More Black Friday – Page 8
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OpinionThis week in retail: Black Friday madness begins
It’s finally here – Black Friday week. Or Black Friday fortnight for some.
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Opinion
Opinion: Buster the boxer, brand values and Black Friday
’Tis the season to watch telly – or more likely these days YouTube – as retailers unveil their Christmas ads.
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OpinionBlog: Refining the supply chain for Black Friday
Hermes’ Carole Woodhead shares retailer insights into coping with added pressure on delivery services over the Black Friday weekend.
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DataData: Consumer appetite for Black Friday overestimated
Retail Week exclusive: Survey shows there is a mismatch between consumers’ and retailers’ perceptions of Black Friday as three-quarters of shoppers plan to spend less.
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OpinionBlog: How to survive Black Friday – are you prepared?
As the retail calendar rolls into November, retailers are once again bracing themselves for Black Friday.
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OpinionOpinion: Don't go into Black Friday blind this year
With a month to go before Black Friday, retailers are focused on final preparations for what will be their biggest sales peak of the year.
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AnalysisDiscount days and how best to prepare for them
A new white paper from Retail Week, in association with ChannelAdvisor, reveals the need-to-know information about discount days.
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Opinion
Opinion: Three trends in online retail for 2017
As Retail Week prepares to unveil this year’s Etail Power List tomorrow, trade body IMRG highlights three online trends to look out for in 2017.
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OpinionThis week in retail: Amazon Prime Day is changing retail's landscape
With Christmas in July in full swing and retailers preparing for the golden quarter, Amazon is single-handedly changing the retail landscape.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ensuring ecommerce and supply chain work together to deliver
Retail Week and MetaPack explore how ecommerce and supply chain teams can work together to create a winning fulfilment strategy.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail is paying the price of ongoing structural change
However challenging last year may have been, this year is going to be tougher as retailers continue to compete on price promotions.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Trading lessons and emerging trends from the golden quarter
What were the key trends to emerge from the all-important festive trading period? OC&C’s Tom Gladstone looks at the numbers.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail’s productivity conundrum is as pressing as ever
Christmas brought a continued acceleration of online migration: not perhaps an inflection point, but certainly a quickening of pace.
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OpinionOpinion: Traditional KPIs mean little in this new era of retail
The Christmas trading updates have been a mixed bag, dividing retailers into two starkly contrasting groups of under- and over-performers.
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OpinionLeo McKee: Adapt to survive the changing shape of retail
As trading patterns shift and consumer habits change, retailers must evolve with the times in order to ensure a successful future.
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AnalysisInfographic: Marc Bolland on leaving M&S plus key facts and figures
The week in words and numbers, January 15, 2016: Bolland as he reveals he’s leaving M&S, number of Blue Inc stores set to close plus more.
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OpinionBlog: Reflecting on the success of delivering Christmas 2015
Hermes head of marketing Joanne Morley discusses a successful peak trading period for both retailers and the delivery giant.
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AnalysisAnalysis: December Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Retail sales edged up 0.1% on a like-for-like basis as Christmas failed to spark the spending spree retailers had hoped for.
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AnalysisOpinion: How consumers really shopped over the festive period
What can retailers learn from consumer spending habits during the golden quarter of 2015 to help them succeed in the year ahead?
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OpinionOpinion: Dixons Carphone flags changing shape of seasonal trading
The latest results from Dixons Carphone demonstrate how the retail landscape of the all-important golden quarter continues to shift.