Christmas retail news – Page 49
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NewsWest End takings rise during traffic-free weekend
Takings in London’s West End were at their highest of the year as a result of a traffic-free promotion designed to entice Christmas shoppers to the area.
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NewsStormtroopers visit Dixons Christmas bash
Electricals group Dixons attracted some guests from a galaxy far, far away to its Christmas drinks bash at the Tottenham Court Road store last week.
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NewsWeekly sales rise 5.7% at Waitrose
Sales at Waitrose rose 5.7% to £112.6m last week, when home and leisure was the best performing category.
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NewsBleak sales growth adds to retail woe
It was another frustrating week for investors in retail companies as food and general merchandise groups put in a lacklustre showing versus a wider market advance.
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NewsWest End sales fall in November
Sales in London’s West End fell in November but are set to bounce back in December.
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NewsPark Group upbeat despite loss
The Christmas hamper, voucher and gift seller Park Group has remained upbeat despite reporting a widening pre-tax loss.
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NewsSainsbury's expects last minute Christmas shop dash
Sainsbury’s expects shoppers to push their main festive shop closer to Christmas than ever before.
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NewsRetailers brace themselves for £1bn Christmas crime
Retail theft is set to hit its highest ever levels this Christmas, as over £1bn worth of goods will go missing in the face of financial pressures and less rigorous security controls.
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NewsChristmas shoppers boost John Lewis sales
Sales at John Lewis jumped 9.6% year-on-year last week as Christmas shoppers came out in force.
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NewsTesco offers House of Fraser deal
House of Fraser gift cards are to be offered to Tesco Clubcard holders throughout December after the retailers struck a deal to create the promotion.
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NewsB&Q deliver Christmas tree to the Treasury
B&Q fulfilled Chancellor George Osborne’s wish for a thrifty Christmas by delivering a 6ft tree to the Treasury.
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NewsWaitrose steps up social media presence
Waitrose is ramping up its spend on social media in the run up to Christmas.
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NewsJohn Lewis sees sales rise
John Lewis has recorded a 10.5% uplift in sales this week with Christmas spending in full swing.
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NewsTesco expected to win Christmas food spend
More than half of UK households will do their Christmas grocery shopping at Tesco this year.
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NewsConsumer confidence remains depressed in November
Consumer confidence levels improved marginally in November but still remain low as the Eurozone crisis and fears over a further recession continues to depress sentiment.
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NewsChristmas will come late but shoppers will still splash out says Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s commercial director Mike Coupe predicts that shoppers will wait late before making Christmas purchases although he believes people will still splash out.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales slip as warm weather hits trade
John Lewis’s sales were down by 1.2% in the seven days to Saturday as unseasonably warm weather continues to affect sales.
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NewsBoots debuts pop up shop on Oxford Street
Boots has opened its first pop up Christmas store on Oxford Street as it relocates one of its shops on the famous shopping destination.
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NewsSelfridges reveals Christmas frontrunners
Patriotic purchases and trendy technology are dominating sales at Selfridges in the lead up to Christmas.