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- 2020 -8 JanuarySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s Christmas sales slip as Argos struggles
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has posted a 0.7% decline in like-for-like sales for the 15 week period ending 4 January as toy and gaming sales at Argos struggled. The decrease comes despite grocery sales increasing by 0.4%, with online grocery sales also up 7.3%. Sainsbury’s reported that clothing sales also performed…
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6 JanuaryHigh Street
Mountain Warehouse reports ‘record’ trading over festive period
Mountain Warehouse has reported “record” Christmas trading with sales up 16.2% to £95.8m in the 13 weeks to December 2019. The group, which specialises in selling outdoor clothing and equipment, saw online sales jump during the period 21.6%, and also reported a bumper Black Friday, which was its busiest day…
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2 JanuaryHigh Street
Boxing Day footfall falls to lowest level since 2010
Retail footfall decreased by 10.6% on Boxing Day in 2019, and marks the largest decrease in footfall since 2010. The research from Springboard found the decline to be larger than the last two years combined for the period. In 2018 footfall was 4.2% lower than in 2017 and in 2017…
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Dec- 2019 -19 DecemberComment
How technology can help retail marketers create happy consumers
Shopping online during Black Friday/Cyber Monday, over the busy Christmas period, and in the January sales (yep, they’re still a thing!) can be akin to rummaging through a jumble sale. In order to find relevant content, many shoppers have to rifle through a mass of promotional offers on different sections…
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19 DecemberHigh Street
Black Friday delays Christmas footfall surge
Black Friday has delayed the expected Christmas footfall surge according to Ipsos Retail Performance, leading to the forecasted footfall for the month being revised by -1.4%. The first week of the official reporting month (w/c 24 November) saw shopper numbers swell by 20.9% on the week before thanks to the…
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18 DecemberOnline & Digital
Online sales soar in November
Online sales grew 16.4% year-on-year in the month of November, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index. The index, which tracks the performance of some 200 retailers, recorded the largest monthly growth since April 2018. This figure significantly surpassed the three month, six month and…
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17 DecemberBusiness Bites
‘Jingle bots’ are artificially ramming online shopping baskets to use up stock
I have my reservations about this story because we spend a lot of time in our office poring over the news for interesting stories and takes, and we haven’t seen it reported like this before. But it comes from a company called Radware, which is a publicly traded web app…
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17 DecemberHigh Street
H&M sales rise in Q4
Fashion retailer H&M has reported a 9% increase in net sales to SEK61,704m (£4.98m) for the three months to 30 November 2019. Despite the sales growth, H&M said sales development for the quarter compared with the previous year was affected by Black Friday falling at the end of November. H&M…
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17 DecemberComment
Why shoppers want simple sustainability
The Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping spike is putting packaging into perspective for shoppers and creating demand for simple sustainability. Retailers should strive to deliver quick and clear eco messages when it comes to packaging. Going green Sustainability has repeatedly hit the headlines again this year and we can…
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17 DecemberHigh Street
Footfall slows after Black Friday boost
Footfall across UK retail destinations dropped by 0.9% post Black Friday, according to the latest retail figures from Springboard. In the week between 8 December and 14 December, footfall faced an annual decline of 5%, in line with the “lull” in trading that Springboard anticipated for the period. These latest…
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