NEWS
Retail sales
Industry stalwarts gear
bounce back in
up for Cardgains-athlon
Fifty-two brave souls from across the greetings card industry are
March claims
preparing to take part in the 20th anniversary Cardgains charity event
to raise money for The CF Trust (Cystic Fibrosis).
report
This year it’s a Cardgains-athlon along the Manchester Ship Canal
with participants battling to complete a 16-mile walk, 4-mile canoes
Retail sales entered positive territory for only the third
paddle and 20-mile bike ride between Five Rise Locks, Bingley and
time in the last 12 months, with like-for-like sales up by
Greenberfield Lock.
1.3 per cent in March, according to the latest edition of
This year the target is £20.000 and the choice of charity has
the BDO Story Hayward High Street Sales Tracker.
been inspired by Carl Pledger of Nigel Quiney, whose five year old,
Homeward sales increased for the first time since
Amalie, daughter suffers from the disease.
June 2008, with like-for-like sales up by 5.7 per cent.
“The funds raised help research to keep Amalie, and other
Rupert East ell, Head of Retail, at BDO Story
children like her, stay fit and well,” says Carl. “A cure, or something
Hayward says: “After a dismal February and very
close to a cure, is getting nearer, it just needs funds.”
difficult trading conditions on the high street, retailers
Charity donations cane be made online by accessing: www.justgiving.com/cardgains
reported surprisingly robust results in March.
Underlying demand was much higher than we
Card fraud plagues UK businesses
expected, and sales appear to have been bolstered by
the driest March weather for six years.”
The latest fraud figures released by APACS includes phone, Internet and mail order fraud,
“It is clearly premature to classify these upbeat
show that the annual level of Card Not Present now accounts for 54% of all card fraud losses,
figures as a definite recovery trend; however, there are
fraud in the UK has risen once again, increasing according to APACS. From 2001 to 2008, Card
signs that demand is holding up and not contracting
from £290.5m in 2007 to £328.40m in 2008, a Not Present Fraud losses have risen by a massive
as sharply as we feared last month,” he added.
jump of 13%. Card Not Present fraud, which 243 per cent.
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