Festive Cheer on High Street ....

MrRee_2

Retail sales volumes grew massively in December for the first time since May, the CBI has said.

I JUST KNEW that we were out of trouble and I KNEW THAT people were spending money like it was the last day ..... ever.

All this rubbish on here about 'Times being tough' is utter cobblers!!

We are on the home run everybody - things are coming up roses, as they always do!

Merry Xmas Ho Ho Ho Ho ....

Jimmy_31

MrRee wrote: »

Retail sales volumes grew massively in December for the first time since May, the CBI has said.

I JUST KNEW that we were out of trouble and I KNEW THAT people were spending money like it was the last day ..... ever.

All this rubbish on here about 'Times being tough' is utter cobblers!!

We are on the home run everybody - things are coming up roses, as they always do!

Merry Xmas Ho Ho Ho Ho ....

Merry xmas, Ting Tong, Ting Tong, Ting Tong

funkyfreddy9k

no link, no source, no evidence.

still must be true of you say so eh?

the truth is nothing to do with the heavy snow this time last year though obviously.

MrRee_2

Best times in retail since MAY - NOT last Xmas!!!

System

funkyfreddy9k wrote: »

no link, no source, no evidence.

still must be true of you say so eh?

the truth is nothing to do with the heavy snow this time last year though obviously.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=may+cbi+retail+sales

celtus

Everyone has their own opinion regarding the economy, however we are not being told the real truth...do not forget this all started in America, and the real recession hasnt even started yet.
America now owes $100 trillion ($100,000,000,000,000) and Germany and France are behind closed doors printing their own currency in the event of the Euro going into meltdown.

The bottom line is if they fail, we all fail. And no im not pro Europe ect...just a realist

Quote: Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth

http://www.infowars.com/eu-banking-crisis-towards-the-leveraged-breakup-of-euroland/

funkyfreddy9k

MrRee wrote: »

Best times in retail since MAY - NOT last Xmas!!!

!!!!!!? I assume the cbi mean dec 10 vs dec 11, not dec 11 vs other months of 11 - which would be a stupid and pointless comparison.

Its also nothing to do with the extra agressive discounting this year either

MrRee_2

Joeskeppi wrote: »

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=may+cbi+retail+sales

Thank you for that .... some people on here don't know how to use new fangled things like computers ...

funkyfreddy9k

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/20/shop-price-cuts-drive-sales-rise

The survey polled 136 companies with 41% of them reporting sales rose on a year ago and 32% reporting a fall. The resulting balance of +9% was better than retailers themselves and City economists had been expecting. In a Reuters poll, economists forecast a -13% balance.

David Tinsley, economist at BNP Paribas, said part of the reason for the rise was a fall in retail sales in December 2010, boosting the year-on-year comparison. He noted the outlook was not so positive. The survey's expectations balance for sales in January fell to -18%, the weakest reading since August 2009 when the economy was clambering out of recession.