Attitudes: Retailers

According to a statewide survey conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute (MUPI) and commissioned by New Jersey Retailers for Responsible Liquor Licensing (NJRRLL), more than three out of every four New Jerseyans who consume alcohol support a proposed change the state law to permit wine and spirit sales in supermarkets.

The year 2010 is projected to be a challenging sales environment in most retail industries, according to published forecasts.

The “Decade of the Brand” opens with 2010. That’s the critical finding of the14th annual Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index (CLEI)

Each generation will make a distinctive mark on how and what Americans will be eating 10 years from now,

Consumers across the globe firmly believe store brands to be the same as, or better than, national brands at providing a range of benefits, according to a study from New York-based market research company Ipsos.

According to 2010 Sunday in America, a recent survey from Parade magazine, the majority of Americans (64 percent) like Sunday the most of any day of the week — perhaps because of the opportunity it affords them to shop for, prepare and enjoy food.

In contrast to Colloquy’s last report on consumer loyalty to U.S retailers, in 2008, Walmart dominated the 2010 index, reflecting a reality in these recessionary times: low prices drove consumer loyalty.

According to a recent national poll by Asbury Park, N.J.-based media organization Rasmussen Reports, 56 percent of Americans are against a tax on soft drinks, because they strongly believe that lawmakers would use the money raised to expand the government rather than to improve public health. Just 33 percent of respondents are in favor of such a tax.