All Christmas articles – Page 74
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OpinionComment: Retail lessons from Next's Christmas update
A standout Christmas performance from Next puts the retailer in line to rival Marks & Spencer’s profitability this year.
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AnalysisNext's Christmas trading: What the analysts say
Next has raised its profit forecasts after enjoying a bumper Christmas period driven as like-for-like sales rose 11.9% between November 1 and December 24. The City reacted positively.
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NewsNext profit forecasts raised after bumper Christmas
Next has raised its profit forecasts after enjoying a bumper Christmas period driven by strong sales of Christmas jumpers and growth in its ecommerce arm.
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NewsPaphitis' chains shun discounting to record strong Christmas
Theo Paphitis’ group of retailers have reported a strong Christmas as like-for-likes rose across its Ryman, Robert Dyas and Boux Avenue fascias.
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OpinionComment: The Christmas retail story will be margin, not just sales
Christmas updates from Debenhams, House of Fraser and John Lewis told wildly differing stories about seasonal trading.
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OpinionComment: How John Lewis and House of Fraser outperformed Debenhams
There’s something about department stores and Christmas. Maybe it’s the influence of the movie Miracle on 34th Street but the two somehow seem to go together.
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NewsJohn Lewis full-price strategy pays off as Christmas margins hold firm
John Lewis margins held firm over Christmas after it maintained its full-price strategy over the festive period, according to boss Andy Street.
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OpinionComment: Time for a store design change in 2014
Has the time come to call time on ‘industrial’-look store interiors and what might be next?
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NewsFootfall edges up in December as price cuts woo shoppers
Footfall edged up 0.6% against last December, according to data specialist Ipsos Retail Performance, as price slashes wooed shoppers to store.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Burberry, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Phase Eight and Christmas footfall
Retail news round-up on December 30, 2013: Burberry and Sainsbury’s top takeover targets in 2014, says UBS, Footfall edges up in December as price cuts woo shoppers and Waitrose boss Mark Price questions future of supermarket loyalty cards.
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NewsBoxing Day high street footfall declines while retail parks grow 10%
Shoppers headed out in their droves for the Boxing Day Sales yesterday, with footfall to retail parks and shopping centres increasing by 10% year on year.
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NewsMore than half of Amazon Christmas shoppers used mobile devices
More than half of Amazon customers shopped using a mobile device over the Christmas period, the etailer reported in its round-up of holiday statistics.
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NewsShoppers to spend almost £3bn in Sales on December 27
Nearly £3bn is expected to be spent by UK shoppers in the Sales on December 27, according to estimates.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Boxing Data sales data and Holland and Barrett
Retail news round-up on December 27, 2013: Springboard’s retail data shows Boxing Day footfall grows 8%, Holland and Barrett unveils January ad campaign
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NewsChristmas Day online shopping boom expected
Retail traffic is expected to surge online today as shoppers search out bargains and gifts they did not receive.
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NewsKurt Geiger sales up 9% this year boosted by Christmas trading surge
Kurt Geiger’s sales for the year to date have climbed 9%, boosted by Christmas trading in the last four weeks.
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NewsJohn Lewis weekly sales break £160m barrier for first time
John Lewis generated another record week as sales broke through the £160m barrier for the first time ever.
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NewsConsumers to spend £3.6bn today on biggest shopping day of the year
Today is set to be the biggest shopping day of the year as 15 million shoppers hit the shops to spend a forecast £3.6bn.
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OpinionComment: What the market traders can teach retailers
Covent Garden’s Apple Market stepped into the 21st Century last week as traders accepted digital payments from shoppers for the very first time.
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OpinionBlog: Late Christmas shopper rush makes physical stores all the more vital
Online plays an undeniably huge role in retail, and especially so during the golden quarter. Yet it is the performance of retailers’ physical stores in the next few days that will prove make or break for some store groups this Christmas as shoppers leave it later than ever.