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Consumers poised to treat themselves on Black Friday, Hammerson Shopper Tribes Report reveals

Following on from the success of Black Friday 2014, where the majority of consumers (66%) polled as part of Hammerson’s Shopper Tribes Report said they took advantage of special offers to treat themselves, rather than stocking up on Christmas gifts, retailers

02/11/2015 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
Salmon offers retailers five top tips for success on Black Friday, tipped to be the UK’s first £1bn online shopping day

Salmon offers retailers five top tips for success on Black Friday, tipped to be the UK’s first £1bn online shopping day

With just less than one month to go until what global ecommerce consultancy Salmon predicts will be the UK’s first £1bn online shopping day, retailers should be in the final stages of preparations for Black Friday 2015. To help in final preparation

30/10/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Bad shopper experiences on Black Friday and Cyber Monday last year will deter shoppers in 2015, Blue Yonder predicts

Bad shopper experiences on Black Friday and Cyber Monday last year will deter shoppers in 2015, Blue Yonder predicts

The research conducted by predictive analytics firm, Blue Yonder found that the 75% of people that took to the shops last Black Friday felt ‘the shops were too busy’, ‘there was not enough of a discount’, ‘it was traumatic and not worth the

28/10/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
More people buy for themselves in the run up to Black Friday, Connexity research shows

More people buy for themselves in the run up to Black Friday, Connexity research shows

More people buy for themselves in the run up to Black Friday, according to findings from Connexity’s Self-Gifting Report. The report of over 38,000 global online buyers, includes data from 2012-14. Key highlights include: More people are buying for themselves over Black Friday,

27/10/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Argos Click & Collect delivery option from eBay is ideally timed for Black Friday and Christmas, says ParcelHero

Argos Click & Collect delivery option from eBay is ideally timed for Black Friday and Christmas, says ParcelHero

With just 25 working days until the Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend, ParcelHero says eBay’s new Argos Click & Collect delivery options are ideally timed. There are only 25 working days until the Black Friday weekend and eight weeks until Christmas, and the

27/10/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Doddle believes retailers will start discounting two weeks earlier than Black Friday

Doddle reckons UK retailers will start discounting before Black Friday and spread the offers over a wider period. CEO, Tim Robinson, said: “At Doddle we think the spike is going to start sooner than expected. Retailers are likely to discount

26/10/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Forget Black Friday, prepare for the aftermath, Crimson warns retailers

Retailers need to pay as much attention to preparing themselves for the days and weeks that follow Black Friday, as they do to the day itself. That’s the message from retail solutions provider, Crimson, as it launches its new application

21/10/2015 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More
Best-effort delivery networks threaten retailers’ customer relationships, warns Centiro

Best-effort delivery networks threaten retailers’ customer relationships, warns Centiro

Centiro has warned that retailers’ risk damaging customer relationships if they continue to operate ‘best-effort’ delivery networks. With the huge growth of online retail and consumers demanding greater speed and convenience, retailers’ delivery capabilities are coming under increasing strain. They

26/03/2015 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More
Black Friday, click and collect and polarisation, define Christmas 2014, Boxwood report shows

Black Friday, click and collect and polarisation, define Christmas 2014, Boxwood report shows

Boxwood’s Christmas Trading Report reveals the 2014 Christmas trading period proved to be even more challenging than usual for many retailers. An unseasonably mild autumn together with the chaotic scenes we saw on Black Friday and Cyber Monday left many

05/03/2015 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
Worldpay reports record-breaking December as UK casts off spending shackles

Worldpay reports record-breaking December as UK casts off spending shackles

UK shoppers reached for the plastic in record numbers in the run-up to Christmas according the latest data from Worldpay, the UK’s leading payments processor. Worldpay handled an unprecedented 600m credit and debit card transactions in the UK during December,

13/01/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Discounts and multi-channel deliver Christmas cheer, latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor finds

UK retail sales declined by 0.4%, on a like-for-like basis from December 2013, when they had increased 0.4% on the preceding year, according to the December BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a total basis, sales were up 1.0%, against a

13/01/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Click and collect drives toy sales for The Entertainer at Christmas

Click and collect drives toy sales for The Entertainer at Christmas

Click and collect accounted for 50% of online orders at toy retailer The Entertainer in the week before Christmas, up from 25% in non-peak trading. The service, powered by hybris’s omni-channel software, came into its own in 2014, according to

09/01/2015 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
Black Friday 2014 becomes biggest shopping day on record, Barclaycard reports

Black Friday 2014 becomes biggest shopping day on record, Barclaycard reports

The Black Friday shopping phenomenon well and truly took off in the UK this year, as consumers spent 18% more than they did on the same day last year to get hold of the best deals in the run-up to Christmas. The huge

05/01/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Black Friday surge saves November footfall, Experian shows

Black Friday surge saves November footfall, Experian shows

A surge of interest in Black Friday saved monthly footfall during November, as retail traffic increased by +7.8% in the UK and +18.2% in Ireland, according to Experian. The sharp upturn in activity towards the end of the month led

29/12/2014 | Retail News | Read More
Quarter of UK consumers will not use high street for Christmas shopping, YouGov online survey for Akamai finds

Quarter of UK consumers will not use high street for Christmas shopping, YouGov online survey for Akamai finds

Akamai, a leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications, has announced the figures for retail traffic volumes on its intelligent platform at the end of November, and simultaneous research carried out with

16/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Record Black Friday gears retailers up for busier Christmas, claims Ipsos Retail Performance

Record shopper numbers boosted the UK non-food retail market in November, with Black Friday posting a 23% increase in footfall on last year. The global retail and footfall consultant, Ipsos Retail Performance, compiles the Retail Traffic Index (RTI), which is derived from

09/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More
UK retailers could have achieved more from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, suggests Eagle Eye

UK retailers could have achieved more from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, suggests Eagle Eye

Steve Rothwell, founder of Eagle Eye Solutions, suggests UK retailers could have achieved stronger results through more effective use of technology and incentives ‘A picture speaks a thousand words’ or in the case of Black Friday this year, a picture

08/12/2014 | Comment, Opinion Time | Read More
Amazon sales up 31% on Cyber Monday versus same time last year, latest ChannelAdvisor data shows

Amazon sales up 31% on Cyber Monday versus same time last year, latest ChannelAdvisor data shows

ChannelAdvisor has tracked sales at all the leading online marketplaces on Cyber Monday and Black Friday and compared spend with last year. The results are as follows Cyber Monday, 1 December: CSE –  up 25.6% from the same time last year Google Shopping

02/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Maplin reports online sales up 70% and stores ahead 30% on Black Friday

Maplin Electronics reports it has achieved its best ever online sales day on Black Friday with online sales up over 70% and stores sales up over 30% on a like-for-like basis. Chief executive office of Maplin, John Cleland, said: “Online sales were driven by traffic

02/12/2014 | Online retailers, Online retailing specialist, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Global online fashion retailer, Missguided, reports “outstanding weekend” of sales

Online fashion retailer, Missguided, reports it enjoyed an outstanding weekend of sales following promotions on Black Friday and across the Cyber Weekend. The retailer, which recently launched its second collaboration with pop-star Nicole Scherzinger and a range of plus size clothing for young women,

02/12/2014 | Online retailers, Online retailing specialist, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Sales at online marketplaces soar on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, ChannelAdvisor reports

Sales at online marketplaces soar on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, ChannelAdvisor reports

ChannelAdvisor has tracked sales at all the leading online marketplaces over Thanksgiving and Black Friday and compared spend with last year. The results are as follows Thanksgiving, Thursday, 27 November: Google Shopping is up 58% from the same time last year Amazon

01/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Cyber Monday: 53% of people tipped to shop today but retailers have lost their nerve, says e-commerce expert

New research from retail finance specialist Pay4Later reveals 53% of people expect to do some of their Christmas shopping on Cyber Monday, which is set to be the busiest day of the year for online shopping in the UK. But, by relying on

01/12/2014 | Data Time, Research, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Department stores poised to double takings this weekend, Worldpay reveals

Department stores poised to double takings this weekend, Worldpay reveals

As Black Friday heralds the beginning of the annual Christmas shopping rush, data from Worldpay reveals Britain’s department stores – the flagships of British retail – can expect to double their takings this weekend, with stores in the North of England set to benefit

28/11/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More
More than half of online traffic to Argos on Cyber Monday to come from phones and tablets, retailer reports

More than half of online traffic to Argos on Cyber Monday to come from phones and tablets, retailer reports

As one of the biggest shopping weekends of 2014 approaches, leading online retailer Argos is predicting a UK mobile shopping frenzy this year with more visits than ever to its website and apps on Cyber Monday coming from shoppers using smartphones and

28/11/2014 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More

Pundits and predictions for Black Friday and Cyber Monday flood into Retail Times

Retail Times has been inundated by pundits and predictions for retail trading tomorrow. Here’s a flavour of the latest sales forecasts and tips for success Craig Sears-Black, UK managing director of Manhattan Associates, said: “A new retail trend is showing that some of Britain’s

27/11/2014 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
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