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		<title>Graph: Deflation returns in food and beverage commodities</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graph: Food and beverage commodity prices: annual % change, Jan 2011 &#8211; Jan 2012 See also: Graph: Cotton prices plummet &#8211; clothing deflation to return? * Aggregate of cereal, vegetable oils/protein meals, meat, seafood, sugar, bananas, oranges. Of these categories, &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/graph-deflation-returns-in-food-and-beverage-commodities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=364&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graph: Consumer confidence levels &#8211; Europe, Dec 2011 &#8211; Jan 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graph: Consumer confidence levels across Europe, December 2011 &#8211; January 2012 (values shown) Notes: Confidence levels are the balance of positive and negative responses from consumers to questions on expected developments in households’ financial situation, the economic situation, unemployment, and savings &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/graph-consumer-confidence-levels-europe-dec-2011-jan-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=350&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graph: Cotton prices plummet &#8211; clothing deflation to return?</title>
		<link>http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/graph-cotton-prices-plummet-clothing-deflation-to-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cotton prices &#8211; which underpinned positive inflation in clothing prices in the UK in 2010 and 2011 &#8211; fell back sharply across much of 2011. Together with the annualisation of the UK VAT rise of January 2011, it is hard &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/graph-cotton-prices-plummet-clothing-deflation-to-return/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=342&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graphs: Estonia: storming economic growth and strong retail sales growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estonia was the most recent entrant into the Eurozone, adopting the currency on 1 January 2011. Despite the Eurozone crisis, the country has subsequently reported very strong economic growth which has translated into almost equally strong retail sales growth. Graph: &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/graphs-estonia-storming-economic-growth-and-strong-retail-sales-growth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=328&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graph: Greek retail sales still falling</title>
		<link>http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/graph-greek-retail-sales-still-falling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greek retail federation ESEE estimated that Christmas 2011 retail sales were down 30% year-on-year, the worst performance &#8220;in decades&#8221;. Official retail data, released at the end of December 2011 and running to October, confirm ongoing declines, albeit at lower levels &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/graph-greek-retail-sales-still-falling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=313&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK grocery retail sales growth and the real rate of inflation</title>
		<link>http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/grocery-retail-sales-growth-and-the-real-rate-of-inflation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has recently been criticism of the Office for National Statistics&#8217; retail sales growth rates as overly optimistic. However, the survey is the most comprehensive of its type, with the ONS claiming it covers around 95% of all retail sales &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/grocery-retail-sales-growth-and-the-real-rate-of-inflation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=288&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graph: Percentage of European consumers shopping online, 2011</title>
		<link>http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/graph-percentage-of-european-consumers-shopping-online-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information-society statistics published by Eurostat on 14 December 2011 include the latest national-level and EU-wide data on the percentage of individuals claiming to have purchased goods or services online in the preceding 12 months. The data are currently topline only: &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/graph-percentage-of-european-consumers-shopping-online-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=276&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Graph: Retail sales growth in Greece, Italy, Germany, UK, 2010-11</title>
		<link>http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/graph-retail-sales-growth-in-greece-italy-germany-uk-2010-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graph: Monthly year-on-year growth in all retail sales (including automotive fuel) in Greece, Italy, Germany, and the UK, September 2010 &#8211; September/October 2011, as recorded by the stats offices: Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority / Istat / Federal Statistical Office Germany / &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/graph-retail-sales-growth-in-greece-italy-germany-uk-2010-11/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=253&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>European consumer confidence and retail trade confidence amid the financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/consumer-confidence-and-retail-trade-confidence-amid-the-european-financial-crisis-euro-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the context of the ongoing European financial crisis, this post will look at recent consumer confidence levels across Europe before turning to retail trade confidence levels for Europe including the hard-hit PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain). Figure 1, below, &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/consumer-confidence-and-retail-trade-confidence-amid-the-european-financial-crisis-euro-crisis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=223&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Greek economic crisis: a very brief look at consumer and retail data</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post briefly charts data on consumer confidence and retail sales and employment in Greece, amid the ongoing Euro-crisis. The first figure below charts consumer confidence in Greece and the EU-27 average to September 2011, as recorded by Eurostat. Greek &#8230; <a href="http://johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/the-greek-economic-crisis-a-very-brief-look-at-consumer-and-retail-data/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=johnmercerlondon.wordpress.com&amp;blog=26159195&amp;post=198&amp;subd=johnmercerlondon&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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