Tag: consumer spending

Hong Kong (AFP) - Markets rose on Monday as investors welcomed Chinese plans to kickstart consumption in the world's number ...

Beijing (AFP) - Consumer prices in China fell last month for the first time in a year, with authorities in ...

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 ...