Black Friday
This coverage examines Black Friday’s impact on the UK retail sector, focusing on sales performance, promotional strategies, consumer trends, supply chain pressures, and operational planning. Reporting provides insights into how retailers prepare for and execute campaigns, manage demand, and assess outcomes — offering valuable context for executives and managers navigating peak trading periods.
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Jan- 2023 -6 JanuaryHealth & Beauty
Boots Q1 sales driven by ‘record’ Black Friday
Boots has welcomed a strong performance in its first quarter of trading, with like-for-like sales up by 8.7%, in part bolstered by a “record-breaking” Black Friday which saw boots.com report its biggest ever day of sales. Store sales were also up by 13% on Black Friday, with No7, Electrical Beauty…
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Dec- 2022 -23 DecemberHigh Street
Superdry secures £80m loan amid strong H1 sales
Superdry has revealed it has secured a new three-year financing facility of up to £80m that won’t expire until December 2025, as part of a trading update which also saw its group revenues surge 3.6% YOY. For the 26-week period ended 29 October 2022, the retailer’s ecommerce revenue also increased…
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19 DecemberNews
Record Cyber Monday could signal last-minute Christmas shopping spree
International logistics provider fulfilmentcrowd believes that record Cyber Monday demand could signal a flurry of last-minute Christmas shopping and a boom in traditional Boxing Day and January sales. The company, which operates a network of 14 fulfilment centres and handles eCommerce orders for 500 retailers, reported a 27% increase year-on-year…
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16 DecemberEconomy
Retail sales dip 0.4% in November
Black Friday and Christmas shopping has failed to lure people back to the high streets as the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that retail sales have fallen by 0.4% in November 2022. The recent statistics follow a 0.6% rise in October when retail bounced back from the impact of…
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15 DecemberFeatures
Record-breaking sales of Amazon over the holiday weekend – Will it last until the end of 2022?
During Cyber Monday, and over the days preceding Thanksgiving, people were in a bullish mood with their buying habits on Amazon, which facilitated their appetite. This optimism can be a great opportunity for newbie investors to venture and learn how to buy shares and why Amazon share is a good…
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14 DecemberHigh Street
Footfall rises marginally as cold snap impacts performance
Footfall across UK retail destinations rose marginally last week (Dec 5-12) by +0.3% from the week before, with a varied performance across the three key destination types, according to Springboard. It found that shopping centres were boosted by their ability to offer shelter from the elements, as footfall rose by…
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9 DecemberNews
ProCook projects ‘weaker than anticipated’ F23 performance
ProCook Group has announced that it expects its full-year revenues for FY23 to be between £60m – £65m, marking a “weaker sales performance than anticipated”. The update comes after its Black Friday trading saw “softer consumer demand driven by the challenging consumer environment”. The combination of the continued softer year…
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6 DecemberHigh Street
Footfall rises 5.4% amid ‘cause for optimism’
Footfall rose by +5.4% across all UK retail destinations last week from the week before, with increases across all three key destination types (+6.9% in high streets, +4.8% in shopping centres and +3% in retail parks), according to Springboard. Springboard said this offers a “cause for some optimism” for retailers…
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2 DecemberAdvice
Tips for making a success of festive trading in a cost-of-living crisis
The most important trading season of the year has arrived, and in an intensely competitive market, retailers can’t afford to fail. With mounting costs eroding margins, and a cost-of-living crisis dissuading customers from indulging too heavily this season, retailers know they have to work harder and smarter to turn a…
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1 DecemberHigh Street
Footfall gap to 2019 widens to -11.1% in Nov despite Black Friday boost
The gap in footfall from 2019 widened in November to -11.1% from -9.8% in October and -12.6% in September; -12.4% in high streets, -17.3% in shopping centres and -3% in retail parks, according to the latest figures from Springboard. Springboard added that in the absence of Black Friday the gap…
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