Midwinter has ray of sunlight for retailers (The Herald)

KEY retail stocks soared yesterday as investors pinned their hopes on a post-Christmas sales surge. Figures from data company Experian showed that shopper numbers were up 2.7% between Friday and Sunday compared to last year.

Anxious wait for retailers' Xmas sales updates (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

The favourite song of retailers may be 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day' but this year even the annual spending extravaganza may not be enough to save some hard pressed shopping chains, with credit checking firm Experian predicting 440 retail businesses will go bust by the end of April.

Company liquidations doubled in 2008 (RTÉ News)

Figures from information group Experian show that company liquidations in Ireland over the past year have more than doubled since 2007.

Company failures more than double in 08 (Ireland Business World)

Company liquidations in Ireland in 2008 more than doubled compared to the previous year as the recession took hold, global information services group, Experian, said today.

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-05 10:39 More UK shoppers over weekend - survey (Interactive Investor)

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - British shopper numbers were up 2.7 percent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday compared with the corresponding days in 2008, according to a survey on Monday. Market researcher Experian said the data would give retailers some encouragement but noted that New Year's Day being on a Thursday may have shifted the pattern of weekend shoppers. Experian said shoppers may have ...