Black Friday or Cyber Monday 2015: Which sales bonanza will be the biggest? November 23, 2015 We are heading towards the weekend that retailers are pinning their hopes on. From November 27 we will see Black Friday, before heading into Super Sunday and finally Cyber Monday (apparently Saturday will be just so-so – at least, no one is mentioning it in their marketing). In total, Visa Europe predicts this year's total [...]
Carl Icahn just called a shareholder meeting for AIG investors to discuss ousting chief executive Peter Hancock and ramp up plans to split the insurance giant in three November 23, 2015 Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is calling a shareholder meeting for AIG to discuss ousting current chief executive Peter Hancock, claiming the company is not reacting quickly enough to fears that it's grown "too big to succeed". Last month Icahn – who is one of AIG's largest shareholders, owning more than 42m shares – published a statement calling for the insurance [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: Apps including HotDeals UK, Stocard, Amazon, Ebay and Waze will help find the best bargains on 27 November November 23, 2015 Black Friday is almost upon us. But if, come 27 November, you'd rather dodge the crowds and get straight to the bargains, you might need some help. After all, around one in six Britons are planning to make the most of the deals day to snare a bargain, with one in five of us expecting [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: EBay has just unveiled its first deals for bargain-hunters including offers on Macbook Pro, Xbox One Console, LG 50 inch Smart LED TV, Lenovo Notebook November 23, 2015 As all good retailers know, Black Friday is not about incremental sales, it's about being the first to snare the finite amount of cash consumers are willing to spend in the run-up to Christmas. Amazon has kickstarted the process with the first of its 7,000 deals going live this morning. Carphone Warehouse, Very and a host of [...]
UK house prices have reached an all-time high – but price growth is slowing in London November 23, 2015 UK house prices surged last month, taking the average cost of a home to an all-time high – but London is falling behind. The country's average rose by 1.9 per cent in October, taking the annual growth to 10.5 per cent. That means the national average cost of a house now stands at £224,242, according [...]
Not a sausage: Sales of processed meat including sausages and bacon fall in wake of WHO report November 23, 2015 British consumers appear to have been scared away from buying processed meats on the back of the World Health Organisation's report, claiming it was a major cause of cancer. Supermarkets across the country have reported a £3m drop in sales of sausages and bacon in the two weeks following the report's publication as shoppers consider the health [...]
New coffee brand Change Please to adopt Big Issue model for ex-homeless baristas November 23, 2015 If you've been mulling the ethics of where you get your morning coffee from, fret no more: there's a new solution in town. A former City trader has joined forces with the founder of the Big Issue to launch a new coffee brand, Change Please, employing people who have been homeless. The coffee is priced £2.50 [...]
Twitter is reacting to #Brusselslockdown with pictures of cats – and Belgian police have thanked users for doing it November 23, 2015 Brussels has entered its third day of being on lockdown over fears of a Paris-style terror attack, meaning the metro is closed, schools have been shut and businesses advised to tell staff to stay at home. Authorities have also asked that people do not update social media with sightings of police as they carry out [...]
Black Friday UK 2015: Deals on XBox Ones, Samsung Galaxy 6s and Edge, Samsung Smart 4K TV and Curved TV being unveiled by Amazon, Carphone Warehouse and Very.co.uk ahead of 27 November November 23, 2015 Black Friday is upon us. Yes, plenty of companies – including Tesco, John Lewis and Currys – are still holding out until 27 November itself, but there are many retailers already offering deep discounts in the hope they can swoop in early on bargain hunters' cash. Amazon has revealed the first of its week of [...]
Brussels lockdown continues as Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam eludes capture November 23, 2015 Brussels will be put on lockdown again today after police failed to capture the prime suspect in its hunt for the people behind the Paris attacks 10 days ago. Belgian police have arrested 16 more people overnight, but Salah Abdeslam – the 26-year-old brother of a man who blew himself up in a Parisian cafe [...]
