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Spending boom be sustained?

Leonard Ross (Principal Lecturer in Economics and Pro‐Dean in the School of Social Sciences and Business Studies at the Polytechnic of Central London)

Retail and Distribution Management

ISSN: 0307-2363

Article publication date: 1 January 1983

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Abstract

Christmas and New Year sales, according to latest reports, exceeded most retailers' expectations. A long Christmas break and mild weather encouraged people to go out; but essentially most people had more money in their pockets last year because of lower mortgage and interest rates, falling inflation, and the abolition of hire purchase controls. But the crucial question is — will it last? Our contributor, Leonard Ross, thinks that prospects for retail business in 1983 and beyond look distinctly brighter than for several years.

Citation

Ross, L. (1983), "Spending boom be sustained?", Retail and Distribution Management, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb018169

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1983, MCB UP Limited

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