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
Sainsbury’s pre-tax profits jumped by nearly 13% to £827m in the year to 19 March 2011 on the back of strong growth in non-food and its convenience business, which has racked up £1bn in sales. Total sales rose 7% to
Shopper transaction company Global Blue claims the combination of the Royal Wedding, Olympics and Diamond Jubilee will boost tourism spend in the UK and has dubbed it the WODJ (Wedding, Olympics and Diamond Jubilee) effect. Nigel Dasler, vice president UK
