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Carnaby Street to showcase new Christmas light scheme

Landlord Shaftesbury Capital has announced a new “groundbreaking” Christmas light scheme for Carnaby Street in London this year will be switched on Thursday, November 7. The contemporary festive display developed with Sculptivate, the global design and creative production agency founded in 2007 by Andy Cobb and Ben Bigland, aims to offer a “...

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Post-Christmas returns: 1.41 billion pounds of items returning to retailers

Brits are expected to return their unwanted and ill-fitting Christmas presents this week, with 1.41 billion pounds worth of items expected to be returned to retailers following the festive season, according to ParcelHero. Royal Mail added that January 2, 2024, dubbed “take back Tuesday,” would see returns of online purchases increasing by 52...

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Just one in ten shoppers have finished Christmas shopping

New research has revealed that just one in ten shoppers are “done and dusted” with their Christmas shopping. ‘Buy now, pay later’ payment service Klarna surveyed 2,000 Klarna users on an in-app survey about their Christmas shopping for this year. The results revealed that 16 percent of shoppers plan to spend more on Christmas shopping this year,...

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Marylebone Lane hosts its first ever festive Christmas Shopping Evening! - Thursday 5th December

On Thursday 5th December Marylebone Lane will be hosting a Christmas Shopping Evening from 5-8pm for one night only including exclusive offers and one off discounts for shoppers. Located in the heart of Marylebone Village, Marylebone Lane is the perfect destination for shopping this Christmas, with a thriving community of exciting and...

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UK retail sales set to rise just 2 percent this Christmas

Following a difficult year for the UK high street, retailers are set to see a “modest” 2 percent rise in Christmas spending this year, reaching an estimated 98.8 billion pounds, according to UK data analyst GlobalData. The forecasted 2 percent rise in spending during the “golden quarter” is smaller than the 2.3 percent increase in spending...

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Shoppers to spend 1.6 billion pounds more this Christmas

UK consumers will spend 42.8 billion pounds this Christmas, an increase of 4 percent year-on-year, equating to an additional 1.6 billion pounds, according to research from business advisory firm Deloitte. The increase in retail sales the firm states is due to the fact that Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, meaning retailers will benefit...

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A third of Christmas shoppers yet to start their holiday shopping

With 15 days left until the big day, some consumers are likely to have already completed all their holiday shopping, but new data indicates that a third of UK shoppers have yet to start working on their Christmas lists. This may be enough to set some people's hearts racing, as research from Retail Economics also shows that 27 percent of shoppers...

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Need to know Tips & Tricks for the 2016 Holiday Season

London - With the end of October firmly behind us, there is no escaping the upcoming holiday season. Some retailers see Q4 as their most important and pivotal quarter, and this Christmas is no exception. Although half of UK consumers have no plans to participate in Black Friday, the unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season, according to...

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The best times to visit a store during Black Friday

London - With less than a day to go before the kick off of the holiday shopping period kicks off, more and more retailers have begun to spread out their Black Friday discounts in the hopes of preventing a immediate rush to their brick-and-mortar stores. However as consumers turn to their mobile devices several times throughout the day to find...

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Retailers remain divided over UK's Biggest Black Friday yet

Whilst the majority of industry experts urge UK retailers to prepare for the UK's "biggest Black Friday" to date, which seems set to break last year's records, a number of retailers have chosen to take a step back from the borrowed US shopping bonanza. Fear that Black Friday may have a larger impact on pre-Christmas and Christmas trading have...

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Will Black Friday 2015 turn into "Black My-day?"

With less than a month to go until the holiday shopping spree kicks off with Black Friday, retailers have been warned to prepare for an influx of shoppers - both online and offline. However not all customers will be out shopping for that special something for their significant other on Black Friday, as the majority of shoppers are poised to take...

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UK shoppers to spend 1 billion pounds online this Black Friday

UK retailers should batten down the hatches and prepare for this year's slew of seasonal discounting days is about to begin. With last year's holiday shopping bonanza Black Friday raking in a cool 810 million pounds online, this year's discount frenzy is expected to see UK consumers spend a whopping 1.07 billion pounds online. This would see the...