Tag: consumer spending

Paris (AFP) - World number-one furniture retailer Ikea is hoping the market will improve next year from a decline in ...

New York (AFP) - Procter & Gamble is seeing encouraging signs in China, but a full recovery is still a ...

Beijing (AFP) - Consumers pinching pennies, businesses seeing fewer customers, and a pervading sense that the economy just isn't bouncing ...

Beijing (AFP) - Consumers pinching pennies, businesses seeing fewer customers, and a pervading sense that the economy just isn't bouncing ...

Beijing (AFP) - Beijing is hoping subsidies for rice cookers, microwave ovens and smartphones can boost sluggish spending and help ...

New York (AFP) - Wall Street stocks were little changed on Thursday while Asian equities rose in thin Boxing Day ...

New York (AFP) - A proposed $25 billion supermarket mega-merger disintegrated Wednesday in bitter recriminations between Albertsons and would-be suitor ...

Washington (AFP) - American consumers spent a record $10. 8 billion online during "Black Friday" promotions, with many using artificial ...

New York (AFP) - US shoppers were out in force for "Black Friday," with preliminary data showing strong online sales ...

New York (AFP) - US shoppers are coming out in force this holiday season, but the festiveness is being tempered ...