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  • Grocery Market  ( 3 items )
    Articles and unseful information for SMEs in the Grocery Market. The UKgrocery market was worth £128.2bn at the start of 2007, an increase of 4.0% on 2006

    Groceries account for 12.7% of all household spending, making it the third largest area of expenditure, first is housing and second is transport

    Food and grocery expenditure accounts for 49p in every £1 of retail spending

    20p in every £1 spent in food & grocery is spent in convenience stores

  • Outlook  ( 3 items )
    Retail Sales are often seen as a useful barometer for the economy as a whole. The retail sector is one of the largest markets in which SMEs operate.
  • Christmas  ( 1 items )

    Retailers are facing potentially the worst Christmas period for a quarter of a century according to one leading analyst.