Discounting before January now the new ‘Sales’ period

Pre-Christmas shopping figures show similar patterns to 2011 as consumers and retailers play 'cat and mouse'

Shopper footfall in the run up to the 2012 Christmas period was similar to that of 2011, although not quite as high as that bumper year, figures released today show. The Ipsos Retail Traffic Index (RTI), which is compiled by Ipsos Retail Performance and records the level of footfall in non-food stores across the UK, […]