Posted by: FSPRetail , 21 May 2009
Early on in my FSP career I was instructed in the value of “Value”. The Value of Retail Sales, in the rawest possible form, completely un-corrupted by seasonal fiddles and unaffected by the transmogrification to Volume as defined in ONS speak here: read more…
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Posted by: FSPRetail , 21 May 2009
Many jokes have been told about the English over the years - about our stiff upper lips, love of scones and clothes made of tweed - but nothing is quite as quintessentially English as a good old cup of tea and a cigarette, is it?
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Posted by: FSPRetail , 21 May 2009
The FT headline last week, “ONS admits to getting its sums wrong with overstated retail sales” initially alarmed me. There has been some grumbling that retail sales as reported by ONS have been too optimistic. Were the critics right after all? read more…
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Posted by: FSPRetail , 20 May 2009
Lots of birthdays going on at the moment – or should I say birth-years - as many retailers seem to be celebrating the fact that they’ve been around for significantly more than the average person (even the cosseted and therefore presumably well-preserved MPs!) read more…
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Posted by: FSPRetail , 18 May 2009
Today we report that our Board of Directors has been strengthened with Ken Gunn joining, a year after moving from CACI to FSP. Ken’s appointment will enhance our already excellent top team and help to grow our business. At FSP we are, however, all fully aware that it’s the team effort that makes us not only an excellent company to work for, but also excellent to do business with. read more…
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Posted by: FSPRetail , 13 May 2009
The normal categorisation of shoppers, their attitudes, behaviours and lifestages, does not easily apply to supermarket shopping. Shopping can be a social activity, a means to an end and at times, just a chore. The weekly shop falls into the last category and the supermarkets have their work cut out persuading us to frequent their premises. If we didn’t really have to eat, we surely wouldn’t bother trudging round aisles of food? read more…
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Posted by: FSPRetail , 08 May 2009
I have never needed the fingers on any hand to count the number of unemployed people I know. There just weren’t any. Undoubtedly environment was a huge factor. Birds of a feather, etc. We’re all white collar, professional, management – all the boring boxes on any census or survey, and nothing that would add substantially to our life assurance premiums. Now I need more than one hand to count my unemployed friends, and all are the type who won’t register on the government’s statistics as they’re living on their past earnings and anyway, surely something’s just around the corner? read more…
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