World news about “Consumer Goods” published by euronews.
Black Friday benefits from online shopping and Thanksgiving Day sales Festive shoppers in the US spent 11.2 billion US dollars across the country on Black Friday. That is down 1.8 per cent on last year. Still the figures hint… 26/11/2012
Cut price sales for Thanksgiving start early Is it just the human herd instinct or do American shoppers on what is called Black Friday the day after the annual Thanksgiving holiday in the US get a… 22/11/2012
Protecting your internet purchases Thanks to ISEG and ISPI. In this edition of U talk Vittoria Pischedda from Lyon, France asks: “I bought a computer online from a German website but it… 27/04/2012
A Sweet Solution European scientists are sharing a sweet new solution to one of the bitter enemies of chocolate making. “We have developed technical solutions to extend the… 28/03/2012
Food labelling: country of origin Melinda, from Hunedoara in Romania, asks: I’d like to know if there’s a European project aimed at clarity in tracing processed food that’s sold on the… 23/09/2011
Carrefour cuts profit expectations again A big profit warning from Carrefour – the fifth profit so far this year from the French group. Europe’s largest retailer said its profits this year will slump… 31/08/2011
Swiss supermarket pulls expensive foreign brands A retail battle is raging between a Swiss supermarket chain and foreign manufacturers. At the heart of the dispute is the increasingly strong Swiss… 15/08/2011
Nivea makeover looking good Nivea maker Beiersdorf says plans to give the brand a shot in the arm are well on course after positive first quarter sales. The company has been trying to… 05/05/2011
‘Nappy’ hunters leave Norwegian baby bottoms bareSouthern Norway is in the midst of a diaper shortage after a supermarket price war lured enterprising bulk shoppers from eastern Europe who have cleaned out… 05/02/2013
London’s Boxing Day bargain hunters out in forceRetailers in the UK capital have been reporting bumper takings on the biggest shopping day of the year. Leading London department store Selfridges says it… 26/12/2012
London Olympics: Souvenir sales boomingThe Olympics may be discouraging regular tourists from coming to London, but for shops selling official Games merchandise, business is booming. Thousands of… 03/08/2012
Chinese tourists snap up luxury goods in SpainRecession? What recession? Luxury goods in Spain appear to by flying off the shelves despite the country’s economic woes, and it is all down to… 09/01/2012
UK’s Boxing Day bargain huntShoppers in London were out in force for the traditional Boxing Day start of the sales, eager to grab some bargains despite a transport strike. Many had… 26/12/2011
‘Black Friday’ shoppers shake off economic gloomMany Americans have been trying to shake off the economic gloom, flocking to major stores overnight for the traditional ‘Black Friday’ sales. Some stores… 25/11/2011
3D TV dominates at Berlin trade fairEurope’s largest consumer electronics trade fair, IFA, is getting underway in Berlin with German’s appetites for gadgets holding up strongly. That brought… 01/09/2010
Palestinians step up boycott of settler goodsPalestinians have stepped up a campaign to persuade West Bank residents to shun merchandise produced by Israeli settlers. Hundreds of volunteers dressed in… 19/05/2010
Swiss watchmaker Swatch upbeat over figuresSwiss Watchmaker Swatch Group has announced an upbeat outlook for this year after sales and margins rebounded in the second half of 2009. The world’s… 20/01/2010
Tills jingle for US retailersUS shops were busier this holiday shopping season and so were online retailers. Preliminary figures from MasterCard’s tracking unit show a 3.6 percent rise… 28/12/2009
French consumer spending slipsFrench consumer spending dropped slightly in November compared with the previous month as shoppers splashed out on cars but cut back elsewhere. Consumer… 23/12/2009
US tills jingle in NovemberChristmas is coming and the stores are getting full. US shoppers were out in force in November and signs of stabilisation in the jobs market caused… 11/12/2009
Tesco sales growth disappointsBritish supermarket chain Tesco has posted quarterly sales growth that was towards the bottom end of forecasts due to the recent fall in food price inflation… 08/12/2009
Above and beyond GDPGross domestic product, or GDP it considered to be one the best means of calculating a country’s economic performance. But can we improve the ways to measure… 14/09/2009
Electronics consumers duped onlineConsumers are being cheated or misled by more than half of European websites selling electronic goods. If they do not change their ways, national regulators… 09/09/2009
Kraft bids to swallow CadburyA transatlantic chocolate war is about to be unwrapped after Britain’s Cadbury rejected a takeover approach by the biggest US food group Kraft. The… 07/09/2009
Unilever bounces backUnilever’s shares shot up 5.4 percent as it announced a four percent rise in second-quarter sales after two quarters of decline. The world’s third-biggest… 06/08/2009
French keep shoppingFrench consumer spending seems to be holding up for the moment. Shoppers bought more manufactured goods than expected in April. The national statistics… 26/05/2009
Rapex Regulates SafetyEU regulations say producers and distributors, whether in the EU or not, are only allowed to sell products which have been proved safe. But is this always the… 28/04/2009
