All Christmas articles – Page 114
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NewsLinks reveals record 2009
Jewellery retailer Links has revealed a record trading result for 2009.
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NewsShop Direct reports festive total sales up 6.3%
Home shopping retailer Shop Direct Group reported total sales up 6.3% for the six weeks ended January 1.
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NewsNext exceeds Christmas expectations
Stronger than expected Christmas sales rounded off a strong second half for Next with like-for-like sales in the 22 weeks to Christmas Eve up 3.2%.
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NewsOriginal Factory Shop reports record Christmas
Value department store chain Original Factory Shop has reported record sales over the Christmas period, with a year-on-year sales lift of 48.3%.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports bumper Christmas trading
John Lewis has delivered a bumper Christmas trading update, with like-for-like sales up 12.7% in the five weeks to January 2.
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NewsFootfall ahead 9% on New Year's Day
Footfall on New Year’s Day rose 9% year-on-year, according to the Preliminary Experian FootFall UK National Index.
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NewsRetailers prepare to update on Christmas trading
Retailers including John Lewis, M&S, Next, Sainsbury’s, JD Sports Fashion are to reveal key Christmas trading updates this week which will be seen as key indicators to how successful the festive period was for the retail sector.
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NewsVAT returns to 17.5%
VAT returns to 17.5% on New Year’s Eve, but many retailers are not intending to pass on the increase immediately.
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NewsFootfall growth slows compared to weekend
Footfall in UK shopping centres was up 2.5% this Monday to Wednesday compared to the same days last year.
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NewsStrong post-Christmas shopper numbers
The post-Christmas Sales have got off to a strong start, with shopper numbers well up on 2008.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports strong start to online Clearance
The first three days of John Lewis’s Clearance sale online recorded sales up 23% on last year.
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NewsFootfall builds in final run up to Christmas
Shopper numbers were up over 6% in the three days from the 21-23 December compared to the same three days last year, according to Experian.
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NewsJohn Lewis running 27% ahead of last year
John Lewis revealed this morning that sales from Sunday to Wednesday this week were up 27% on 2008 levels.
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NewsM&S reveals Sale plans
Marks & Spencer will start its online sale at 12.01am on Christmas Day, with the Sale in store starting on Sunday, December 27.
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NewsTesco starts online Sale early
Tesco launched its online Sale yesterday, as other retailers also gear up to start their Sales before Christmas on the web.
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NewsSnow hits weekend footfall
Footfall was down nearly 7% this weekend on the same weekend last year, with the wintry weather being blamed.
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OpinionChristmas market anybody?
Only three days until the big day and one of the things that many towns and cities have been enjoying is a slice of Continental Christmas Market fayre. Something of the kind can be seen in Liverpool at the moment, which has its streets filled with wooden chalet-style huts from which grateful shoppers are expected to stop and buy. Except that they’re rubbish.
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OpinionResourceful retailers made the best of 2009
Calm isn’t a word you’d usually use about retailers the week before Christmas. But with the big day just a week away, there seems a reassuring absence of panic among the UK’s leading retailers.
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NewsSuperdrug to slash prices in £5m Sale
Superdrug is to launch a £5m Sale on Boxing Day, cutting the prices across its stores by up to 80%.
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NewsChristmas trading: It’ll be alright on the night
Fears of poor festive trading have been confounded and Christmas is all but in the bag, leading retailers say.