Black Friday UK 2015: 1 in 5 ecommerce websites including John Lewis, Boots, Boohoo and Argos went down before 9am this morning November 27, 2015 UK retailers’ online shops are buckling under the strain of Black Friday, with one in five crashing before most of us had finished our morning commute. Argos, Boots and Game were among those that had downtime before 9am, showed data from commerce agency Ampersand. The agency is tracking what websites are currently live, showing how [...]
These three charts show the UK is made up of late-night, smartphone-using Black Friday addicts November 27, 2015 Black Friday may be the shopping equivalent of Marmite – you either love it or you hate it – but it looks like, despite their complaints, British shoppers are seizing the deals bonanza with both hands. Figures from PCA Predict suggest the UK has gone bananas for deals, with a 62 per cent increase in the [...]
Bitcoin Black Friday 2015: Get your bitcoin wallets ready as the cryptocurrency gets in on the retail bonanza November 27, 2015 Get your bitcoin wallets ready: Bitcoin Black Friday is here again. Because of course, this year’s biggest shopping frenzy is hardly restricted to high street shoppers, and bitcoin spenders will be able to make the most of slashed-price bargains until midnight today. Over 150 merchants are offering discounts to mark the event, as the sale [...]
Autumn Statement 2015 buy-to-let advice for landlords: After the chancellor’s stamp duty hike, what should investors do? November 27, 2015 The chancellor's announcement of a three per cent stamp duty levy on non-primary residences – specifically buy-to-let investments and second homes – caught many by surprise. This change is an incredibly blunt instrument to deal with a complex set of housing market issues. In principle, it will reduce the competition between first-time buyers and investors for many [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK: An interactive guide to the best deals, the history of the sales bonanza, whether it’s good for business – plus Cyber Monday November 27, 2015 The 2015 incarnation of Black Friday is set to be the UK’s biggest ever shopping day with some estimates suggesting almost £2bn will be spent on deals, sales and offers at the country’s biggest retail stores – both online and on the high streets. But what is it all about, why does it matter for [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK: Currys PC World has already had a record-breaking start to the deals day November 27, 2015 Currys PC World has reported its best-ever start to Black Friday, with more than seven million shoppers visiting its site already this week and eight items being sold every minute so far this morning. Yesterday's traffic to the electricals specialist almost matched that of Boxing Day last year – typically retailers' busiest day in the [...]
The FTSE’s best two day run since October – London Report November 27, 2015 THE FTSE 100 closed higher yesterday evening as miners made gains, despite BHP Billiton sliding. The UK’s top blue-chip index closed 0.88 per cent up, at 6,393 points, following the 0.96 per cent gain on Wednesday on the back of the chancellor’s Autumn Statement that sent housebuilders’ stocks higher. Glencore led the pack, closing 5.85 per [...]
Best of the Brokers for 27 November 2015 November 27, 2015 To appear in Best of the Brokers, email your research to notes@cityam.com MARSTON’S The latest financial results for the big British brewer and pub operator showed profit before tax had risen ten per cent to £91.5m, above the expectations of analysts at Numis. However, the analysts maintained their “add” recommendation and their 180p target price. [...]
Debris from a US SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has washed up on Britain’s shores November 27, 2015 Part of a rocket that took off from the US earlier this year has travelled across the Atlantic and ended up on the shores of the Scilly Isles. Bearing markings of the American flag, the 10m by 4m piece of metal has been identified as belonging to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which blew up [...]
Brown Thursday, Black Friday, Super Sunday, Cyber Monday 2015: When are the best deals going to be on offer? November 27, 2015 The UK has finally woken up to the pre-Christmas sales bonanza that has been building in the US for many years. Cyber Monday was the first to hit our shores, and, since 2009, has been the biggest single online sales day in the UK. But this year other US imports are gaining traction. What [...]