Black Friday 2014’s most wanted: From games consoles and tablets to ouija boards and Hunter Boots November 25, 2014 Google has revealed its predictions for the biggest selling items of this year's Black Friday weekend – and there are a few goods that are likely to surprise. Oujia boards – whose popularity began in Victorian times but swelled after the First World War and into the 1930s – are among some of the [...]
Black Friday 2014: Christmas now “front of mind” for UK shoppers, says John Lewis November 25, 2014 Christmas is “now front of mind” for shoppers, John Lewis has said, with weekly sales reaching £114.2m as the business heads into the Black Friday weekend. Despite tough comparisons, John Lewis' sales rose 2.1 per cent year-on-year, and five per cent week-on-week. Last week was the first time this year that sales were above [...]
Black Friday UK 2014: Where are the best bargains for must-have Christmas toys? November 25, 2014 As the countdown to Black Friday – November 28 if you're wondering – continues, the big question is exactly which items will be going on sale. Luckily for you, the Toy Retailers Association has today unveiled its DreamToys, the gifts that the industry has judged “must have” Christmas crackers. The list has pedigree [...]
Rory McIlroy, Lewis Hamilton, Gareth Bale and Jo Pavey: Who is on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014 shortlist? November 24, 2014 The BBC has unveiled which of the UK’s best athletes are up for Sports Personality of the Year 2014. Last year it was Andy Murray who picked up the coveted award. The books are now open on who will pick up SPOTY 2014 – and initially at least it looks like a close run between [...]
Tesco: Black Friday will beat Boxing Day sales November 24, 2014 Tesco is betting the farm on Black Friday. The troubled supermarket, whose share price has plummeted more than 15 per cent since it admitted to having “overstated” its profits in September, is going all out for the sales bonanza day, which falls on November 28. To ensure some of the multi-billion-pound spend goes in [...]
The best places to look for Black Friday deals 2014: John Lewis, Amazon, Marks & Spencer, Very, Curry’s PC World and Halfords November 24, 2014 Retailers are gearing up for Black Friday to be one of – if not the – biggest online shopping day of the year, with hundreds of promotions being planned to tempt consumers to join the spending bonanza. According to the Centre for Retail Research, shoppers will spend £1.32bn over the four days between Black [...]
Bitcoin blackmailer Lewys Martin who demanded £1m from Halifax for the return of 28,000 customers’ details to be sentenced November 24, 2014 A cyber hacker who attempted to blackmail Halifax bank into giving him 2,800 Bitcoins – worth more than £1m – is facing a jail sentence today. Lewys Martin had threatened the bank with releasing the details of 28,000 account holders to The Sun, and demanded one Bitcoin for every 10 sets of details he [...]
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 [...]
Bankers are not dishonest, claims study November 23, 2014 The financial industry encourages dishonest behaviour – but the individuals themselves are not inclined to lie – according to a new study of investment managers and traders. A team of economists at the University of Zurich enlisted the help of 128 employees from a “large international bank” and quizzed half of them about their jobs [...]
From Ukip and bird flu to RBS and Lidl: 10 things we learned this week November 21, 2014 1. Ukip got its second member of parliament. Mark Reckless retook the seat he'd held as a Conservative. But that was really the side show to accusations of snobbish tweets and comments around immigration that were so inflamatory Ukip distanced itself from them. 2. Bird flu returned to the UK. It's unlikely to pose [...]
