Fashion Press Releases

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25 Stocking Stuffers from Mintel

Chicago (December 7, 2011)—With the holiday season in full swing, we’ve looked into our market intelligence to find out just what US consumers do to make their holidays special. Some just might surprise you…

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• Some 13% of US consumers think a cell phone is a good gift for children aged 6-11, up from just 4% earlier ...

Mintel partners with VYou to start conversation between analysts and audience

Leading market intelligence providers Mintel have today (7th September 2011) unveiled a digital marketing campaign to engage their online audience and showcase their flagship British Lifestyles Report by creating an interactive microsite in partnership with VYou.com - available at www.mintel.com/britishlifestyles.

Mintel’s British Lifestyles report gives an extensive and in depth picture of the British consumer in 2011, covering all of Mintel’s consumer sectors. For the first time, visitors to the site will be able to engage directly with Mintel’s dedicated sector analysts via video by using VYou’s video streaming technology and watch their ...

Mintel's British Lifestyles report reveals consumer reaction to the age of austerity

They say that money can’t buy you happiness - but new research from Mintel reveals it can certainly go a long way towards it. With economic pressures and an increasingly polarised society all making their mark, the research highlights the divide that has opened up between British consumers over the past couple of years - both in affluence and outlook.

In new figures from British Lifestyles 2011 - Mintel’s flagship report – it appears that money CAN buy you happiness and affluence plays a pivotal role in financial outlook. Indeed, today almost six in ten (58%) of those earning £50,000 and ...

Fifth of Brits are Plus Size - but clothing selection is thin on the ground

With summer here, many Brits are on a mission to lose some weight to look their best on holiday and the shops are packed with consumers making last minute purchases for their holiday wardrobe. However, it seems retailers not stocking clothes in plus-sizes should be paying attention to this growing consumer sector - as latest research from Mintel reveals nearly a fifth, equating to one in five Brits (20% of men and 17% of women), currently wear plus-size clothing* - but a massive 80% of plus size women feel that too few stores offer enough choice for the non-mainstream sizes.

Indeed it ...

Does my mum look big in this? Half of Britain's new mums do not like clothes shopping

While British women are frequently labelled as having an insatiable appetite for clothes shopping, it appears that for many, clothes shopping is something of a nightmare. Indeed, new research into women’s fashion from Mintel reveals almost half (47%) of the nation's new mums do not enjoy shopping for clothes and 44% of British women overall do not enjoy the clothes shopping experience.

Almost half (47%) of women with children aged under five admit to struggling to find clothes that are both fashionable and flatter their body shape. And for women overall, trying on clothes is the number one ...