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Moderate rise in consumer sentiment despite economic headwind

November 25, 2008 – The financial crisis may have reached the real economy, but on the whole is not affecting consumer sentiment. The overall indicator is forecasting 2.2 points for December after a revised value of 1.9 points for November. more >>

Technical consumer goods market loses pace

24 November 2008 – After a successful start to 2008, the German technical consumer goods market fell in the third quarter by 1.6% from the third quarter of 2007. more >>

Purchasing power: Europe remains divided

November 13, 2008 – Europeans have an average of EUR 12,500 per head to spend on consumer goods in 2008. more >>

GfK Group – growth continues in Q3, despite financial market crisis

Nuremberg, November 11, 2008 – The GfK Group recorded satisfactory results in the third quarter of 2008, despite the global financial market crisis. The pleasing sales growth for the Group highlights the fact that the market research sector is more resilient to crisis than other sectors. GfK’s business model, which focuses on three sectors, Custom Research, Retail and Technology, and Media, facilitates growth while ensuring risk diversification. more >>

Consumer climate defies financial crisis

October 28, 2008 – In spite of the financial crisis and some turbulent times on the stock markets, the consumer climate for October appeared to stabilize at a low level. By contrast, economic expectations and the propensity to buy both fell. The indicator for November is therefore forecasting 1.9 points after a revised value of 1.8 points for October. more >>