All Christmas articles – Page 38
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NewsMorrisons posts falling sales during ‘unusually challenging’ Christmas
Morrisons has registered declining like-for-like and total sales during the crucial Christmas trading period.
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NewsAldi hails ‘strong’ Christmas as sales pass £1bn
Aldi has toasted a spike in Christmas sales as it wooed “more customers than ever before” during the festive period.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Next boss Wolfson’s Christmas trading takeaways
Next boss Lord Wolfson discusses why 2020 will be a groundhog year, how Black Friday didn’t kill the Boxing Day Sales and signs that the shift from stuff to experience may be easing.
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NewsWaterstones posts flat Christmas after ‘nerve-wracking’ peak period
Waterstones registered flat – although better than expected – Christmas sales, chief executive James Daunt has told Retail Week.
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NewsNext edges up profit guidance as Christmas sales beat expectations
Next has recorded an increase in full-price sales over the festive period ahead of internal expectations, spurred by online, and has upped its full-year guidance as a result.
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NewsRetail discounts deepen in December in bid to lure shoppers
Shop prices fell in December as non-food prices dropped significantly below the 12-month average for the fifth consecutive month.
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NewsRetailers report subdued Christmas spend as footfall plummets
Retailers registered tough trading during December as footfall declined throughout the crucial post-Christmas period.
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales fall as shoppers shun tech promotions
Sales at John Lewis & Partners department stores slid last week but there was a strong rise at grocery stablemate Waitrose & Partners.
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NewsSales off to slow start as Boxing Day footfall slides
Boxing Day Sales got off to a slow start yesterday for bricks-and-mortar stores as footfall declined in the early part of the day.
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NewsChristmas Eve suffers sluggish start after manic Monday
Footfall to retail destinations slumped during Christmas Eve morning following a spike in shopper numbers on Monday.
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AnalysisHappy Christmas from retail – 12 gifts from retailers to society in 2019
It may have been a tough year for retail, but that didn’t stop the industry from playing its part as a good corporate citizen and helping those in need, from the homeless to refugees. These initiatives are just the tip of the iceberg of retail’s engagement with the wider community.
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NewsTesco withdraws Christmas cards after forced labour claims
Tesco has stopped the production of its charity Christmas cards after a six-year-old girl found a note allegedly from a prisoner in a Chinese warehouse forced to work.
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AnalysisRetailers gear up for last-minute Christmas rush
Retailers hope that a last-minute dash for Christmas gifts and food will boost spending after a tough year.
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AnalysisDiscounting deluge expected before Christmas
Retail experts at PwC are predicting a swathe of discounting in the pivotal final weekend before Christmas in a bid to woo last-minute shoppers.
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InterviewInterview: The Entertainer confronts challenging Christmas in Toytown
Gary Grant, the retail industry’s Santa Claus, tells Retail Week that he is doing his best to have a merry Christmas despite enduring the most challenging year of the past decade.
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NewsClimate crisis makes little impact to Christmas spending
Consumer spending over the festive period is hardly impacted by environmental issues such as climate change, according to a new shopper survey.
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OpinionLeader: Retail’s star can’t only shine at Christmas
In a few days, the tumult of Christmas trading will be over. The short time before the January Sales kick off – in-store at least – brings a chance to reflect on the retail year gone by.
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NewsPre-Christmas footfall set to rise, aided by Super Saturday boost
Festive footfall in the run-up to Christmas is forecast to rise despite Black Friday numbers pulling sales forward.
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NewsPre-Christmas discounting by retailers hits record levels
Discounting by retailers has hit an unprecedented level in the run-up to Christmas and even deeper price cuts are expected.
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NewsData: Shoppers spent £2bn on Christmas gifts during Black Friday
The struggling UK retail sector may not get the Christmas sales boost it desires, as new research shows many customers did the majority of their festive shopping during the Black Friday sales.