shopdirect news and archive

In Picture: Retailer hits and misses of 2015

With the end of the year just around the corner, FashionUnited takes a moment to look back upon the year and highlight which fashion retailers have managed to leave their mark in 2015 and which ones managed to slip though the gaps of the fashion wheel. Fashion Retailer Hits John Lewis British high street department store group John Lewis has...

Retail|REPORT Featured

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...

Retail|REPORT Featured

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...

Fashion Featured

Retail madness expected on 'Black Friday' and 'Cyber Monday'

Online giant Amazon UK predicts record numbers of shoppers to visit its site this year during 'Black Friday' and 'Cyber Monday,' while more and more UK retailers are beginning to jump on the kickoff to the holiday shopping bandwagon. Both 'Black Friday' and 'Cyber Monday' are retail promotional events which originated in the US and traditionally...

BusinessFeatured

Shop Direct reports 3 percent sales rise in FY14

REPORT_ Shop Direct in its full year results for the 12 months to June 30, 2014 announced that the group sales went up 3 percent to 1.74 billion pounds (2.80 billion dollars). Its digital department store Very.co.uk delivered sales growth of 23.1 percent and is now the biggest brand in the group with more than 700 million pounds (1,128 million...