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Greek Retailers, Suppliers Anticipating A Small Increase In Sales In H2 2021

Greek retailers and FMCG suppliers expect sales to rise 0.7% in the second half of this year, compared to the corresponding period last year, while sales f...

Italy Business And Consumer Morale Hit Multi-Year Highs In July

Morale amongst Italian businesses and consumers rose to multi-year highs in July, data showed on Wednesday, as the government continued to steadily ease co...

Japan's Household Spending Slumps As Sales Tax, Weather Weigh

Japanese household spending fell at a much faster pace than expected in December, sliding for the third straight month in a sign consumers are having a har...

U.S. Consumer Spending Rises Steadily; Inflation Remains Tame

U.S. consumer spending rose steadily in December, but tepid income gains pointed to moderate consumption growth this year, which together with slumping bus...

U.S. Consumer Inflation Expectations Drop Again, Study Finds

U.S. consumers' inflation expectations slipped again in October, with household estimates for short-term price gains sliding to the lowest ever in a New Yo...

German Retail Sales Rise Less Than Expected In September

German retail sales rose slightly in September, data showed on Thursday, suggesting that private consumption was losing steam in Europe's largest economy....

Prepare For No-Deal Brexit, German Business Groups Tell Members

German business groups have urged their members to step up preparations for a hard Brexit that would see Britain crash out of the European Union next year...

Morocco Consumer Boycott Affects Danone, Other Major Producers

A consumer boycott aimed at major suppliers of milk, bottled water and petrol in Morocco has prompted the government to call for lower prices and forced on...