Christmas
This coverage explores the critical Christmas trading period in the UK retail sector, focusing on sales performance, promotional strategies, consumer trends, supply chain planning, and operational challenges. Reporting highlights how retailers prepare for and execute peak season campaigns to maximise revenue and manage demand. Designed for executives and managers, it provides insights into effective planning and competitive positioning during the festive season.
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Dec- 2023 -1 DecemberSupermarkets
Aldi invests £12m to lower the price of more than 180 products
Aldi has announced it is investing £12m to lower the prices of over 180 of its products. Its latest move follows the announcement of the supermarket’s ‘Christmas Price Lock’, which sees the prices of key food staples including a range of whole turkey crowns, pigs in blankets, Christmas puddings and…
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Nov- 2023 -30 NovemberNews
Lidl set for ‘record-breaking’ Christmases amid 11% customer increase
Lidl GB is anticipating a “record-breaking” Christmas, after reporting an 11% uptick in customers over the past six weeks. The update comes as Lidl GB’s CEO revealed that shoppers started planning and preparing for the festive season early this year, with two mince pies selling every second since September. The…
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30 NovemberLuxury Goods
Mulberry H1 losses leap 79% despite healthy revenues
Luxury fashion group Mulberry revealed that operating losses grew 79% to £10.4m, despite a 7% increase in revenues to £69.7m for the half year ended 30 September. The retailer also sustained an underlying loss before tax of £12.3m, which increased from £2.8m in 2022. This included £3.3m of SaaS costs,…
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28 NovemberEconomy
Falling inflation under threat in 2024, BRC warns
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned that the current trend of falling inflation could be under threat in the New Year in the face of new headwinds such as rising business rates and new regulations. This comes despite Shop Price annual inflation having decelerated further to 4.3% in November,…
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28 NovemberHigh Street
Pets at Home maintains guidance despite fall in H1 profits
Pets at Home has maintained its profit guidance despite seeing underlying pre-tax profits slump 19.3% to £47.8m during the first half of the year ended 12 October. The retailer attributed the fall in profits to the costs associated with the relaunch of its brand and transition of stores to the…
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27 NovemberNews
Footfall jumps 7.9% during Black Friday
Black Friday footfall jumped by 7.9% against the week previous across all UK retail destinations, providing retailers with a much needed boost during the Golden Quarter, according to the latest figures from MRI Software. Much of the uplift was driven by Black Friday itself, with destinations benefiting from increased footfall…
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27 NovemberHigh Street
Mountain Warehouse to open 50 stores in 2024 amid record revenues
Mountain Warehouse has revealed it will be opening a new branch every week in the run up to Christmas and 50 more stores next year, as it aims to ramp up its expansion plans. It comes as its revenues increased 22.6% to £371m in the year ending February 2023 amid…
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24 NovemberFeatures
Better than forecasted: how is Black Friday 2023 doing?
According to last week’s release from MRI Software, Black Friday 2023 is going to be underwhelming for retailers compared to pre-pandemic levels. Does this still hold true? Can you expand further? At MRI Software what we predicted last week was that Black Friday would weaken compared with previous years and…
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24 NovemberNews
Joe Browns to open new store in Leeds
Joe Browns, the fashion and homes retailer, has announced the opening date of a new store at the city’s White Rose Shopping Centre, its first store in Leeds. The 3,000 sq ft Leeds White Rose store will have its grand opening on Saturday 2 December and will showcase its own…
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17 NovemberFeatures
Tim Mason: ‘This will be an Omnichannel Christmas’
Can you tell us a little bit about your career in retail? I started out at Unilever in 1979, before joining Tesco from 1982 to 2012. During that time, I held a variety of senior management positions, including being UK CMO, CEO of Fresh and Easy LLC, and eventually deputy…
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