More Christmas continued – Page 30
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AnalysisIn pictures: 7 great Christmas innovations
Christmas is no longer just a time for giving. It’s also a time for adverts, Sales, and increasingly, innovation. Rebecca Thomson charts some of the best ideas to emerge in the past two months
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GalleryIn pictures: The best of Regent Street's Christmas windows
Regent Street retailers including Burberry, J Crew and Hamleys have pulled out all the stops for their Christmas window displays.
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AnalysisData: Retailers and shoppers embrace Black Friday
Black Friday deals helped drive footfall last week as Christmas shopping kicked off in earnest.
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OpinionComment: British retail leads the world in mobile and online shopping this Christmas
PayPal’s recent global Holiday Shopping Study found that almost 90% of Britons will use their mobile devices or purchase online to do a slice of their Christmas shopping this year. This is a higher proportion than most countries and reflects the way UK consumers are changing the way they shop.
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OpinionComment: Cyber Monday sales set to soar but service levels must be maintained
Online retailers have been braced for Cyber Monday, the busiest online day of the year, and so far it looks to be a bumper one.
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GalleryStore gallery: Christmas window schemes from around the world
For visual merchandisers, Christmas tends to come in late October or early November. This is the time of year when those at the top of the festive tree compete to grab shoppers’ attention, both in-store and in the windows.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Using Google Glass while shopping
What is it like to shop using Google Glass? Mobile agency Somo lent Rebecca Thomson the technology for an afternoon to find out.
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OpinionComment: What can retailers expect this Christmas?
Retailers and speculators have high expectations for UK sales this Christmas, despite a backdrop of slow wage growth and ongoingausterity measures.
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AnalysisWoolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: Woolworths Christmas TV ads through the decades
The news that Woolworths was collapsing broke five years ago today. Retail Week takes a look at its famous Christmas TV adverts that helped signal the start of the festive season.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can I ensure my products stand out in department stores?
How can I ensure my products stand out in department stores?
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AnalysisInnovation: Barneys combines visual art with Jay-Z collaboration for Christmas displays
Luxury department store Barneys in New York has collaborated with visual artist Joanie Lemercier and music icon Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter to create interactive multimedia Christmas window displays.
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GalleryIn pictures: Christmas window displays
Retailers have pulled out all the stops this year with their Christmas windows.
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OpinionComment: Why this Christmas represents a coming of age for omnichannel retail
With the holidays and new year fast approaching, online retail revenues are predicted to soar this festive season.
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OpinionComment: Mobile technology will continue to revolutionise the way we shop
We’ve already heard the major retailers predicting that this Christmas there will be explosive growth in m-commerce as consumers increasingly make purchases from their tablets or smartphones.
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GalleryIn pictures: Dixons reveals its Christmas present product picks
Currys and PC World owner Dixons has revealed which products it expects to be top sellers this Christmas.
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OpinionComment: A very merry mobile Christmas and what that means for retailers in-store
It’s interesting to see that since our last post, John Lewis is predicting that 2013 will be the first “mobile Christmas”, when sales on smartphones and tablets are expected to overtake sales on desktops on Christmas Day.
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OpinionComment: Christmas comes early as retailers display festive stock
When I worked in stores, Christmas wasn’t the festive two days in December alone. It started in August when the tins of sweets arrived and ended in early January.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How are etailers investing and innovating to rip down barriers to online shopping?
The quest to make online shopping as quick and convenient as possible has accelerated this year as retailers excelled themselves with slick fulfilment and innovative partnerships.
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GalleryIn pictures: Selfridges unwraps Christmas window displays
Department store Selfridges has unveiled its festive window displays at its flagship store in Oxford Street.
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OpinionComment: Christmas starts with a bang, but online shopping is the one to watch
Christmas has started with another helping of good news for retailers. Sales are expected to be the best since pre-crisis levels of 2007 with online sales forecast to reach £11.6bn this quarter, a 12% increase year on year.