Any signs of retail recovery?

Faced with one of the most challenging years on record, retailers and their suppliers are being forced to adjust their business strategies to deal with this drearier operating environment. And with retail inventories down, discounts up, and credit still tight, many believe that consumer spending will lag the turnaround of the US financial markets, new research reveals.

Retailers and suppliers brace for slow recovery

18 September 2009

UK: Clothing sales dip stalls retail recovery

17 September 2009

Signs of a recovery in UK retail spending were stalled by zero growth during August, partly thanks to a decline in clothing sales.

UK: August retail sales fall hits recovery hopes

8 September 2009

Hopes that the UK retail scene might be recovering have been dealt a blow by a 0.1% like-for-like decline in retail sales during August.

JAPAN: Government change may assist retail recovery

2 September 2009

Following the shifting of Japan’s ruling party, analysts say the incoming Government could be good for the country’s bruised apparel and retail industries.

Sportswear market to sprint past recession

7 August 2009

The ways in which the current recession will impact consumers’ interest in playing sports, working out or getting regular exercise – and of course buying the kit to take part – forms the cornerstone of a new just-style report on the active sportswear and athletic footwear market.

UK: Consumer confidence returning – research

3 August 2009

Consumer confidence has increased in 24 out of the 28 markets included in the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index, with consumers increasingly optimistic that an end to the global economic crisis is in sight.