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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Sep- 2023 -25 SeptemberNews
UK consumer confidence up four points, says GFK
GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased four points to -21 in September amid falling inflation figures, growth in wages and high interest rates. The index measuring changes in personal finances during the last year was up two points at -13; this is 15 points better than September 2022. The forecast…
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22 SeptemberFeatures
The Golden Quarter: Perfect promotions through intelligent merchandising
The 100-day countdown to Christmas – a period which also includes key dates such as Halloween, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in quick succession – is the busiest period in the retail calendar, and unquestionably the most challenging. This year’s Golden Quarter will likely be one of the most difficult…
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21 SeptemberSupermarkets
Tesco’s chief customer officer to step down
Tesco has announced that its chief customer officer, Alessandra Bellini, is set to step down from her role at the end of September. Following her departure, Ashwin Prasad will lead Tesco’s customer and product teams as chief commercial officer. Bellini, who joined in March 2017, will leave Tesco after nearly…
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19 SeptemberHigh Street
Majestic Wines opens Newark-on-Trent store
Specialist wine retailer has opened its latest store in Newark-on-Trent as part of its accelerated brick-and-mortar expansion. This opening marks the second new store opening for the wine retailer for the 2023/24 financial year and its 205th store in the UK. Majestic has plans to expand its in-person shopping presence…
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14 SeptemberNews
Nike Rise to open concept store in Birmingham
Nike will open its first ever Nike Rise concept store in Birmingham at Bullring and Grand Central, reflecting the strategy to reinvigorate the asset with new brands, concepts and market firsts. Located at the gateway to Bullring and just metres from the iconic steel Bull, Nike Birmingham will follow the…
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13 SeptemberPeople Moves
Majestic to recruit 200 employees ahead of Christmas
Wine retailer Majestic has announced plans to hire 200 employees to work in its nationwide portfolio of stores in what is the company’s biggest ever pre-Christmas recruitment drive. Majestic will be expanding its workforce with a combination of permanent positions and temporary festive roles, as it gears up for the…
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8 SeptemberClothing & Shoes
Ann Summers plans expansion amid strong FY results
Ann Summers has seen its turnover rise by 7.4% to £100.1m in the year ended 25 June 2022, with plans to open more stores following the strong full-year results. In its latest Companies House filings, the group also reported that sales were up by 7.6% against the prior year, and…
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5 SeptemberNews
Morrisons launches new round of price cuts
Morrisons is cutting the price on more than 170 products this week, as part of its eight round of price reductions of the year. The supermarket has lowered the prices of over 1,000 products since January, in a bid to help customers plan their budgets. The grocer has also recently…
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5 SeptemberNews
UK retail sales soar by 4.1% in August
UK total retail sales has seen an increase of 4.1% in August, against a growth of 1.0% in August 2022, according to the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor. This was above the three month average growth of 3.6% and in line with the 12-month average growth of 4.1%. Food sales also…
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1 SeptemberNews
John Lewis launches online Christmas shop
John Lewis has launched its online Christmas shop on the company’s website. According to a recent survey 28% of customers are browsing and purchasing their Christmas gifts as early as August. A Google report looking into Christmas peak insights revealed that last year as many as 30% of John Lewis…
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