Retail CFOs See 3% Year-End Sales Rise

04.10.2011

As far as concerns about what keeps consumers away, unemployment was cited as the largest worry (57%) with other issues ranging from fuel prices (17%) to consumer credit availability (14%) to housing-market woes (7%) and inflation (5%.)Looking ahead to the end of the year, unemployment was seen by 63% as weighing most heavily on consumer confidence.

BDO says the full report from the CFO survey will be available later this month, when e-commerce, sourcing and inventory data also are released.