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UK shoppers spend over a year waiting in store queues

Queuing - although waiting in line is something Brits are famous for, up to 41 percent of UK shoppers will reconsider a purchase if the queuing time is too long and 86 percent will avoid visiting a particular store altogether if they believe the queue by the till is too large, according to new research published by Intel and Box Technologies....

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UK shoppers take advantage of weak dollar

According to the Telegraph, thousands of UK shoppers are finding a new way to exploit the weakening dollar by ordering goods from US websites and having them shipped over here. According to figures obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, online purchases by UK shoppers from two of the US's biggest department stores have increased by 150 per cent over...

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UK Travellers Avid Shoppers

Almost 90 per cent of UK travellers shop during a visit to the US, according to a new survey by Taubman Centers, a leading US shopping centre developer, and the US Department of Commerce. The study compares and contrasts shoppers and cultural shoppers visiting the US in 2003 versus 1997 and examines market size, trip planning, travel...

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UK Shoppers Spending Cautiously

According to the retail bulletin, UK consumers are still spending despite fears that a successive interest rate rise would keep them away from the shops. Retail sales in the UK during September increased by 2 per cent on a like-for-like basis, according to the latest BRC/KPMG sales monitor, with total year-on-year growth of 4.6 per cent. On a...

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UK Shoppers Spending More

UK shoppers were in spending mode throughout January, pushing official sales figures ahead of forecasts, and increasing the likelihood of a further quick rise in interest rates to help calm demand. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show total retail sales grew by 1.7 per cent in the three months to the end of January 2004, compared...