The holiday shopping season in the US was a success – of sorts – according to the latest figures from MasterCard SpendingPulse. Sales for November and December rose a better-than-expected 4.6% and sales between Black Friday and Christmas Eve surged 7.9%. Yippee. And the force was with fashion as well as furniture with MasterCard’s Sarah…
2015 was the year of the mobile wallet. But despite the fast take-up, the payment method didn’t quite take off in the way it should for 2016. However, the conditions are right for mobile wallets to really take flight this year. Mobile payments are set to expand fast over the next 12 months with Samsung…
Saturday’s always a big shopping day in the UK so what happened this year on the first day after Christmas? Well chez Halliday, we got up late and ate Turkey sandwiches. And elsewhere? Everybody went shopping. And how. Presumably buoyed by an ever-rising number of gift cards received from their nearest and dearest, footfall surged…
It’s Christmas Day and many of us are doing what we usually do on the biggest festive day in the Western calendar when most shops are shut – shopping. Yep, Britons are expected to spend over £700m online today. OK, that’s relatively small-scale compared to Black Friday’s spend (£1bn-plus) but it’s still pretty huge considering…
At this time of year it does us good to think of those less fortunate than ourselves. Consider the Beckhams, ex-footballer David, ex-pop star Victoria and all those kids. Struggling to find new careers, bringing up a young family, conducting a relationship across several continents… it’s tough. And their fashion and branding business is earning…
Mulberry has been cleared by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority after 42 people complained about its #MulberryMiracle ad being blasphemous. Why blasphemous? The ad (ironically created by an agency called Adam&EveDDB) shows a woman who’s just moved into a remote house opening her Christmas present – a red Mulberry handbag. Then some shepherds turn up and…
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, it’s hard to get away from pantsuits, especially if you’re working in a fairly conservative office environment where they’re a must-have if you’re looking for a more comfortable alternative to the traditional shift dress or skirt/top combo. Most designers include at least one every season as they know they’ll always sell,…
The House of Fraser Christmas advertising slogan couldn’t have been more prophetic: Your Christmas, Your Rules. Shoppers are in the driving seat this year and it’s left the retail sector reeling. So, three questions retail analysts are asking at moment. How much of a damp squib will the post-Christmas sales be in-store? How big will the…
Yesterday analysts were scrambling to change their Christmas shopping predictions after their crystal ball gazing around the so-called Panic Saturday proved very wrong. But this time it looks like they got it right as shoppers knocking off early for Christmas hit the stores with a vengeance. Apparently, shoppers queued in their cars for over three…
Don’t be distracted by stories about flying drone product deliveries. I’m convinced the future of parcel delivery is ground-based and this neat little robot might be the way forwards.
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