First Christmas trading update: What did Next say?
The first trading statement is out and I can hardly bear to look, especially as it’s a biggie. OK, so what has Next got to tell us about the holiday season? Here goes…
US holiday shopping: Late surge to the rescue
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…
Mobile wallets: Really ready for take-off?
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…
Christmas 2015: Game-changing season for stores
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…
Shopping continues on Christmas Day, discounts hit historic highs
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…
E-tail to soar post-Christmas as shoppers take control
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…
Robot deliveries take a step forward
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.
Retailers blink first on Panic Saturday – three reasons why
They called it Panic Saturday, the day UK shoppers would wake up and think “OMG, it’s Christmas on Friday, I must go shopping.” So did it happen? Not really. Stores geared up for retail madness but shoppers woke up and said “yeah, whatever…”
Christmas shopping set for four-day take-off
Britons are going to go on a spending binge in the next four days that will blow the Black Friday long weekend’s spending out of the water. And online will benefit as well as physical stores, despite the delivery drawbridge getting precariously close to being pulled up.
John Lewis sales: Sequin rush not started yet
Has this been a good festive shopping season for the fashion sector? The jury’s still out on that one. But the latest figures from John Lewis suggest it’s not been spectacular. It seems consumers aren’t exactly rushing to stock up on the sparkly partywear that’s making almost every fashion store into a twinkling wonderland at the…
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