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UK Consumers Most Confident Since Pandemic Struck: GfK

British consumers are their most confident since the COVID-19 pandemic struck almost a year ago, buoyed by hopes that the country's fast COVID-19 vaccinati...

Italy Business And Consumer Morale Little Changed In January As Coronavirus Crisis Grinds On

Morale amongst Italian businesses edged up in January but consumers were slightly more downbeat than the month before, data showed, as the coronavirus epid...

Japan's Consumer Prices Fall At Decade-Fast Pace, Add To Deflation Fears

Japan's core consumer prices slumped in December at the fastest annual pace in a decade, a sign of intensifying deflationary pressures that sharpen the cas...

UK Shopper Numbers Down 10.9% Last Week As Lockdowns Bite

The number of shoppers heading out to retail destinations across Britain fell by 10.9% in the week to 16 January, versus the previous week, due to the impa...

Asda Plans To Open In-Store COVID-19 Vaccination Centre

UK retailer Asda has announced plans to open an in-store COVID-19 vaccination centre in an in-store pharmacy in Birmingham. NHS England has selecte...

Couche-Tard Says In Initial Talks With France's Carrefour About Combination

Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc said it has initiated exploratory discussions with Europe's biggest retailer, Carrefo...

Grocer Albertsons Posts Quarterly Sales Above Estimates

Albertsons Cos Inc raised its annual forecast for earnings and beat quarterly estimates for sales, as rising number of coronavirus cases push more consumer...

US Convenience Stores Witness Strong Sales In 2020: NACS

Convenience retailers in the US said in-store sales grew in 2020, with almost twice (59%) as many reporting an increase in in-store sales than a decrease (...