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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Nov- 2021 -10 NovemberHealth & Beauty
Superdrug launches 2 hour delivery service from almost 300 stores
Superdrug has announced it is expanding its delivery service to include “super fast’ 2 hour home delivery, from nearly 300 stores nationwide. It revealed the service will offer customers more “accessible ways to shop”, allowing shoppers to order products directly from local stores. The service, powered by rapid delivery specialists…
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9 NovemberHigh Street
October consumer spending up 14.2%, Barclaycard reveals
Consumer card spending grew by 14.2% in October, compared with the same period in 2019, according to the latest data by Barclaycard. The growth was boosted by spending on non-essential items which rose by 14.6%, including a 127.1% jump in online takeaway spend, as the colder weather led more Brits…
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5 NovemberCoronavirus
£1.2bn to be spent in West End this Christmas, says NWEC
Despite a “strong recovery in footfall”, West End retailers are facing a “challenging festive period” due to the continued absence of high spending international travellers, with the New West End Company predicting just £1.2bn being spent this Christmas. The latest figures from NWEC, which represents 600 retail, restaurant, hotel and…
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5 NovemberHigh Street
Dobbies opens third little dobbies in London
Dobbies Garden Centres has announced the opening of its third little dobbies store in London, located in Richmond, as it continues the roll-out of the new concept across the country. Located at 54 George Street, this is the fifth site in the UK, following Westbourne Grove, Chiswick and Clifton which…
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5 NovemberSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s opens convenience store in South Croydon
Sainsbury’s has announced the opening of its latest convenience store on Brighton Road, in South Croydon. The 2,640 sq. ft store was transformed from a vacant unit into a “fully fitted-out” Sainsbury’s Local in just five weeks where it will now serve customers from 7am – 11pm seven days a…
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4 NovemberDepartment Stores
Harrods reports £68m loss as restaurant staff to vote on strike action
Luxury department store Harrods has reported a loss of £68m for the 52-week period ending 30 January 2021. According to its latest set of accounts published on Companies House, it comes after its gross transaction value decreased by 51% to £1.09bn and its turnover also fell by 50% to £429m…
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4 NovemberSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s returns to profitability in H1
Sainsbury’s has revealed it has returned to profitability in the 28 weeks to 18 September 2021. During the period, the group generated pre-tax profits of £541m compared with a previous year’s loss of £137m which the group attributed to “significantly lower” restructuring and impairment costs. Group revenue rose to £15.7bn…
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4 NovemberEconomy
Footfall improves during October
October footfall saw a “noticeable improvement” to -13.4% lower than in 2019 compared with -17.4% in September, according to the latest figures from Springboard. The final week of the month, which included the October school half term, was “pivotal” in boosting footfall, shifting the average from -14.3% over the first…
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3 NovemberSupermarkets
Aldi to open 15 new stores before end of year
Aldi is set to open 15 new stores across the UK before the end of the year. The supermarket group, which currently has more than 930 UK stores, will open in new locations including Edinburgh (25 November), Orpington (2 December) and Poole (16 December). The new openings form part of…
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2 NovemberCoronavirus
SMEs to ‘keep calm and carry on’ despite rising costs, study finds
The majority of SMEs are “grateful” to be in business and generating revenue despite the increased costs, and are prepared to accept up to a 20% drop in revenue, according to a report by MarketFinance. It revealed four out of five (79%) SMEs have faced increased prices from suppliers over…
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