Healthcare Services 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 7% 8% Children's Services (e.g. 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 8% 9% camp, education, lessons, other activities) Other Services (e.g. adult 7% 8% 7% 7% 7% 8% 9% education, fitness activities) Change in Net Difference Score - Current Survey (Jun 2013) vs. Previous Survey (May 2013) Current Previous Survey Survey Change in Net Net Net Difference Difference Difference Score Score (Jun (May ’13) ’13) Other Services (e.g. adult education, health and -3 -4 +1 fitness activities) Travel/Vacation +9 +9 0 Consumer Electronics -15 -15 0 Automobile Purchase -12 -12 0 Children’s Services (e.g. camp, education, +1 +2 -1 lessons, other activities) Restaurants/Everyday Entertainment -11 -10 -1 Household Repairs/Improvements +19 +21 -2 Healthcare Services +5 +7 -2 Durable Goods for the Home -10 -8 -2 The individual categories are mostly holding steady this although a couple are edging downwards. After improving in our May survey, spending on Consumer Electronics and Travel/ remain unchanged, while has ticked down 2-pt this month. Vacation Durable Goods For the first time in five months Household Repairs/Improvements has registered a downtick with 32% of respondents now saying they'll spend more compared to just 13% – less a net 2-pt decline since May. Restaurant Spending is down 1-pt, while Autos are – holding steady this month. (C) Overall Retailer Trends For the second month in a row the spending picture for most major retailers is little changed.
Healthcare Services 7% 6% 7% 7% 6% 7% 8% Children's Services (e.g. camp, education, lessons, other activities) 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 8% 9% Other Services (e.g. adult education, fitness activities) 7% 8% 7% 7% 7% 8% 9% Change in Net Difference Score - Current Survey (Jun 2013) vs. Previous Survey (May 2013) Current Survey Net Difference Score (Jun ’13) Previous Survey Net Difference (May ’13) Change in Net Difference Score Other Services (e.g. adult education, health and fitness activities) -3 -4 +1 Travel/Vacation +9 +9 0 Consumer Electronics -15 -15 0 Automobile Purchase -12 -12 0 Children’s Services (e.g. camp, education, lessons, other activities) +1 +2 -1 Restaurants/Everyday Entertainment -11 -10 -1 Household Repairs/Improvements +19 +21 -2 Healthcare Services +5 +7 -2 Durable Goods for the Home -10 -8 -2 The individual categories are mostly holding steady this although a couple are edging downwards. After improving in our May survey, spending on Consumer Electronics and Travel/ Vacation remain unchanged, while Durable Goods has ticked down 2-pt this month. For the first time in five months Household Repairs/Improvements has registered a downtick – with 32% of respondents now saying they'll spend more compared to just 13% less – a net 2-pt decline since May. Restaurant Spending is down 1-pt, while Autos are holding steady this month. (C) Overall Retailer Trends For the second month in a row the spending picture for most major retailers is little changed.
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