All Black Friday articles – Page 7
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News
Morrisons ‘missed’ Black Friday halo effect at Christmas, says Potts
Morrisons boss David Potts admitted the grocer “missed” the halo effect of holding a Black Friday promotion before Christmas after rowing back from the discount frenzy.
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Analysis
Analysis: 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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Analysis
Retailers 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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Analysis
Discounting 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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News
Online sales surge during record November
Online spending has surged during November bolstered by Black Friday promotions.
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Analysis
From horsemeat to the Crystal Methodist: most memorable moments of the decade
Retail Week looks back at the most groundbreaking retail stories of the 2010s.
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News
John Lewis sales slide in post-Black Friday lull
John Lewis sales dropped in a “subdued” week of trading as demand for electrical and fashion items declined.
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News
Pre-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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News
Data: 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.
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News
John Lewis posts Black Friday sales jump
John Lewis & Partners has posted a rise in sales during its Black Friday and Cyber Monday promotional events.
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News
Supermarket sales growth slows as election approaches
Supermarket sales growth slowed as the UK geared up for its first December election since 1923, according to the latest figures from Kantar.
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News
November footfall slides as rain dampens shopper numbers
Retail footfall declined last month as the combination of poor weather and incoming Black Friday deterred shoppers from hitting the high street.
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Retail Voice
Christmas trading will be tricky, but opportunities abound
With Christmas trading now under way, PwC’s Lisa Hooker details her predictions of this year’s consumer shopping trends.
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Video
After Black Friday’s sales boost, has peak trading already peaked?
Black Friday beat expectations as sales and footfall surged. PwC head of consumer markets Lisa Hooker joins Retail Week executive editor George MacDonald to discuss the promotional extravaganza, how the final weeks of peak will play out and what’s in store for retail in the new year.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Retailers defy the Black Friday pollsters
Patrick Blower’s take on retailers’ performance on Black Friday and Cyber Monday surpassing forecasters’ expectations with a pre-election and pre-Christmas boost.
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News
Christmas spend forecast to slip despite Black Friday uplift
Black Friday sales confounded expectations as the post-payday discount bonanza delivered sales and footfall uplifts, but festive spend is still forecast to be in decline.
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Opinion
Leader: Black Friday boost isn’t all it seems
It was a tale of two Novembers for retailers, the latest sales stats showed.
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News
John Lewis sales spike driven by Black Friday bargains
John Lewis’ weekly sales soared in after a “record” performance for the retailer as price matching and strong demand for fashion and home technology bolstered performance.
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News
Boohoo hails record-breaking Black Friday weekend
Boohoo has registered a “strong” Black Friday performance across the promotional weekend with key brands bolstering sales.
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News
Black Friday boosts sales in ‘strong’ November, say BRC-KPMG
The latest BRC-KPMG sales figures registered a welcome boost for retailers in November.