Black Friday 2015 UK: Customer returns will cost retailers as much as £180m November 23, 2015 The cost to retailers of returned goods bought on Black Friday will come with a price tag of up to £180m and create an "out of stock" Saturday which could leave shoppers empty handed at the tills during the crucial Christmas shopping period. As much as 50 per cent of promotional purchases will be returned and 12 December is predicted to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
One in five Brits has fallen victim to cybercrime in the last year, with a similar proportion having had their bank details stolen and used to make purchases November 23, 2015 One in five (22 per cent) Brits has fallen victim to cybercrime in the last year, according to a survey released today by security software company Norton by Symantec. The survey of more than 1,000 UK consumers also found that 44 per cent of people had suffered a cybersecurity incident at some point in their life. “We no [...]
Amazon Black Friday 2015 UK starts early with 7,000 deals from today, including Kindle, Xbox, Withings, Asus and Guitar Hero November 23, 2015 Amazon has kicked of the Black Friday shopping bonanza with 7,000 deals available from today – five days earlier than the official sale day falls. Shoppers will be able to get their hands on new offers every 10 minutes for the entire week, including big ticket items such as Amazon's Kindle, the Xbox One, Withings [...]
Thanksgiving, Black Friday 2015 and GDP in US – New York Report November 22, 2015 US markets will be closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday and Friday will be a half-session day, so expect a relatively quiet week. That said, there is still plenty going on with the yearly Black Friday shopping tradition set to blow the doors off most retailers on Friday. Online retail giant Amazon will be [...]
Black Friday 2015 total spend is expected to be almost £2bn as online shoppers take to their mobiles November 22, 2015 This Black Friday will indeed be a buying-bonanza, according to Visa, which expects an impressive £1.91bn to be spent online and in store. Visa Europe predicts £1.19bn will be spent in shops this Friday, up 20 per cent from 2013, but just a four per cent increase from last year. Perhaps shoppers will be looking [...]
Black Friday 2015 UK: Interest in the shopping deal day bonanza has dipped among shoppers November 22, 2015 Interest in Black Friday has dipped below last year for the first time in the lead up to the biggest shopping event of the year. The deals day was on track to surpass last year, however, on the 20 November, the amount of search traffic generated by the day slipped below 2014 according to Google trends [...]