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James Hall & Co presents Christmas shopping at the click of a button

James Hall & Co presents Christmas shopping at the click of a button

James Hall & Co, the Spar wholesaler for the north of England, is making Christmas easier for shoppers than ever with its first online catalogue, Christmas Convenience. Thanks to the huge success of its printed Christmas brochure over the last two

19/10/2017 | Retail News, Retailer News, Wholesaler news | Read More

Consumers driven to online gift shopping to avoid crowds, queues and Christmas music, Webloyalty reports

Shoppers are turning online for their Christmas gift buying this year to escape the stress of long queues, big crowds and repetitive in-store Christmas music, according to new research. The Christmas Trends Report, commissioned by Webloyalty and carried out by

20/12/2016 | Data Time, Reports | Read More
Black Friday cannibalises traditional Christmas shopping habits, says KPMG

Black Friday cannibalises traditional Christmas shopping habits, says KPMG

Ahead of Black Friday 2016, KPMG highlights the impact the discount extravaganza is having on the traditional Christmas shopping period in the UK, with the sales typically noted in December now seemingly being cannibalised by the purchases being made in

25/11/2016 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Festive shoppers smash sales expectations at Newport’s Friars Walk, Queensberry Real Estate reports

Festive shoppers smash sales expectations at Newport’s Friars Walk, Queensberry Real Estate reports

Friars Walk, Newport’s brand new retail and leisure destination owned by Queensberry Real Estate, smashed its visitor target by 10% over the Bank Holiday weekend. 40,000 shoppers visited on Boxing Day alone, with a host of leading retail names reporting

31/12/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
£1.3bn to be spent on British high street as shoppers make last-minute dash for Christmas presents, Visa Europe predicts

£1.3bn to be spent on British high street as shoppers make last-minute dash for Christmas presents, Visa Europe predicts

Spending on the UK high street will peak at £1.3bn on Visa cards on Wednesday 23 December, just two days before Christmas, according to Visa Europe. Shoppers will make 37m transactions, up 10% in 2014, and total spending is predicted

21/12/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
MetaPack predicts record parcels volumes at the weekend

MetaPack predicts record parcels volumes at the weekend

MetaPack, a global leader in e-commerce delivery management, expects the last weekend before Christmas to result in record parcel volumes as shoppers catch-up with their festive shopping.

18/12/2015 | Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Panic Saturday Christmas spending set to peak at £1.5bn, reports Worldpay

Panic Saturday Christmas spending set to peak at £1.5bn, reports Worldpay

The weekend before Christmas could see Britain’s high-street retailers bring in £1.5bn in sales, analysis from Worldpay’s Insights Services team reveals.

17/12/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Shoppers expected to spend over £6.4bn at supermarkets in fortnight up to Christmas, says Nielsen

Shoppers expected to spend over £6.4bn at supermarkets in fortnight up to Christmas, says Nielsen

With consumers having delayed their main Christmas grocery shop, over £6.4bn is expected to be spent at the UK’s leading supermarkets in the two weeks to Christmas, according to global information and insights company Nielsen. “Shoppers will leave it late this

15/12/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Lack of digital presence causes independent retailers to miss Christmas traffic, reports Worldpay

Lack of digital presence causes independent retailers to miss Christmas traffic, reports Worldpay

Consumers are snubbing small and independent shops this Christmas because they do not provide the same digital shopping experience of the larger retail firms.

15/12/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More

New Savvy Marketing research unveils key final spending trends for Christmas 2015

New research from leading retail and shopper marketing agency, Savvy, has revealed Christmas spending plans for UK shoppers. The survey (of 1,000 household shopping decision makers) indicates that nearly 20% of shoppers have yet to think about or start their

14/12/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Black Friday fails to change Christmas shopping habits, commerce agency Ampersand finds

Sixty-three per cent of shoppers in Great Britain bought items for themselves on Black Friday, 30% did this whilst buying Christmas gifts for others, according to YouGov online research commissioned by commerce agency Ampersand. A third only bought items for

09/12/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Brits to spend £570 each on Christmas presents this year, Destination CMS reports

With the first few doors of advent calendars open, our attention rapidly turns to buying Christmas presents for friends and family. New research from retail marketing company Destination CMS has discovered that on average Britons will spend £570 each

09/12/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Physical stores take precedence for Christmas shopping in the UK, RichRelevance survey shows

Physical stores take precedence for Christmas shopping in the UK, RichRelevance survey shows

High street stores remain the cornerstone for British retailing success as nearly half (47 %) of UK shoppers say it’s more important for them to shop in store during the Christmas holidays, compared to other times of the year. Despite

30/11/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More

Brits expected to spend £1.9bn as Black Friday kicks off first major weekend of Christmas shopping, Visa Europe reports

£1.9bn will be spent on Visa cards on Friday 27 November – Black Friday – making it the biggest day for spending on this day in history. This year’s event will be driven primarily by the growth in e-commerce, as

24/11/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More

One quarter of people plan to shop on Black Friday… and top destinations are Amazon, Argos, Asda, Tesco, Currys, Debenhams and John Lewis, new research shows

With Black Friday just three Fridays away, new research from ICM Unlimited shows almost one quarter (23%) of people plan to buy something on 27 November this year. Seven in 10 (71%) people who bought something on Black Friday last year are planning to

06/11/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Busy December boosted by sales and exchanges, latest Retail Traffic Index (RTI) shows

Busy December boosted by sales and exchanges, latest Retail Traffic Index (RTI) shows

Post-Christmas sales, exchanges and returns drove bumper footfall figures for the UK non-food retail market in December, with shopping trips up 2.7% on 2013. The global retail and footfall consultant, Ipsos Retail Performance, compiles the Retail Traffic Index (RTI), which

12/01/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Biggest shopping day on record fails to create bumper Christmas for retailers, reports Barclaycard

Biggest shopping day on record fails to create bumper Christmas for retailers, reports Barclaycard

Despite the biggest shopping day on record, with the highest spend growth of the festive season coming over the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, consumer spending over the Christmas shopping period grew by just 4.1% – in line with previous months, according to new data

09/01/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Late boost in supermarket grocery sales but Christmas spend in 2014 still down, IRI reports

Late boost in supermarket grocery sales but Christmas spend in 2014 still down, IRI reports

Supermarket grocery sales finally ramped up in the final two weeks of the Christmas trading period (13-27 December 2014), bringing relief to retailers at the end of a difficult year. This is according to analysis by market and shopper intelligence firm

05/01/2015 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Food stop is essential part of the festive shopping experience, says British Sandwich Association

Food stop is essential part of the festive shopping experience, says British Sandwich Association

Despite the mayhem of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Christmas shopping is still an event we like to make a day of. Research from the British Sandwich Association shows nine in 10 people (91.5%) say a food stop in as an essential part of

18/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Argos report highlights how retail behaviour changes during the festive season

Argos report highlights how retail behaviour changes during the festive season

The average shopper expects to spend a whopping £365 on Christmas presents this year, whether that is through pounding the pavements of the high street and retail parks or from the comfort of our own homes. That’s according to the

18/12/2014 | Data Time, Reports | 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

December 23 tipped to be busiest shopping day, Experian footfall data shows

December 23 is tipped to be the busiest shopping day with footfall predicted to be up 53% on the daily average, according to Experian. So called Panic Monday – 22 December – is when online shopping is predicted to fall away as consumers take to the

15/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More

UK retailers predict click and collect surge over the Christmas trading period, reports Barclays

With Christmas just days away, retailers are gearing up for a surge in click and collect orders resulting from booming online sales over the festive period. According to independent research commissioned by Barclays’ Retail & Wholesale banking sector team, retailers say they

15/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More
Post Office predicts big surge in pre-Christmas returns is yet to come as online shoppers cash-in on convenience

Post Office predicts big surge in pre-Christmas returns is yet to come as online shoppers cash-in on convenience

The Post Office expects to receive its biggest ever pre-Christmas returns surge this week (15 December) as almost a third (31%) of consumers make final preparations in the lead up to Christmas. The findings reveal how the growing ease of returning online

15/12/2014 | Data Time, Research | Read More
eBay aims to ease Christmas shopping with launch of new iPad app

eBay aims to ease Christmas shopping with launch of new iPad app

eBay reports it is on a mission to create an engaging, curated and simplified shopping experience for its customers across all devices on which they shop and sell. Available globally today in the App Store is the new eBay for

10/12/2014 | Online retailers, Online retailing specialist, Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News | Read More
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