All Golden quarter articles – Page 5
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DataThe Christmas trading 2024 retail league table
Find out how retailers fared during the critical 2024/25 Christmas trading period with our league table benchmarking sales performance across the industry.
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NewsNext has upped its guidance but warns of 'unwelcome' price rises
Next delivered a bumper Christmas performance, leading to an increase in its full-year profit guidance, but it warned that it would offset the incoming rise in wage costs by increasing the price of its clothing.
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NewsLondon Designer Outlet has posted its ‘best ever’ Boxing Day and Black Friday
London Designer Outlet (LDO) at Wembley Park has hailed its “bumper” year thanks to the outlet’s “best ever” Boxing Day and Black Friday performances.
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NewsLidl celebrates its ‘most successful Christmas yet’
Discount supermarket Lidl has recorded its “most successful Christmas yet” as year-on-year sales and turnover increased.
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NewsFootfall on peak shopping day rises as shoppers enjoy ‘last splurge’ ahead of Christmas
The peak shopping day before Christmas, December 23, has proved a hit for retailers
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NewsFootfall has peaked at just the right time for retailers in the run-up to Christmas
Christmas might not have come early for retail but it is at least coming, with footfall predicted to soar over the last weekend before the big day.
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NewsNetwork Rail retail sales have jumped ahead of Christmas rush
Network Rail Property saw a double-digit uplift in retail sales across its 19 managed stations over the summer ahead of the Christmas peak.
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Opinion‘At Christmas most people shop with their hearts and if they can spend, they will’
Dire predictions about retail’s Christmas performance are almost as traditional as holly and mistletoe, but rarely come true, says Charlotte Hardie
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AnalysisCurrys at Christmas: Inside Europe’s largest repair centre during the festive season
Retail Week visits the Currys repair centre in Newark during the final push to Christmas to see how the retailer is extending the life of tech while gearing up for the big day
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AnalysisGolden quarter trading: does a bumper Black Friday mean a flat Christmas?
Black Friday was huge this year as bargain hunters hit the streets (and the sites) on a mission to get the bulk of their Christmas gift shopping behind them. But is Black Friday’s gain at the expense of the crucial shopping spend in the weeks before Christmas?
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Analysis32 retailers reveal the products that will dominate Christmas
Argos, Boots, H&M, Iceland, John Lewis, Primark, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, The Entertainer, Waitrose and other leading retailers have told Retail Week which products they forecast to dominate sales this Christmas.
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NewsConsumer confidence has inched up ahead of Christmas
Consumer confidence has increased by one point in December, but the public are still cautious about the economic outlook and spending big money.
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NewsProCook sales have jumped as Christmas trading momentum picks up
ProCook has said trading momentum has picked up and posted an increase in first-half sales during a strong golden quarter.
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AnalysisBlag Friday? 40% of shoppers convinced deals aren’t real
Despite more shoppers reporting that they would be looking for bargains on the weekend than not, 40% of UK shoppers don’t believe that Black Friday discounts of 50% or more are actually real.
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NewsConsumers predicted to leave it late but spend big this Christmas
While the build-up to the golden quarter has been glacial, new predictive data from PwC shows that consumers are set to spend big this Christmas.
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AnalysisStore staff have called on retailers to invest in pay and conditions to avoid Christmas burnout
Exclusive interviews with 500 UK frontline workers reveal the factors that will incentivise productivity this golden quarter, at a time when staff are prone to disengagement
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DataRanking: The 50 most popular retail websites on Black Friday
Payday weekend propelled Black Friday into a bumper shopping weekend for Brits but which retailers lured in the most shoppers? Thanks to exclusive data compiled by Similarweb for Retail Week, we can reveal the victors of the promotional bonanza
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NewsDebenhams sales have soared after ‘intense online shopping period’
The online department store announced a 65% increase in sales since last year with well-known brands driving the retailer’s popularity with online shoppers.
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GalleryIn pictures: retailers’ spectacular Christmas windows
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for store windows, as retailers seek to create seasonal in-store theatre to stimulate golden quarter spend
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AnalysisAfter a slow start to the golden quarter, here’s how Black Friday sales are looking
While Black Friday spend has been slightly subdued in the past couple of years due to low consumer confidence, a cost of living crisis, and the event typically falling before payday, this year is looking like a different story