandemic and consumers opened their [...]

Byline: Graeme Wearden block-time published-time 7.53am BST Introduction: China's economic activity slides as Covid lockdowns hit growth People riding vehicles in Beijing, China, today Photograph: Tingshu Wang/Reuters Good morning, and [...]

Retail sales slow in Italy in May What's happened? Seasonally adjusted retail sales values rose by 7% in May, down from 8.3% in April, according to data released by Istat [...]

DUBLIN: Research and Markets has issued the following news release: The 'Flexible Packaging Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Material, Product Type, and Application' report [...]

DUBLIN -- The 'Flexible Packaging Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Material, Product Type, and Application' report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The flexible [...]

What's happened? The total volume of retail sales in the first quarter of 2022 fell by 0.5% quarter on quarter to NZ$26.7bn (US$18.2bn) in seasonally adjusted terms. On a year-on-year [...]

LONDON -- The following information was released by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA): Commenting on the latest ONS retail sales and GfK consumer confidence data, Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow [...]

What's happened? Real retail sales in Switzerland contracted by 0.6% quarter on quarter in January-March 2022, according to seasonally and working-day adjusted data from the Federal Statistical Office. In year-on-year [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the National Retail Federation: Top challenges have shifted from COVID-19 to inflation and the war in Ukraine, but the U.S. economy [...]

What's happened? Retail sales, in seasonally adjusted volume terms, rose by 5.3% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2021, following a slump of 5.1% in the third quarter. [...]