Chinese holidaymakers lead the charge over Christmas period January 13, 2014 WEALTHY foreign visitors helped keep Britain’s tills ringing over Christmas with spending up a record 40 per cent on the previous year. Chinese tourists led the charge, with spending up 52 per cent to around £741 per transaction in December, according to figures out yesterday by tax-free shopping specialist Global Blue. China accounted for the [...]
Black Friday 2015: Why UK shoppers are missing out the best deals from Amazon, John Lewis, Tesco and other retailers – bargains aren’t just for Christmas November 4, 2015 Last year on Black Friday, UK shoppers spent an astonishing £562,500 per minute online. It was a year which saw Boxing Day, which is traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year, toppled off its perch for the first time in seven years due to the remarkable success of Black Friday. This wasn’t, however, the [...]
Doddle’s Tim Robinson talks 2016, the future of shopping and why he’s looking for a new partner January 18, 2016 Have you used Doddle? If you have, then you’ll either have done so once or 13 times, Tim Robinson, chief executive of the parcel collect and send service tells me. Founded in the autumn of 2014, Doddle has done rather well so far. Over its 2015 peak trading period (the run-up to Christmas), it saw [...]
Asos share price rises following positive end to 2014 January 13, 2015 The figures British online fashion retailer Asos ended 2014 on a very positive note, with the Christmas period pushing sales up by 15 per cent in the six weeks to 9 January. The news caused shares to rise by 7.1 per cent to £26 when markets opened this morning, and they were still performing [...]
Sony Hack: Chief executive Kazuo Hirai breaks silence on “malicious” cyber-attack January 6, 2015 Sony's chief executive Kazuo Hiari yesterday broke his silence on the hacking scandal which has engulfed the company since November, at the International CES trade show in Las Vegas. In his first public comments on the cyber attack, Hiari said former and current employees of Sony were victims of "one of the most malicious cyber-attacks [...]
Morrisons ousts boss after poor holiday season January 13, 2015 BRITAIN’S embattled grocery sector claimed its first casualty of the year after Morrisons sacked its chief executive Dalton Philips following poor Christmas sales. Shares climbed 4.5 per cent as the City welcomed the prospect of a new boss to revive the supermarket’s fortunes. Morrisons’ incoming chairman Andy Higginson said Philips has “had a good run” [...]
Christmas shopping will help high street spending hit record highs December 24, 2014 Spending on the UK's high streets is expected to smash records this year as shoppers splurged over the Christmas period setting tills ringing. Retail sales are expected to reach an all-time high of £342bn this year, a rise of £48bn compared to 2010, government figures suggest. Spending is also expected to break records tomorrow as [...]
Shoppers face longer delivery times from M&S December 8, 2014 MARKS & Spencer’s online customers are set to be disappointed this Christmas shopping season, as they face longer waiting times for online deliveries. Standard deliveries will now take up to two weeks, according to the retailer’s website, as opposed to the normal five-day waiting period. The delay follows the shopping bonanza Black Friday, on 28 [...]
US jobless claims fall over Christmas period January 2, 2014 The number of people in the US claiming state unemployment benefit for the first time fell over the Christmas week to 339,000. Consensus had been for a fall to 334,000 from the previous figure of 341,000 (revised up from 338,000). The number of continuing claimants the week before (20 December) also fell to 2.83m – [...]
Sturridge heads to Red Sox for injury salvation December 17, 2014 LIVERPOOL striker Daniel Sturridge will link up with medical specialists at baseball team Boston Red Sox over the Christmas period in a bid to expedite his return from injury. Sturridge netted 25 times last season and has been sorely missed by the Reds as they have struggled to replicate the form which saw them narrowly [...]