Black Friday UK 2014: John Lewis and Marks & Spencer set for bumper sales weekend as mega deals entice customers November 24, 2014 You can hardly move for Black Friday promotions this week. Everyone from Amazon to Asda and John Lewis to Very is getting in on the day. Electricals like TVs, tablets and other gadgets, designer watches, clothing and toys will all have cut price offers for the weekend that starts with Black Friday and ends with [...]
Black Friday to kick off £42bn Christmas spree November 23, 2014 Britons are expected to splurge £42.4bn in the run-up to Christmas – £1.5bn more than last year – as retailers brace themselves for an American-style Black Friday shopping frenzy set to take over their websites and stores this week. Sales are forecast to rise by four per cent year-on-year in the period starting from today [...]
Alibaba Singles Day 2014 sales are three times bigger than last year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined November 11, 2014 Alibaba has made over $9bn from its Singles Day sales bonanza. $9.3bn (£5.67bn) worth of sales to be exact. In 24 hours. No wonder investors were so keen to get a slice of that pie earlier this year. What started as a day for lonely hearts to celebrate singledom by purchasing gifts for [...]
RBS and Natwest hit by new IT failures on Cyber Monday December 2, 2013 CUSTOMERS at RBS and NatWest were frozen out for at least four hours last night as the giant bank’s payment system crashed for the third time in 18 months, and on the busiest shopping day of the year so far. Hundreds of thousands of transactions were blocked by the fault yesterday evening, stopping customers making [...]
John Lewis hit by week delay of Black Friday November 24, 2013 CHRISTMAS sales at John Lewis slowed last week, as tough comparatives from a year ago prevented a repeat of last week’s stellar growth. The department store group reported sales of £111.9m in the week to 23 November, up 2.1 per cent on the same week last year, as the cold weather drove sales of coats [...]
Wall St The Week Ahead: Thanksgiving lull ahead of Black Friday November 24, 2013 Wall Street set another record last week, and the rally that has taken the S&P 500 index nearly 30 per cent higher for the year shows no sign of losing steam as Americans prepare to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. Trading volume is likely to be light as US stock markets will be closed on Thursday [...]