All Christmas articles – Page 119
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Asda breaks Christmas sales record
Asda revealed that sales on Christmas Eve were its highest to date, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve in 2004.
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Shopper numbers slip back on 27th
Shopper traffic fell back on December 27 as shoppers pulled their sales spending forward to Boxing Day.
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Opinion
The Retail Week - December 28, 2007
At 8am yesterday morning, the Next store at the western end of Oxford Street looked like Baghdad.
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Christmas spending rises
Spending by UK shoppers in the run-up to Christmas rose 3.8 per cent on last year - the best festive performance for three years, according to one of the first estimates to be published.
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Record Christmas for Amazon
E-tail giant Amazon.co.uk broke all its sales records this festive season, receiving orders for 950,000 items in the run-up to Christmas.
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Shoppers come out in force for Boxing Day Sales
Shopper numbers were up by more than a quarter on Boxing Day compared with the same day in 2006 as more retailers launched their Sales on the day this year.
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Consumers hit the shops as retailers slash prices
The post-Christmas Sales season has kicked off with huge discounts on offer, as retailers compete for shrinking disposable income and try to clear excess stock.
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Shoppers let down by online deliveries
A Government consumer watchdog has said complaints about the delivery of goods ordered online are up nearly 30 per cent on last year.
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Last-minute rush saves retailers' Christmas
A last-minute rush of shoppers is set to have rescued the Christmas performance of many retailers after shoppers flooded stores over the weekend.
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Footfall still dropping
Footfall continued to fall this week, down 8.7 per cent on Wednesday against last year.
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Opinion
Time to batten down hatches
Whether next year brings more retail woes or not, cost control and differentiation will be vital
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John Lewis sales up 6%
John Lewis has reported a 5.6 per cent uplift in sales for the week so far from Sunday.
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Everything to play for
Retailers to scrape through Christmas with heavy discounting, but the new year bodes ill
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Everything to play for
Retailers to scrape through Christmas with heavy discounting, but the new year bodes ill
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Goldsmiths is latest to add rating and review service to web site
Goldsmiths will introduce ratings and reviews to its web site in the new year.
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Supermarkets brace for record Christmas week
Supermarkets without adequate stock to cope with unprecedented consumer demand at Christmas will lose sales to competitors.
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Festive shopping rush to come late
UK shoppers are forecast to spend nearly 30 per cent more in the week before Christmas than last year, but the spending may be too late for many retailers.
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Opinion
Deck the shops with boughs of holly
There is one Saturday to go before Christmas and, for those of a dilatory nature, it’s time to deck the halls with holly or at least to trim the artificial tree (it’s greener that way).
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John Lewis sales up 7.4 per cent
John Lewis sales rose again this week, up 7.4 per cent year on year between Sunday and Wednesday this week.