More Christmas continued – Page 25
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Analysis
Christmas in July: Top 10 toys for 2014
Children’s Christmas wish lists will feature a healthy mix of toys inspired by technology, traditional arts and crafts and Hollywood blockbuster spin-offs.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why online buying peaks were so different over Christmas 2013
It’s no secret that shopping habits are changing, but 2013’s peak period proved to be very different. Rebecca Thomson looks at the purchasing patterns that emerged over Christmas.
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Analysis
Infographic: Retail's winners and losers over Christmas
Retailers’ performances varied widely at Christmas. Rebecca Thomson looks at the festive period’s winners and losers.
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Opinion
Comment: Poundland has surged ahead of rivals to charm the middle classes
Poundland today reported a ‘record’ Christmas as year-on-year total gross sales surged 12.4% to £348.8m in its third quarter. Prospects for the year ahead, as the retailer eyes a public listing, are positive.
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Analysis
Analysis: Winners and losers in the Christmas league table
Christmas was, as ever, a different experience for each retailer with performances across the industry varying widely.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb's verdict: WHSmith - the more things change the more they stay the same
The Christmas trading update from WHSmith was the first from new chief executive Stephen Clarke, but the more things change the more they stay the same.
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Opinion
Comment: How retail fared on the Christmas stage
At times, this festive selling and reporting period has resembled a Shakespearean Christmas with elements of farce, tragedy and comedy, at times all combined.
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Analysis
Analysis: What went wrong for grocers at Christmas?
Many of the challenges facing the grocers were magnified over the Christmas trading period. Alex Lawson looks at why big names suffered and who managed to win sales.
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Opinion
Comment: Halfords has shown what putting the customer first really means
Putting the customer first is a retail cliché, so often mouthed but less frequently put into practice.
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Analysis
Analysis: Dixons boss Sebastian James on the electricals retailer's 'weird' Christmas
Dixons achieved strong sales during a “lively” Christmas. Chief executive Sebastian James talks to Retail Week.
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Opinion
Comment: What the year ahead has in store for retail
There’s no such thing as a slow start to the year at the BRC. The day the office reopens in early January always ushers in feverish preparation for answering that multibillion pound question: how was Christmas for retailers?
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Interview
Q&A: The Entertainer boss Gary Grant on its record Christmas
Toy retailer The Entertainer revealed like-for-likes up 7% and total sales up 12% in the five weeks to December 28. Retail Week asks boss Gary Grant how he did it.
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Opinion
Comment: Christmas clarified the issues facing grocers
The polarised nature of retail’s Christmas sales performance is the story of the 2013 festive season. And nowhere is that more apparent than in grocery.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb’s verdict: Asos - UK good, overseas bad?
The City is a hard taskmaster and it found reasons to be disappointed in Asos’s overseas sales growth today, but there’s no stopping the UK.
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Opinion
Comment: How tablets are changing the way we shop
Technology is transforming the way we shop – and this has never been more evident than in the past few weeks.
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Opinion
Blog: Marks & Spencer's tale of two Christmases
Marks & Spencer told a tale of two Christmases when it posted seasonal figures today.
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Analysis
Analysis: Where did Morrisons go wrong at Christmas?
Morrisons today surprised the City with an early trading update which warned on profits and reported plunging Christmas sales. Retail Week examines what caused the slump.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb’s verdict: Marks & Spencer - who’d be a food retailer?
Marc Bolland may have mixed feelings about the unfolding disaster at his old company Morrison’s, but he can be proud of how M&S Food has performed.
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Opinion
Comment: Grocers have some work to do after 'Excuses Thursday'
There seems to have been an alarming recent trend to label days of the week in retail, a la Sky Sports.