More Christmas continued – Page 27
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Opinion
Comment: Cyber Monday sales set to soar but service levels must be maintained
Online retailers have been braced for Cyber Monday, the busiest online day of the year, and so far it looks to be a bumper one.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Christmas window schemes from around the world
For visual merchandisers, Christmas tends to come in late October or early November. This is the time of year when those at the top of the festive tree compete to grab shoppers’ attention, both in-store and in the windows.
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Analysis
Analysis: Using Google Glass while shopping
What is it like to shop using Google Glass? Mobile agency Somo lent Rebecca Thomson the technology for an afternoon to find out.
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Opinion
Comment: What can retailers expect this Christmas?
Retailers and speculators have high expectations for UK sales this Christmas, despite a backdrop of slow wage growth and ongoingausterity measures.
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Analysis
Woolworths collapse 5th Anniversary: Woolworths Christmas TV ads through the decades
The news that Woolworths was collapsing broke five years ago today. Retail Week takes a look at its famous Christmas TV adverts that helped signal the start of the festive season.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can I ensure my products stand out in department stores?
How can I ensure my products stand out in department stores?
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Analysis
Innovation: Barneys combines visual art with Jay-Z collaboration for Christmas displays
Luxury department store Barneys in New York has collaborated with visual artist Joanie Lemercier and music icon Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter to create interactive multimedia Christmas window displays.
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Gallery
In pictures: Christmas window displays
Retailers have pulled out all the stops this year with their Christmas windows.
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Opinion
Comment: Why this Christmas represents a coming of age for omnichannel retail
With the holidays and new year fast approaching, online retail revenues are predicted to soar this festive season.
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Opinion
Comment: Mobile technology will continue to revolutionise the way we shop
We’ve already heard the major retailers predicting that this Christmas there will be explosive growth in m-commerce as consumers increasingly make purchases from their tablets or smartphones.
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Gallery
In pictures: Dixons reveals its Christmas present product picks
Currys and PC World owner Dixons has revealed which products it expects to be top sellers this Christmas.
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Opinion
Comment: A very merry mobile Christmas and what that means for retailers in-store
It’s interesting to see that since our last post, John Lewis is predicting that 2013 will be the first “mobile Christmas”, when sales on smartphones and tablets are expected to overtake sales on desktops on Christmas Day.
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Opinion
Comment: Christmas comes early as retailers display festive stock
When I worked in stores, Christmas wasn’t the festive two days in December alone. It started in August when the tins of sweets arrived and ended in early January.
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Analysis
Analysis: How are etailers investing and innovating to rip down barriers to online shopping?
The quest to make online shopping as quick and convenient as possible has accelerated this year as retailers excelled themselves with slick fulfilment and innovative partnerships.
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Gallery
In pictures: Selfridges unwraps Christmas window displays
Department store Selfridges has unveiled its festive window displays at its flagship store in Oxford Street.
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Opinion
Comment: Christmas starts with a bang, but online shopping is the one to watch
Christmas has started with another helping of good news for retailers. Sales are expected to be the best since pre-crisis levels of 2007 with online sales forecast to reach £11.6bn this quarter, a 12% increase year on year.
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Opinion
Retail surgery: How can retailers retain their customers and stop showrooming from ruining their Christmas?
How can retailers retain their customers and stop showrooming from ruining their Christmas?
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers gear up for Christmas
Get ready, Christmas is almost here. Yes, really. No sooner have the barbecues, pop-up tents and water pistols been consigned to the shed, then retailers’ minds shift towards Christmas.
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Opinion
Comment: Technology will drive success during economic upturn
The volume of financial updates from retailers in the last few weeks was a prime opportunity to take the temperature of the sector as it begins to prepare for the Christmas countdown.
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Opinion
Comment: Making every minute count as Christmas retail battle nears
Twenty-four minutes: that’s how long one of Marks & Spencer’s legion of female shoppers typically spends in the general merchandise section.