All Diamond Jubilee articles
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Opinion
Comment: 2012 - The year 2012 in review
This is my last column of the year. So what sort of year do we think it’s been? A strange one in many respects and certainly quite unique.
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Analysis
2012: The year in review - Retail winners and losers
From big administrations to political hot potatoes, retailers have seen it all. Caroline Parry charts the big moments in the year that was.
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News
Fall in store numbers reflects high street woes
Store numbers fell for the first time in three years in the second quarter.
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Opinion
Customer service worth talking about
Customer service is increasingly the key point of difference for retailers.
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Opinion
Diamond Jubilee: A PR campaign to remember
The Diamond Jubilee marketers did a brilliant job on Britain’s super brand.
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Analysis
Campaign of the week: New Look, Kelly Brook
New Look is the latest retailer to use augmented reality in an advertising campaign, as consumers warm to the technology and awareness of it grows.
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News
Sainsbury's sales driven by Jubilee spending
Sainsbury’s recorded a 1.4% uplift in like-for-like sales for the first quarter as Jubilee spending drove sales.
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News
Jubilee footfall dampened by wet weather
Footfall fell 1.56% in total across the Jubilee bank holiday against the Whitsun bank holiday last year, as the wet weather on Sunday kept shoppers away from the high street.
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Opinion
A sporting chance business confidence will rise
The rain poured down on the Jubilee weekend, but still a nation turned out in its millions to mark the Queen’s long-standing service.
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News
Jubilee boost for retail as Brits get into party spirit
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee provided retailers with a much-needed footfall boost as shoppers got into the party spirit.
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News
Diamond Jubilee contributes to weekly footfall surge of 8.6%
Footfall surged 8.6% week-on-week in the seven days including the weekend of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, according to footfall data from Experian.
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Analysis
In numbers: Morrisons' Jubilee
The grocer reveals some key sales stats from the Jubilee holiday period from Monday May 28 to Tuesday June 5.
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News
West End attracts two million shoppers over Jubilee weekend
Two million shoppers flocked to London’s West End over the Jubilee weekend in what businesses hope will convert into £120m in sales.
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News
Waitrose reports record trading week in Jubilee run-up
Waitrose experienced a record trading week in the run up to the Jubilee, excluding Christmas and Easter, as turnover hit £123m.
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Opinion
Christmas comes but thrice a year
2012 is the year of the triple Christmas and for some it may prove positive.
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Gallery
Retailers gear up for the Jubilee celebrations
This weekend’s royal celebrations have been marked by many retailers with window schemes that offer rather more than kind hearts and coronets.
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Analysis
Campaign of the week: Sainsbury’s, Jubilee Family Festival
Not content with sticking to the Jubilee-themed adverts other retailers are relying on, Sainsbury’s is putting on an entire festival.
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Opinion
No time for baby steps in Mothercare revival
New Mothercare boss Simon Calver’s candid assessment of the challenges that face the retailer in its core UK market has bought him valuable breathing space.
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News
Retailers hope for Jubilee spending spree
Retailers hope the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend will spark a rush of celebratory spending and lift consumer confidence after a wet spring dampened sales.
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Opinion
Does the weather really have an effect on retail?
“Make mine a double,” the Queen must have said. And so the final bank holiday weekend this side of the summer is extra-long and a valuable opportunity for many retailers to make up some of the sales lost over the past few difficult months.