Sainsbury’s takes the lead at Christmas January 8, 2013 SAINSBURY posted the highest sales growth of the so called big four grocers in the run-up to Christmas and was the only one to grow market share, data revealed yesterday. Figures from Kantar Worldpanel showed Britain’s grocery market grew 3.2 per cent in the 12 weeks to 23 December, with the strongest growth at the [...]
John Lewis reports “stunning” Easter week April 13, 2012 Britain’s biggest department store chain John Lewis said it enjoyed a “stunning” week’s trade in the seven days to Easter Saturday as poor weather made shopping an attractive pursuit. The employee-owned retailer said on Friday its sales jumped 27.5 per cent year-on-year to £66.7m in the week to 7 April. “In comparison with the Good [...]
Online retailers prepare for busiest day ever December 2, 2012 HIGH street shops and online retailers will face one of their fiercest battles yet for customers this Christmas, with today set to mark the busiest internet shopping day of the year. UK online sales will peak today – dubbed Mega Monday by City analysts – with Visa Europe expecting 6.8m transactions worth £320m to be [...]
John Lewis sales rise March 23, 2012 John Lewis sales boosted by sun, mum, and iPads Kendal Gapinski John Lewis reported that last week’s volume of trade was a March record due to sunny weather, Mother’s Day, and the launch of the new iPad. Its sales jumped 20.9 per cent year-on-year to £63.1m. Britain’s biggest department store chain said that a sales [...]
John Lewis sales rise March 23, 2012 John Lewis sales boosted by sun, mum, and iPads Kendal Gapinski John Lewis reported that last week’s volume of trade was a March record due to sunny weather, Mother’s Day, and the launch of the new iPad. Its sales jumped 20.9 per cent year-on-year to £63.1m. Britain’s biggest department store chain said that a sales [...]
Waitrose smashes Christmas sales records January 3, 2013 WAITROSE yesterday toasted record trading in the run-up to the New Year after the grocer said aggressive promotions on products such as champagne and its Brand Price Match campaign helped to lure customers from rivals. The upmarket supermarket, which is owned by John Lewis, said like-for-like sales rose 5.4 per cent between 18 December New [...]
It’s out with the new, in with the old October 25, 2012 Say goodbye to the slick, shiny interiors that have gripped your imagination for the past few years and get ready to embrace something less severe. A homely aesthetic is the trend to know about this season. If the idea of pieces that have been acquired over time, perhaps a bit on the lived-in side, and [...]
On his naughty list? Revenge of Secret Santa December 19, 2012 A DISTURBING Christmas survey from NPW, the supplier of impulse purchase products to high street stores such as John Lewis and Paperchase. The firm’s Christmas elves told The Capitalist that not only do a third of us now enter into office present-giving via a mystery Father Christmas, but 32 per cent of chief executives use [...]
UK’s online retailers prepare for record breaking Cyber Monday November 21, 2012 CHRISTMAS is expected to result in the biggest day in online retailers’ history this year, with visits to shopping websites due to top 100m for the first time. Retailers have flagged Monday 3 December – dubbed “Cyber Monday” as the most intense day of Christmas shopping this year. This is down to a combination of [...]
John Lewis sales hit by fine weather March 30, 2012 John Lewis, Britain’s biggest department store chain, said today hot weather held back last week’s sales growth, as shoppers spent more time outdoors, in addition to tough comparative numbers last year. The retailer said department store sales rose 6.5 per cent to £57.9m in the week to March 24. This was a slowdown from the [...]