All Christmas articles – Page 20
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NewsSainsbury’s delays toy promotion as boss predicts Christmas shortages
Stock shortages due to the ongoing supply chain crisis have forced Sainsbury’s to delay its toy promotion by a week, with boss Simon Roberts predicting further shortages over Christmas.
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DataData: Footfall recovery in October gives retailers hope for Christmas
Footfall across high streets, retail parks and shopping centres showed an improvement in October, leaving the sector optimistic about a strong start to Black Friday and Christmas.
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NewsSainsbury’s posts increase in profits as market share rises
Sainsbury’s has reported an increase in profits in its half-year results as improved grocery sales drove growth in market share.
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VideoWatch: John Lewis, M&S, Boots and Sports Direct launch Christmas adverts
As this year’s eagerly-anticipated festive season approaches, Retail Week takes a look at the Christmas campaigns of John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Boots and Sports Direct.
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Retail VoiceCapitalising on the golden quarter and beyond
With Black Friday and the Christmas period on the horizon, retailers will be gearing up for a surge in consumer spending, says Brian Flesk, head of retail at Hitachi Capital Consumer Finance
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Opinion‘Amazon’s Christmas costs warning is bad news – not good – for rivals’
Amazon’s update last week showed that it is not immune to the disruptive forces battering retail at present – but any smugness about the online Goliath’s challenges is missing the point.
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NewsAmazon warns of soaring supply chain costs as profits halve
Amazon has posted a plunge in quarterly earnings and expects to bear vast costs as it confronts supply chain and labour shortage challenges.
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NewsSainsbury’s boss Roberts reassures customers on Christmas availability
Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts has written to customers to assuage fears over the availability of traditional Christmas products this year.
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Opinion‘Why customers need our help to shop more sustainably’
Consumers want to make better choices, but it’s down to retailers to help them do that and ease the transition to a net-zero economy, says Lisa Hooker, industry leader for consumer markets at PwC.
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NewsUK haulage industry gives PM final warning on looming Christmas crisis
The UK haulage industry has called on the prime minister to step up his “lacklustre” efforts on the driver shortage and act now to avert a Christmas crisis.
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EventsGolden Quarter Morning Masterclass
Life might feel like it is returning to normal, but it’s not. It’s a new normal. New consumers. New ways of shopping. New challenges and new opportunities.
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DataData: Consumer confidence drops for third month in a row
October marked the third month in a row that consumer confidence fell as consumers faced ongoing fuel and food shortages and rising inflation, as well as a growing number of Covid-19 cases.
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NewsAsda, M&S and Boots target tens of thousands of workers amidst UK labour crisis
Asda, Marks & Spencer and Boots have become the latest retailers to set out temporary worker targets for the festive period with all looking to hire thousands of workers despite the UK labour shortage.
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AnalysisFrom Aldi to Wilko: the retailers closing on Boxing Day 2021
A growing number of retailers are planning to give employees an extra day of leave this festive season by keeping stores shut this Boxing Day. Retail Week tracks which retailers will remain shut on 26 December.
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AnalysisKen Murphy, Pippa Wicks, Roger Wade, Steve Murrells and more – all the stories from Retail Week Live
Everything you need to know from both days of Retail Week Live 2021
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NewsChristmas gift containers turned away as Felixstowe port hit by delivery pile-up
Shipping giant Maersk has said it is rerouting arrivals to Felixstowe as the UK’s biggest container port hits capacity.
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Opinion‘Now, more than ever, if retailers want to be heard they must speak with one voice’
When the chief executive of Next is attacked by the prime minister, it is a sign that, more than ever, the retail industry needs to speak truth to power with a single voice.
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DataData: Online grocery sales boosted as fuel shortages drag Christmas spend forward
Fuel shortages across the UK saw shoppers order food online as the ongoing supply chain pressures dragged consumer Christmas spending forward.
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NewsRetailers report spikes in demand as shoppers drag festive spend forward
Anticipated supply issues this festive season are driving consumers to shop earlier this year and forcing retailers to respond. Retail Week looks at how the likes of Tesco, Selfridges and Hotel Chocolat are preparing their supply chains for Christmas coming early.
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NewsFormer Tesco boss Dave Lewis picked as supply chain tsar by Johnson
Former Tesco chief executive Sir Dave Lewis has been hand-picked by Boris Johnson to be the government’s new supply chain adviser.
