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- 2019 -10 DecemberClothing & Shoes
Ted Baker bosses depart as it warns of profits drop
Ted Baker has confirmed its CEO Lyndsay Page has resigned and chairman David Bernstein is to step down from their roles, on the same day that the embattled clothing retailer also issued a profit warning. In a trading update for its full year, the company said expectations for the period…
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5 DecemberHigh Street
Joules revenues up 3.1% despite ‘challenging’ September period
Lifestyle brand Joules has reported a 3.1% increase in half-year sales attributed to a “disciplined” approach to promotional activity and “strong” e-commerce growth, despite it facing a “challenging” trading environment. Although wholesale revenues decreased by 3.8%, international revenues increased by 17% compared to 15.8% for the first half of last…
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4 DecemberHigh Street
Argos set for Christmas disruption amid plans for 15-day delivery strike
Argos customers are facing “Christmas misery” after UPS staff in Barton, Staffordshire, chose to go into strike action over a 10-month-long pay dispute, union Unite has said. Shunter and HGV drivers employed by UPS at Argos’ flagship distribution centre at Barton, near Burton on Trent, will commence over two weeks…
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3 DecemberComment
A sustainable Christmas is coming to town
We are all reminded that the holiday season is approaching with a flurry of Christmas adverts encouraging us all to spend, yet retailers are anticipating a less than merry Christmas for their sales. According to Deloitte, only 62% of retailers expect to see higher sales this Christmas compared to a…
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3 DecemberHigh Street
Black Friday boosts consumer spending in November
UK retail sales grew in the month of November, according to the latest report from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). When factoring in Black Friday, like-for-like sales grew by 0.9%, up from a decline of 4.9% when excluding the sales event from monthly figures. For the period of 27 October…
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3 DecemberHigh Street
Black Friday footfall up 3.3%
Black Friday footfall rose by 3.3% year-on-year according to the latest figures from Springboard. The Retail intelligence experts found that shopper numbers increased in all three destination types with shopping centres faring the best with an increase in footfall of +6.5% as shoppers looked to make the most of the…
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2 DecemberHigh Street
One in five small retailers set to close after Christmas
A new survey from Notonthehighstreet has reported more than one in five small retailers said they will close its stores in the next year if Christmas is below average. It was revealed that 22% of small and medium-sized retailers thought they would close within a 12 months amid a poor…
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Nov- 2019 -28 NovemberAdvice
How online retailers can reduce the impact of festive returns
Peak season is just around the corner and this year more than a quarter (28%) of UK shoppers expect to spend more online during the 2019 Christmas shopping season than in 2018. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday now both staple fixtures in the calendar for shoppers and brands, millions…
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28 NovemberPeople Moves
M&S hires former Arcadia exec as head of brand creative
Marks and Spencer has appointed Anthony Cassidy as its new head of brand creative. Cassidyy joins from Arcadia, where he is currently creative director across a number of the group’s brands. Marks and Spencer said Cassidy has a “diverse” range of experience including both in-house and agency roles at Portas…
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27 NovemberHigh Street
Shop prices fall for sixth consecutive month
Shop prices fell for the sixth consecutive month, according to the November BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index. Overall prices fell by 0.5% year-on-year compared with a 0.4% price decrease in October. Non-food item prices also decreased by 1.6% year-on-year. Meanwhile, food item prices increased 1.4% year-on-year, reflecting an ease in inflation…
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