All Christmas articles – Page 113
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OpinionResourceful retailers made the best of 2009
Calm isn’t a word you’d usually use about retailers the week before Christmas. But with the big day just a week away, there seems a reassuring absence of panic among the UK’s leading retailers.
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NewsRetailers confident of improving Christmas trade
Retailers are confident that this Christmas will be no worse than last year, according to British Retail Consortium figures.
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NewsHalfords upbeat on festive prospects
Halfords is hopeful of a strong Christmas trading period as it ramps up its multichannel marketing.
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OpinionSanta and his enterprising sleigh
Preparing for the two most important trading weeks of the year and ensuring you reach expectations.
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NewsChristmas voucher specialist Park Group sees market revival
Christmas savings and voucher specialist Park Group has posted year-on-year interim sales up 6% for the six months to September 30 and revealed orders for Christmas 2010 are “well ahead of last year at this stage”.
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NewsWaitrose online forum to offer festive aid
Waitrose has launched an online forum to help shoppers cope with festive Christmas catering worries.
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NewsChristmas sales activity picks up
Retailers are cautiously optimistic in the run-up to Christmas although a later than usual rush is likely after disappointing November sales.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales continue to grow as it heads for record week online
John Lewis has revealed that sales in the week so far have continued to rise as shoppers flock to the department store in the run-up to Christmas.
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GalleryWinter window wonderland
With less than four shopping weeks to Christmas, the stores on Oxford Street should be a riot of festive fun. John Ryan walks the West End with Mary Portas to get her take on the displays.
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AnalysisInside the box: Christmas adverts
A couple of retailers stand out for their originality in this year’s crop of festive ads, but too many of them lack impact, Saatchi & Saatchi’s Richard Huntington tells Joanna Perry.
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NewsEtailers preparing for Christmas sales rush
Online retailers are hoping for one of their busiest days today with growing numbers of shoppers looking online for their Christmas presents.
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NewsBlack Friday shoppers hunt for bargains
Sales on one of America’s busiest shopping days, Black Friday, were marginally ahead of 2008, but shoppers steered clear of higher priced items to hunt out bargains.
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NewsMarks & Spencer engages with shoppers on Facebook
Marks & Spencer director of store marketing and design Nayna McIntosh fielded questions on pre-Christmas discounting and controversial Christmas ads in a live web chat on Facebook on Tuesday.
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NewsPets at Home anticipates bumper Christmas
The pet specialist retailer is anticipating a bumper Christmas, hoping shoppers will take advantage of its “best ever Christmas range”.
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NewsToy buying pushes up sales at John Lewis
Sales at John Lewis department stores for the week ending November 21 have jumped 15% on the same period last year to £78.5m as shoppers start buying gifts for Christmas.
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OpinionIPO hopes hang on Christmas
The Christmas selling season got off to its now traditional start this week: Debenhams held a Sale.
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AnalysisNeed to know: Christmas savings
Tesco and Asda have both claimed they will help customers save millions of pounds this Christmas with a flurry of price cuts. Do the figures add up?
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AnalysisThe Boxing Day challenge
With Boxing Day falling on a Saturday more retailers will open that day – many going straight into Sale. Liz Morrell finds out how they can ensure their stores are ready and they have staff support.
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NewsChristmas spending expected to fall
Spending this Christmas could fall for the first time in twenty years according to retail research house Verdict.
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NewsDebenhams confirms pre-Christmas Spectacular
Debenhams has confirmed it will launch its pre-Christmas Spectacular on Wednesday, promising more price cuts than the same Sale last year.