First fully decorated, fully deployed Christmas tree seen in the Mount Pleasant pub in Coventry on 24 October.
I wondered if retailers were suffering so desperately in the recession that they have been forced to begin the Christmas sales push even earlier this year. Surprisingly, that does not seem to be the case.
Datamonitor, the self named home of Business Information, are predicting a bumper year for UK retailers, warning them to expect their best Christmas since 2007. They predict that 2010 will see spending increase by an extra £1.6 billion compared to Christmas 2009. Biggest winners will be clothing, food and grocery and health and beauty producing the largest increases. Online sales are predicted to grow by nearly 20 per cent.
Bah! humbug! to double-dip worries it seems...
JB
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