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BBC NEWS | Business | Surprise rise in UK retail sales


UK retail sales rose unexpectedly last month, official figures have shown.

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

What's the suprise? It's Christmas

lightning101

Where's the "climate change seems to happen in winter" thread

SunnySideUp

I guess the surprise is that the shops were bleeting that they couldn't sell anything!

I'm old enough to recognise the usual News events in the approach to Xmas ... shops worried over no customers, Xmas tree shortage, Brussel Sprouts to cost 500% more, Santa isn't real .... all the usual bulls**t!

mrtheedge2u2

Once again.... Pedro is the bringer of world class news

stuart n

It's taken huge sales to get us back into the shops spending money though. Will be interesting to see what happens after Christmas.

Boro

iTrader: (1)

This month will be a huge month for sales, so far, ive had to replace a clutch and discs and pads, lol.

MattW

You're right. I saw a comment from Matteeboy earlier who said it's really bad having all these sales before Xmas. Surely it's been that way for the last 4-5 years at least. Remember when M&S had their "first" sale, that was during the boom.

stuart n

That massive cut in VAT has come at the right time for you then!

coolangatta

Whinge, groan, whine, whimper, complain, trolling, ban, infract, hate, love, legend, idiot, worth, no worth...blah, blah, blah...
There you go. Got it all out in a blink.
Now discuss the OP's point

Coffin Dodger

The recession is over, Pete says so

unclebuck

Pete is right. the measures taken by our world class ruler have not only saved the banking system but the economy as well.

We should all be grateful, and especially grateful to Pete for taking some time out to relay the good news.

bullitt_Lynz

hardly a surprise rise in sales though is it? i mean to be fair everyone's chopped their prices, so its obvious us bleating shopper-sheeps will go and buy stuff!!! and being that its christmas helps too, whenever else does the general public go out and buy stuff no-one wants!!!

zip106

Even better, the £ has slumped to less than a € if you exchange at Heathrow Airport.
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On the plus side though, the Japanese Govt. may intervene to stop the Yen being so strong.

Wahey, let's hope they do it by April just in time for my hols

Matteeboy

Just lots of turnover. I would expect profits to be dire.

Jye

Great informational 'feel good' thread Saves me dwelling on this sort of stuff!

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J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Fookin ell, the man isnt allowed to say anything, cut him some slack, it was a positive statement.

Once you have been marked on SN, that's it, redemption is impossible.

^OPM^

All hail King Brown......

He truly has saved the world




beats me why you lot seemed to even doubt his words.....

Jye

<silly mode.>. The most enjoyable moment in any action film occurs when the villain is hoist with his own petard.<./silly mode.>

njkmrs

I do recall it was me who said the recession was over last week when I lashed out on adding Setanta Sport to my Sky package .!!!

But hey i like being proved right

stuart n

The british retail consortium are saying the ONS figures released today "do not reflect what retailers are seeing".
Makes you wonder if this is another government attempt to spin figures, like they did with the knife crime figures last week.

Jye

they have saved the world, and all the ickle babies as well

Sosbanite

In the main it will be fire sale time, clearing out purchased stock to release some capital. Turnover may be ok but profit margins will probably be marginal at best.

Be prepared for it all to go south in the new year

Leslie

Its Christmas, and the recession has not bit yet, prices will be going up and up, so you might as well buy now while you still can.

Les

Coffin Dodger

Errr so that's why they're forecasting that we might actually end up in a situation where deflation is occurring

Do you have any hard facts to suggest that prices will be going up or are you just spouting drivel like normal

Don't buy now, wait six months it will be cheaper then

Leslie

The weakness of the pound will drive prices up, especially since we no longer have a big manufacturing base. I have already seen prices increasing on imported goods.

Les

EddScott

If we all start spending the interest rate may not drop any lower.

I was hoping it would hit 0% by say March 09? It would make my mortgage .99% but that aside I would like to see if it could ever happen.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

We managed as a country during the World Wars, whilst getting bombed, I am sure it was horrific but most people will just adapt, we have all got lazy, fat, comfortable and complacent, like well fed Lap Dogs, just been to Ikea, should see some of the massive retarded waddling f*cktards mooching around shouting at their idiot offspring, maybe some shortages would quell the obesity epidemic, the woman I saw had a good five years of spare flesh to burn through before she ran out.

The shops are generally full of sh1te we dont need, we need food, thoiugh not as fancy or in the quantities we buy, we waste too much and eat too much, me included. Tellies, Stereo's, Ipods, Laptops dont matter, as a species we lived without for thousands of years, ditto cosmetics, nobody will die due to Clarins withdrawal or Garnier Fructis shortages.

As long as the food keeps coming and is affordable, the water supply is intact and so is the power we should be ok, even then if the electric goes off most people will be ok, the gas goes off, wear a coat and make a fire. As long as the hospitals keep going and most public services, i.e. like bins being emptied.

What will be a problem is if mass civil disobedience occurs, as every time it happens its usually to get a new telly, I think as long as people are fed it will be ok.

I cant seeing anything getting that bad, depends how well people can cope not being able to get a Range Rover Sport.

Coffin Dodger

Been taking lessons from Nacro have we

Serves you right for going to the sh*tty flat pack furniture store anyway, everything they sell there is dross

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Was wondering if anyone would spot my tribute

Its for the kids lounge, needs to be expendable !