Retail Performance

There are many kinds of gift cards you can give out this holiday season. The first kind is the credit card gift card. It can be purchased at a local shopping mall or supermarkets. It is set with a pr-paid balance and can be used to any location by the recipient. Most of these cards are American Express or Visa Cards.

Mall gift cards can be purchased at local shopping malls. It can be used to pay at any stores and restaurant inside the mall. Mall gift cards are convenient for anyone who likes to go shopping.

The music gift card is available at any Rhapsody, Apple iTunes and music vendors. It is a great gift idea for music lovers of any age. It can be used to buy CD albums or DVD videos.

The online retail gift card can be easily purchased in online auction sites like eBay and Amazon. These suits people who like shopping online or have access over the net. Some of the online retailers offer free shipping if you use your gift cards with them.

Restaurant gift cards are nice presents to give for a family or a date night. A choice of a small to luxury meal can be acquired that you don not need to pay for cash.

Morgan Stanley at Pantaloon Retail’s run an exclusive survey about the biggest brands.

Here are the world most famous 25 brands:

• Britannia – Bakery Products is at the top
• Maagi – Noodles & Ketchup by Nestle India
• Amul Dairy Products
• Surf – Soap from Unilever
• Colgate – Dental Hygiene products
• Tide – Soap from P&G
• Parle – Biscuits
• Gillette – Shaving Products
• Nivea Creams
• Saffola Oil
• Cadbury – Chocolates
• Aashirwad Atta – ITC Product
• Rin Soap + Detergents – Unilever
• Haldirams Sweets
• Dove Soap from Unilever
• Kellogs Corn FLakes
• Horlicks
• Johsnson & Johsnon [Baby Products, Sanitary Napkins etc]
• Whisper [ Sanitary Pads]
• Bournvita
• Dettol
• Tropicana – Drinks + Juices
• Lux – Soap
• Real – Juices
• Sunfeast – Biscuits etc

Source http://relianceretail.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-25-brands-big-bazaar-pantaloons.html

The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for September, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $375.5 billion, a decrease of 1.2 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month and 1.0 percent (±0.7%) below September 2007. Total sales for the July through September 2008 period were up 0.8 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The July to August 2008 percent change was revised from -0.3 percent (±0.5%)* to -0.4 percent (±0.2%).

Retail trade sales were down 1.2 percent (±0.5%) from August 2008 and were 1.4 percent (±0.7%) below last year. Gasoline station sales were up 17.8 percent (±1.7%) from September 2007 and sales of food and beverage stores were up 5.1 percent (±0.8%) from last year.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Burbank Sportscards is the biggest EBay store.

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The are retailing sport cards like the one in the image below.

Their key of success? They used the power of Internet and offer a money back 100% satisfaction gurantee on all items.

Apple’s brand and products promise a kind of experience with Apple personnel — enthusiastic, approachable, helpful — that the staff does not fulfill. Certainly, some staff members are accommodating, but you’re just as likely to encounter a representative who seems aloof and disinterested.

Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

The Apple store is the place where you will find MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, iPods, and accessories.

Also the Apple store offers product support and downloads.You can find some of the world’s most knowledgeable Apple people in your neighborhood Apple Retail Store.