Sentence examples for retail surveys from inspiring English sources
Where customers once felt affronted by these innovations, retail surveys increasingly show that they appreciate the convenience the machines offer.
Analysts had been expecting a decline on the month of 0.5percentt following a barrage of gloomy retail surveys.
Imported meat and poultry products are monitored, as are wild animals, birds, and pets, and retail surveys are performed on raw meat, pork, poultry, shell eggs, fruits, and vegetables.
Data from comparative field experiments were also included, as controlled experimental studies are less affected by confounding factors (e.g. contrasting soil and climatic and agronomic background conditions between farms that supplied organic and conventional samples) than farm and retail surveys.
Also, in many studies, there was a lack of detailed information on (1) the geographical origin of samples in retail surveys and (2) agronomic (e.g. rotation, fertilisation, tillage and irrigation regimens), pedo-climatic and crop genetic backgrounds (in farm surveys and field experiments), which would allow potential sources of variation to be investigated.
Data from all the three types of studies were deemed relevant for the meta-analyses if the authors stated that (1) organic farms included in farm surveys were using organic farming methods, (2) organic products collected in retail surveys were labelled as organic, and (3) organic plots used in EX were managed according to organic farming standards.
In addition, Deloitte & Touche's retail survey indicates that in only two years, the number of retailer Internet sites has jumped to 26% from 8% in 1996.
Last week's CBI retail survey was weak.
The annual retail survey by American Express, for example, found that consumers planned to spend 7percentt less than last year.
"Our [October] London retail survey didn't pick up people coming from Europe or the States," he says.
We'll publish the results of the retail survey with all the names, when we've completed it next summer.
