Dutch households buy fewer Christmas accessories due to inflation

STORY: Dutch households buy fewer Christmas accessories due to inflation DATELINE: Dec. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Amsterdam CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Christmas street views in Amsterdam STORYLINE: In the Netherlands, the last Saturday before Christmas is "Super Saturday," when many Dutch people choose to do their shopping for Christmas. Figures from Dutch market research agency GfK showed that Dutch households are buying fewer Christmas items this year as inflation has pushed up prices. The prices of Christmas items such as baubles, garlands and lightings have increased by double digits in the past two years. Artificial Christmas trees, for instance, are 10 percent more expensive this year. According to analysis, Dutch households are expected to buy less than last year but spend about the same - around 112 million euros in total. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Amsterdam. (XHTV)

LCD TVs outdo plasma TVs in large flat-screen TV market

LCD TVs outdo plasma TVs in large flat-screen TV market

TOKYO, Japan - A customer looks at a liquid crystal display television set at a shop in Osaka on April 6. GfK Marketing Services Japan Ltd., a market survey agency, said that liquid crystal display televisions outdid plasma TVs in Japan's large flat-screen TV market in February for the first time ever.

UK retail sales fall, consumer confidence nears record low

STORY: UK retail sales fall, consumer confidence nears record low DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHAO XIUZHI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of UK STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHAO XIUZHI, Xinhua correspondent "Retail sales have been falling, and consumer confidence has hit record low levels in the United Kingdom (UK), due to the country's persistently high inflation rate. Data showed retail sales continued to fall in September after a weak August, and consumers are now buying less than before the pandemic. The volume of retail sales fell in all the main sectors by 1.4 percent in September. Continued price pressures have made British consumers to be more conscious about spending. And also, the market research company GfK has said, its consumer confidence index for the UK in October stood at minus 47. The biggest danger by far is inflation. Pushed up by rising food prices, UK inflation hit 10.1 percent in September, returnin

GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

(220427) -- BERLIN, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A consumer shops at a supermarket in Berlin, capital of Germany, on April 27, 2022. Consumer confidence in Germany deteriorated significantly in April amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a monthly study published by the Nuremberg-based market research institute GfK on Wednesday. Due to the "explosion in energy prices" and high inflation, the forward-looking GfK indicator for May slumped 10.8 points to a historic low of minus 26.5 points, according to the study based on interviews of around 2,000 German consumers. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

(220427) -- BERLIN, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A consumer shops at a supermarket in Berlin, capital of Germany, on April 27, 2022. Consumer confidence in Germany deteriorated significantly in April amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a monthly study published by the Nuremberg-based market research institute GfK on Wednesday. Due to the "explosion in energy prices" and high inflation, the forward-looking GfK indicator for May slumped 10.8 points to a historic low of minus 26.5 points, according to the study based on interviews of around 2,000 German consumers. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

(220427) -- BERLIN, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A consumer shops at a supermarket in Berlin, capital of Germany, on April 27, 2022. Consumer confidence in Germany deteriorated significantly in April amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a monthly study published by the Nuremberg-based market research institute GfK on Wednesday. Due to the "explosion in energy prices" and high inflation, the forward-looking GfK indicator for May slumped 10.8 points to a historic low of minus 26.5 points, according to the study based on interviews of around 2,000 German consumers. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

LCD TVs outdo plasma TVs in large flat-screen TV market

LCD TVs outdo plasma TVs in large flat-screen TV market

TOKYO, Japan - A customer looks at a liquid crystal display television set at a shop in Osaka on April 6. GfK Marketing Services Japan Ltd., a market survey agency, said that liquid crystal display televisions outdid plasma TVs in Japan's large flat-screen TV market in February for the first time ever. (Kyodo)