What are you giving up in the downturn?

It has been a tough December for retailers, and grocers have not been spared in the downturn.

But it is not just that overall sales are falling.

Canny consumers have been trying to make their money go further and that has meant changing the way they shop.









any of the lost sales suffered by retailers will not be from people who were considering buying something and then decided not to.

They are just as likely be from customers considering buying one product and then instead, buying a different one.

read full article scoured from the BBC

What are you giving up in the downturn?

It has been a tough December for retailers, and grocers have not been spared in the downturn.

But it is not just that overall sales are falling.

Canny consumers have been trying to make their money go further and that has meant changing the way they shop.









any of the lost sales suffered by retailers will not be from people who were considering buying something and then decided not to.

They are just as likely be from customers considering buying one product and then instead, buying a different one.

read full article scoured from the BBC

Will economy create ghost towns?

News article from the BBC . . . watch here

Will economy create ghost towns?

News article from the BBC . . . watch here

Changing High street

As we see some of the most well known high street stores closing - are we seeing a new high street emerging. Will small independent shops start opening or will the highstreet be full of boarded up shops and for sale signs. 

I am not that surprised that the high street is starting to showing of downturn. We have lived for best part of 10 years in a consumer fuel enviroment. As high streets up and the country were all starting to look the same. Do we need all these shops selling very simarly things and as we are all starting to do more amd more shopping on the internet, why do we need still high street outlets.

Changing High street

As we see some of the most well known high street stores closing - are we seeing a new high street emerging. Will small independent shops start opening or will the highstreet be full of boarded up shops and for sale signs. 

I am not that surprised that the high street is starting to showing of downturn. We have lived for best part of 10 years in a consumer fuel enviroment. As high streets up and the country were all starting to look the same. Do we need all these shops selling very simarly things and as we are all starting to do more amd more shopping on the internet, why do we need still high street outlets.