Consumer Confidence
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Consumer confidence nears pre-crisis levels
Consumers' confidence strengthened in May and is now close to pre-financial crisis levels, according to a report. With the general election now out of the way, people's economic optimism has reached the strongest level recorded since
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Iceland boss avoids value supermarket products
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker says he doesn't eat own-brand value food because, well, they're rubbish and tasteless. What he actually said was that he wouldn't cook own-brand value food because it "won't contain much
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Supermarket premium own-brand sales fall sharply
Are the better off hurting? If latest quarterly sales statistics from Kantar are to be believed, then the answer's Yes. Sales of own-label premium brands like Tesco's "Finest" and Sainsbury's "Taste the
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Consumer confidence up over economy
UK consumers shrugged off gloomy economic data and fears over the eurozone this month as a survey revealed a boost in confidence. Market research firm GfK NOP said consumer confidence rose two points to minus 29 between April and May, as hopes
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Consumers get more confident, says Nationwide
Consumers in the UK became more confident in March and were more willing to spend, according to a survey by Nationwide Building Society. However, there's a good chance that confidence will fall back in the months to come. Nationwide's
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Low emissions cars power UK sales
Rising fuel prices and vehicle excise duty is powering sales of low emissions cars. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says there has been nearly a 25% fall in average CO2 emissions since 2002 - and the average new car sold in
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Trust in energy firms "never been lower"
Lewis Stickley/PA Wire The number of consumers switching energy supplier is at an all time low, according to new data from The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The end of last year saw the lowest number of electricity switches
