22.05.12

This week we received monthly sales figures from a tally of key outlets and the results were very interesting… The overall level of event sales were below 2010 levels but more importantly, there were significant differences between the types of retailers that did well or knock behind.

Last week we laid out five themes for the coming year . One of the key issues that we outlined was an arrangement by retailers to account for the disappearance of the middle class in the US.

Consumers today are proper to fall into a binomial model with one of two extremes. Either they are healthy spenders with unalterable jobs and plenty of discretionary spending power, or they are struggling to keep it in the avenue and looking for deep value every time they pull out their debit anniversary card.

The mixed results this week show that retailers are in fact seeing this emphatic in play and scrambling to adjust to the new consumer environment. For the most part, retailers catering to the centre class saw disappointing results while chains that are focused on offering passionately discounted merchandise saw gains. The luxury retail environment may be extremely challenging as a number of mid-tier retailers attempt to “m up” to compete with the higher class retailers.

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* The Dyersburg/Dyer County Organization Assignment is collecting household items to set aside specifically for those phoney by the flooding. Residents in for of clothes, bread, transient sanctuary, belongings or other difficulty services may call in the undertaking, located at 213 Cedar St., West, in Dyersburg.

* First Citizens Citizen Bank donated $3,000 to the Dyer County chapter of the American Red Cross and is collecting Red Irascible donations at each of its 19 branches.

* Dyer County Cataclysm Return Services is currently collecting pecuniary donations to aid deluge victims. The DRS has plans to moor donations of services, appliances, bedding, stuff, comestibles and clothing in the coming weeks.

Those interested in further message may call 285-3303 or affect www.dyerdisaster.org. Nummular donations may be sent to Dyer County Catastrophe Repossession Services, P.O. Box 1766, Dyersburg, TN 38025-1766.

Also see this article from the Assert Gazette about some events in support of the overflowing salvage endeavour.

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