16% of households have an outstanding loan from a furniture retailer in 2006, up from 9% in 2000. (IES 2005/6, 2000)

This week’s theme: Cards and Credit

25% of households have an outstanding loan from a clothing retailer. (IES 2005/6)

This week’s theme: Cards and Credit

44% of adults say the statement ‘These days there is no point in saving for something, it is better to buy on credit’ is true or very true – AMPS2007B

This week’s theme: Cards and Credit

21% of South African women have a store card. For men, the percentage is 14%. (AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Cards and Credit

The percentage of adults in South Africa with a retail store card increased from 13.5% in 2004 to 16.2% in 2007 (AMPS trends)

This week’s theme: Cards and Credit

12% of all women in South Africa have a cat. 23% of all divorced women have a cat. (Source: AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Women’s Week

14.6% of women bake for pleasure. (Source: AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Women’s Week

3.5 million women are interested in dancing compared to 1.8 million men. (Source: AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Women’s Week

There are 1 million more women who have bought women’s shoes in the past 3 months than men who have bought men’s shoes in the same period. (Source: AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Women’s Week

52% of Renault drivers are female. (Compared to 25% and 37% for Ford and BMW) (Source: AMPS2007B)

This week’s theme: Women’s Week