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than ever before. ■ ■ People will spend an average of £862 each on presents, decorations, cards and festive fare, according to.a recent survey by debit card company
Switch. “There has been a general trend
upwards over the last six years and consumer confidence has steadily increased to a 5% annual growth rate, slightly above the rate of natural inflation,” says Nigel Turner, Switch Marketing Director. According to Switch, the expense of
the average Christmas has risen by a massive 20%, or £150, since 1997,- with consumer spending up by £36 on the 2001 figure, Indeed, last year a staggering £4.8 billion was spent on Switch debit cards in the month of December alone, with cardholders making an average of 53 transactions every second. Market Analysts Mintel also believe that consumer confidence is
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casts: - - In the toys market, Harry Potter
merchandise looks set to break even more records - the first film spawned the most successful product line in Lego’s history and eight new sets have now been marketed that allow chil dren to recreate scenes from the latest smash-hit film, The Chamber of
Secrets. . Other crazes to sweep the play-
on the up, finding that, of the 1,024 ground include Beyblades, a toy people that they surveyed, just over a based on a’ Japanese cartoon series, third said that they will be spending- - and Micro Pets, a range of interactive even more on gifts than they did-last high-tech robots that learn to respond
year. “If there are any concerns in’the
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send out to its customers this yeai .whether or not your children bell can get in to leave their presents, }| definitely believe that a burglar cai steal them. Chief executive Mr David Pearci
Marks and Spencer’s food sales
always receive a boost at Christmas due to its reputation for quality, which encourages people to stock up on Christmas feasts. M&S has also been one of the most proactive retail ers this year, launching a high-profile advertising campaign featuring David Beckham (whose DB07 cloth ing range was introduced last month), Graham Norton, Denise Van Outen and Joan Collins. However, Richard Hyman believes
that the outlook for the food sector as a whole is more subdued, with growth of 3.8% in the last quarter of this year, compared to 5.3% a year ago. “Last year food retailers benefited
from a ‘nesting’ effect as people pre ferred to spend Christmas at home in the wake of the September 11th ter rorist attacks, a feature that will be less pronounced this year,” he argues. In the future, our Christmas spend
to their owner’s voice. Despite the widespread trend for
anything and everything concerned with home decor and, interior design, 30% of those surveyed by Switch said that they will not be decking their halls with boughs of holly this year, preferring to spend what they will save on glitter and tinsel on gifts for the family.
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al Christmas Day could be complete without a glass of good old-fashioned Christmas cheer, but a fifth of those surveyed claim that they will not be spending any money bn alcohol for .the household over the festive period.
' Mr Hyman says that rising dispos able income and negligible inflation are making many goods more afford able than ever and .it is becoming harder to buy durable goods that peo ple do not already have - consequent ly, retailers are beginning to sell ser vices instead. , “This Christmas Boots has stepped
ing patterns look set to change signif icantly,, although we will still be spending as much as ever, if not more.
up I ts offer of 27 Gift experiences, made up of a present and a voucher for anything from massages and spa days to a day at the races, cookery
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mopolitan society means that a grow-:,: ing proportion of the population does .; not celebrate Christmas, buying gifts, u for other non-Christian occasions at other points in the calendar.”
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WITH more than two billion i| through the post during the Christr Postwatch, the consumer watchdoj services, is offering customers adv
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tion the moneyl - that goes into cr perfect Christmas gift for friends around the country and abroad, S
| disappointing if a package does nc \ on time, arrives damaged or, worse
j arrives at all. I Postwatch mystery shopping re i Christmas has shown that people ai ! given enough information or adv 1 offices about which postal service t means that many people send a which they would not be compel were lost or broken. In the research, carried out by IS
thirds of parcels were sent by the vice as counter staff frequently f; questions about the contents and o vice which was not necessarily tht able for the package. Even when the mystery shop;
that they were posting a fragile c over half (57%) the counter cler recommend special delivery - the < that provides compensation if sue
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wrapped items were accepted f Out of 49 parcels wrapped in nt
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