Rain is bad for retailers, but good for cinemas. Sunshine adds a feelgood factor. But this is no year for banking on a boost from the holiday weekend
This has been a fortnight of shorts, sandals and melting ice-creams, but the blue skies boosting Britain's retailers may be about to cloud over. The weather forecast for Easter is about as unsettled as the economic outlook. It is not what businesses want to hear. For retailers in particular, battered by the biggest squeeze on household budgets for three decades, Easter is a crucial time. If the sun stays out, extra spending on items from picnic food to garden furniture will bring in extra cash on top of the usual chocolate takings. For an economy suffering its slowest recovery in a century, it could be just the fillip needed, say business leaders.
"If we get sustained good weather and Easter then a jubilee,...
This has been a fortnight of shorts, sandals and melting ice-creams, but the blue skies boosting Britain's retailers may be about to cloud over. The weather forecast for Easter is about as unsettled as the economic outlook. It is not what businesses want to hear. For retailers in particular, battered by the biggest squeeze on household budgets for three decades, Easter is a crucial time. If the sun stays out, extra spending on items from picnic food to garden furniture will bring in extra cash on top of the usual chocolate takings. For an economy suffering its slowest recovery in a century, it could be just the fillip needed, say business leaders.
"If we get sustained good weather and Easter then a jubilee,...
- 3/31/2012
- by Katie Allen
- The Guardian - Film News
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