Economic growth

Will it be apt to say that the recently released fifth Economic Census report seems to have come at a right time as another report on the ‘Impact of organised retail on the unorganised sector’, by Indian Council for...

In India, once upon a time, spending on luxury was the last thing in the mind of a middle-income consumer. Now, with the rise in per-capita income, the consumption patterns are starting to change. While clothing and footwear, as...

“Though young women in the country are turning to the convenience of westernwear for workplaces, high-end ethnicwear remains their choice for special occasions,” says India Apparel Report by Images F&R Research, published in Images Yearbook 2008. According to the report,...

European retail sales fell for a third month in December as accelerating inflation curbed holiday-season spending, the Bloomberg purchasing managers index revealed. A 58 per cent increase in oil prices this year is spurring inflation, sapping purchasing power and prompting...

French consumer spending was stronger than expected in July and August, official figures have shown. Solid growth in spending on cars and housing equipment pushed spending up 0.9 per cent in July and 1 per cent in August, compared with...