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- Consumers Increase Spending Despite Lower Incomes
- Marketing Charts submits: US consumers saw their personal income and disposable personal income (DPI) drop in June 2009, but still increased their spending, according to the most recent “Personal Income and Outlays Report” from the Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA, Retailer Daily reports. by Marketing Charts
- External links 2009-08-06
- Facebook Brands with Fans: Starbucks Tops Coke
- Marketing Charts submits: With more 3.6 million fans, Starbucks SBUX recently blew past Coca-Cola KO to become the the most popular brand on Facebook, gaining nearly 200,000 fans in just one week by using popular promotions, according to statistics from Inside Facebook. by Marketing Charts
- External links 2009-07-31
- Sports-Related Retail Flattened by Recession
- Marketing Charts submits: Worldwide sales of sports equipment, apparel, and footwear sales remained flat at $284 billion USD (€ 219 billion) in 2008, down from a 4% increase the previous year, the direct result of the recession’s continuing toll on developed countries, according to a report from The...
- External links 2009-07-24
- Auto Sales Drive Rise in Canadian Retail
- Marketing Charts submits: Canadian retail sales, which fell in April after three straight months of growth, reversed course and rose slightly in May 2009. In current dollars, Canadian retail sales increased 1.2%, rising from $33.5 billion CAD to $34 billion CAD, reports Retailer Daily. by...
- External links 2009-07-23
- U.S. Retail and Food Services Sales Continue to Climb
- Marketing Charts submits: US retail and food services sales for June 2009 continued the positive trajectory they began in May, rising 0.6% last month, according to advance estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Retailer Daily reports. by Marketing Charts
- External links 2009-07-16
- Target's Store Expansion Fails to Boost Net Sales
- Marketing Charts submits: According to RetailerDaily.com, Target’s TGT store openings cannot raise earnings enough to compensate for declining store sales conference call transcript here. The discount retailer reported declining figures in several key financial areas, including net earnings, for Q2 2009 (ended August 1, 2009). However,...
- External links 2009-08-24
- Sears Launches Online Home Project Management Tool
- Marketing Charts submits: Broadline retailer Sears Holding Company SHLD is continuing to make good on its March 2009 promise to expand its global online strategy with the official launch of the ManageMyHome home improvement site, says RetailerDaily.com. ManageMyHome offers online services, products and information aimed at...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Extreme Pessimism Plagues October Consumer Confidence
- Marketing Charts submits: Following a September decrease driven by pessimism about current economic conditions, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell yet again, from 53.4 to 47.7, in October 2009. Despite increases in August and only slight decreases in September, both components...
- External links 2009-10-28
- Kraft, Coke, Tide Are Brands Least Likely to Be Traded Down
- Marketing Charts submits: Though cash-strapped US consumers rate price as top priority in their household/grocery purchasing decisions and are increasingly defecting to private labels, they are least likely to trade Kraft KFT, Coca-Cola KO, and Tide for store brands, even though 84% of shoppers see...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Co-Workers, Acquaintances Lose Out on Holiday Gifts
- Marketing Charts submits: More than half of US consumers are planning to cut back on holiday spending this year, and a significant number will not be buying gifts for co-workers and acquaintances as a result of cost-cutting and tighter budgets, according to a new study...
- External links 2009-10-22
- Amex: Discounts May Lure Holiday Shoppers Early
- Marketing Charts submits: A majority of US consumers could be enticed to begin their holiday shopping in the next 30 days by retail discounts, according to the latest results from the American Express Spending and Saving Tracker, a monthly consumer index that measures spending intentions...
- External links 2009-10-15
- Deloitte Consumer Spending Index Reaches Two-Year High
- Marketing Charts submits: The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index rose 11.7% in September 2009, climbing from and adjusted score of 3.08% to 3.44%. This is the second straight month the Index - which is designed to track consumer cash flow as an indicator of future spending...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Consumer Sentiment Reaches ?Fragile? High
- Marketing Charts submits: Diminishing concerns about current personal finances and job security propelled US consumer sentiment to a twelve-month high in October, according to the most recent results of the RBC CASH Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household Index, which now stands at a ?fragile? 51.8, up...
- External links 2009-10-12
- Holiday Sales Expected to Decline 1% in 2009
- Marketing Charts submits: Holiday retail industry sales are expected to hit $437.6 billion this year, a 1% decline from $441.97 billion in 2008, according to the 2009 holiday forecast from the National Retail Federation (NRF), which is not predicting a cheerful holiday for most US...
- External links 2009-10-08
- RBC: Current Conditions ?Not Encouraging? for Consumer Spending
- Marketing Charts submits: Although consumers’ hopes for their local economies and personal finances improved in the past month, the most recent results of the RBC CASH Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household Index rose by only 2.5 points, to 40.0 in September 2009 - up from...
- External links 2009-09-17
- Planned Holiday Spending Down 5%
- Marketing Charts submits: Planned holiday spending for 2008 is, on average, $775 - down 5% from last year, according to a Brand Keys, Inc. national survey of 16,000 consumers in the nine US Census regions, reports Retailer Daily. “Given that there isn’t any increase in anticipated...
- External links 2008-11-11
- Survey: Shoppers To Spend 1.9% More This Holiday Season
- Marketing Charts submits: US consumers plan to spend, on average, $832.36 on holiday-related shopping, up only 1.9% over last year’s $816.69, according to the National Retail Federation’s 2008 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, reports Retailer Daily. That’s the lowest increase in planned...
- External links 2008-10-31
- Cupid Confronts the Consumer Downturn
- Marketing Charts submits: Consumers plan to spend an average $102.50 on Valentine’s gifts and merchandise this year, down 2008’s $122.98 per person, according to the National Retail Federation’s 2009 Valentine’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, conducted by BIGresearch, Retailer Daily reports. by Marketing Charts
- External links 2009-02-03
- Valentine's Day Retail Index Down 15%
- Marketing Charts submits: The spending level for Valentine’s Day gifts this year will be slightly lower than last year - $140 to be spent by men (versus $166 in 2008), and $75 (versus $90) to be spent by women, according to the BrandKeys Valentine’s Day Index,...
- External links 2009-02-08
- Wal-Mart Stands to Benefit from Growing U.S. Consumer Stinginess
- Marketing Charts submits: U.S. consumers are growing increasingly stingy with their money and are becoming more and more likely to base their retail purchase decisions on price, according to a study from The Gordman Group, which reports that Wal-Mart WMT stands to benefit most from this phenomenon. ...
- External links 2009-04-26
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