Table of Contents
Introduction and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
Review of 1999
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- Retail sales, at current and constant 1995 prices, 1995-99
- Retail sales growth, by sector, 1997-99
- Non-food retail sales, by sector, 1997-99
- Food retail sales, by sector, 1997-99
- Annual change in December sales, by selected categories of retail business, 1996-99
- Structure of retail sales, 1997/98 and 1998/99
- Comparison of key indicators of concentration, 1995-98
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Market Factors
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- PDI, 1995-2000
- PDI and consumer expenditure, at current prices, 1995-2000
- Interest rates, RPI, 1995-2000
- Trends in unemployed and vacancies, 1996-2000
- Birth rate and live births, 1995-2004
- Age profile of the UK population, 1995-2004
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The Importance of Christmas Trading
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- Proportionate seasonal analysis of retail sales, 1990-99
- Fourth-quarter trade as a proportion of total retail sales, by type of retail business, 1990-99
- December trade as a proportion of total retail sales, by type of retail business, 1990-99
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Gift Purchasing Intentions and Receiving Preferences
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- Gift purchasing intentions, 1997-2000
- Top ten gifts purchased, 1998-2000
- Purchasers of the most popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Purchasers of other popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Purchasers of other popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Purchasers of less popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Purchasers of less popular types of Christmas gifts, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
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Gift Receiving Preferences
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- Preferred gifts for receiving at Christmas, 1997-2000
- Most popular preferred gifts for receiving, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Other popular gifts for receiving, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Less popular gifts for receiving, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Five most popular types of gifts received, by sex, age and socio-economic group, September 2000
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Consumer Confidence for Christmas 1999
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- Christmas expenditure intentions, 1998-2000
- Christmas spending intentions compared to last Christmas, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Spending intentions, by gift purchasing intentions, September 2000
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Shopper Behaviour and Shopper Typologies
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- Christmas shopping intentions, 1999 and 2000
- Shopper typologies, by demographic sub-groups and lifestage, September 2000
- Gift buying intentions, by shopper typology, September 2000
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Retailing Issues in Christmas Shopping
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- Agreement with statements about Christmas shopping, 1998-2000
- Extra services used or sought when Christmas shopping, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Canny shopping characteristics among Christmas shoppers, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
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Home Shopping
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- Home shopping for Christmas gifts, September 2000
- Characteristics of mail order and electronic Christmas shoppers, by demographic sub-groups, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
- Attitudes towards use of mail order and electronic Christmas shoppers, by demographic sub-group, lifestage, Mintel's Special Groups and ACORN categories, September 2000
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Conclusions
Appendices
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