Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Review of 1998
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- Figure 1: Retail sales, 1995-98
- Figure 2: Retail sales growth, by sector, 1996-98
- Figure 3: Non-food retail sales, by sector, 1996-98
- Figure 4: Food retail sales, by sector, 1996-98
- Figure 5: Annual change in December sales, by selected categories of retail business, 1995-98
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Market Factors
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- Figure 6: Trends in personal disposable income, 1993-98
- Figure 7: Interest rates, RPI, 1996-99
- Figure 8: Trends in unemployed and vacancies, 1996-99
- Figure 9: Birth rate and live births, 1995-2003
- Figure 10: Age profile of the UK population, 1995-2003
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The Importance of Christmas Trading
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- Figure 11: Proportionate seasonal analysis of all retail sales, all businesses, 1990-98
- Figure 12: Fourth quarter trade as a proportion of total retail sales, by type of retail business, 1990-98
- Figure 13: December trade as a proportion of total retail sales, by type of retail business, 1990-98
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Gift Purchasing Intentions and Receiving Preferences
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- Figure 14: Gift purchasing intentions, 1997-99
- Figure 15: Top ten gifts purchased, 1997-99
- Figure 16: Purchasers of the most popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 17: Purchasers of other popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 18: Purchasers of other popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic groups, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 19: Purchasers of less popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 20: Preferred gifts for receiving at Christmas, 1997-99
- Figure 21: Most popular preferred gifts for receiving, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 22: Other popular gifts for receiving, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 23: Less popular gifts for receiving, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 24: Five most popular types of gifts received, by gender, age and socio-economic group, September 1999
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Consumer Confidence for Christmas 1999
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- Figure 25: Christmas expenditure intentions, 1998 and 1999
- Figure 26: Christmas spending intentions compared to last Christmas, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 27: Spending intentions by gift purchasing intentions, September 1999
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Shopping Behaviour and Shopper Typologies
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- Figure 28: Christmas shopping intentions, September 1999
- Figure 29: Shopper typologies, by demographic groups and lifestage, September 1999
- Figure 30: Gift buying intentions, by shopper typology, September 1999
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Retailing Issues in Christmas Shopping
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- Figure 31: Agreement with statements about Christmas shopping, 1998 and 1999
- Figure 32: Extra services used or sought when Christmas shopping, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 33: Canny shopping characteristics among Christmas shoppers, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
- Figure 34: Characteristics of mail order and electronic Christmas shoppers, by demographic groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 1999
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The Impact of The Millenium Celebrations on Christmas Shopping
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- Figure 35: Items on which expected to spend more this year than normal, September 1999
- Figure 36: Millennium spending plans, September 1999
- Figure 37: Attitudes to Christmas and the Millennium celebrations, September 1999
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Conclusions
Appendices
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