All Christmas articles – Page 48
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NewsTed Baker fashions Christmas sales rise
Ted Baker has unveiled strong Christmas sales driven by online and continued international expansion.
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NewsSainsbury’s ups profit forecast as festive sales rise
Sainsbury’s expects full-year profits to come in “moderately ahead” of consensus after posting an increase in sales during the golden quarter.
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NewsMorrisons’ Potts: Premium festive lines ‘hit the spot’
Morrisons boss David Potts has hailed the impact of its premium ‘Best’ ranges as the grocer posted a consensus-busting jump in Christmas sales.
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NewsRyman Christmas sales jump as Boux Avenue falls
Theo Paphitis’ stable of retailers recorded mixed performances in the run-up to Christmas as Ryman and Robert Dyas’ sales increased and Boux Avenue’s dropped.
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DataRetail league table: Christmas trading 2017
Find out how retailers have performed during the critical Christmas 2017 trading period, with our league table comparing like-for-like sales.
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DataData: Cost of online returns hammering third of stores
One in three stores are being hammered by online returns by having refunds given to customers stripped out of their sales figures, new research has found.
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AnalysisNext or Debenhams: Which tells the real story?
Two big retailers issued very different Christmas updates over the past 48 hours – Next reported a solid performance but Debenhams warned on profits.
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NewsWestfield's London malls hail festive footfall increase
More than 14 million shoppers flocked to Westfield’s London malls over the crucial Christmas and Black Friday period.
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NewsAldi Christmas sales soar as it ups store staff pay
Aldi has recorded surging Christmas sales, pushing the discounter over the £10bn total sales mark in the UK and Ireland for the first time.
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NewsCo-op Christmas sales jump ahead of 'challenging' year
The Co-op has hailed its “best Christmas ever” after its core convenience business registered a spike in sales during the festive season.
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NewsPoundland’s X-rated Elf tweets to be probed by ASA
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has launched an investigation into Poundland’s lewd ‘Elf on the Shelf’ Twitter campaign.
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NewsBoxing Day footfall drops after online Christmas boost
Retail footfall slumped on Boxing Day as the ongoing “structural shift” in festive spending drove shoppers online on Christmas Day itself.
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NewsConsumer confidence dips to four-year low in December
Consumer confidence continued its downward spiral this month, hitting the lowest point this year and marking the lowest-scoring December since 2013.
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NewsJohn Lewis extends Christmas click-and-collect cut-off
John Lewis has extended the deadline to make click-and-collect orders in a bid to woo last-minute Christmas shoppers.
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NewsRetailers bank on rush as Christmas goes to the wire
Shoppers are expected to belatedly hit the high street in force from today, and retailers are banking on the last-minute rush to bolster seasonal performance.
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AnalysisGlad tidings: 10 ways retail gave back in 2017
Year in, year out, not just during the traditional season of goodwill, retailers give back in countless ways to the communities they serve from Stornoway to Sussex.
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NewsBoxing Day online sales set to surpass £1bn mark
Online sales are set to deliver healthy rises over Christmas and Boxing Day, although the latter continues to be outstripped by Black Friday.
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NewsChristmas discounting to overtake Black Friday
More retailers will offer promotions in the week before Christmas Day than during the Black Friday Sale weekend, according to trends observed by PwC.
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Retail VoiceWhy DPD is already planning for peak 2018
DPD chief executive Dwain McDonald shares his thoughts on Cyber Weekend and DPD’s drive to identify ‘home-shopping hotspots’ in 2018.
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NewsSnow on vital trading weekend dampens Christmas outlook
Christmas could be on ice after snow derailed trading on the third weekend before Christmas – a typically busy period for retailers.