Black Friday 2016: Here are the best deals available on Amazon today November 21, 2016 Black Friday is no longer just a day – it has evolved into a week of deals. Today is no exception: and if you think "there's never anything for me in the deals", think again. Spending is expected to hit £2bn this year as online retailers discount items left, right and centre. Here's what you can get [...]
How to get the best deals on Black Friday November 21, 2016 This Friday is no normal Friday. It is Black Friday, and if you want to make the most of the biggest shopping day of the year, you need to be prepared. Read more: Black Friday spending will almost hit £2bn this year There are already plenty of deals available online, but here are our top [...]
Flip-flopgate: Has Havaianas just pulled off the best Black Friday marketing ploy? November 21, 2016 It's happening again. Everyone remembers The Dress – was it blue and black? Was it white and gold? (It was definitely white and gold.) Now it's flip-flops. Debate is raging online over the colour of these sandals: What colour are these flip-flops? Some think they're white and gold. Others think they're black and blue. Sounds familiar, doesn't [...]
Morrisons has cut petrol prices below £1 a litre for the first time since the Brexit vote – sort of November 21, 2016 It seems supermarkets are already getting carried away by Black Friday: today Morrisons said it was cutting petrol prices to below £1 a litre for the first time since the Brexit vote. Well, sort of. The supermarket said it's reducing the price of unleaded to 99.9p at 333 forecourts from today. But there is a [...]
More than half of UK shoppers don’t know their consumer rights differ when returning goods bought in store versus online November 21, 2016 After you've finished your holiday shopping and the shine wears off the cheeky new outfit you bought yourself, will you be able to return it for a refund? More than half of British shoppers don't know that their consumer rights differ when returning goods bought online versus in store, a new report shows. When it comes to returning non-faulty [...]
Holiday shoppers are undeterred by the referendum result, but they choose deals over brand loyalty November 20, 2016 Black Friday sales are cropping up all around the UK, but while holiday shopping is set to be strong this year, the major discounting event might not be as profitable for retailers as what comes next. Nearly 40 per cent of shoppers are waiting for the best discounts to come after Christmas and New Year, [...]
Retail sales defy gloomy predictions ahead of a bumper Black Friday November 18, 2016 Retail sales have outperformed expectations ahead of the nation's biggest shopping spree – Black Friday. According to the Office for National Statistics, the volume of retail sales increased by 7.3 per cent in October compared to the same month in 2015 – the highest growth rate for fourteen years. The amount spent online grew by [...]
Londoners are the most likely to take work off to bag a bargain on Black Friday November 17, 2016 Why work when you could shop? It seems a healthy chunk of us have been asking ourselves that very question, and have decided to skip work for the year's biggest day of discounting – Black Friday. According to a survey by discount retailer The Original Factory Shop (Tofs), seven per cent of us intend to [...]
Asda records ninth consecutive quarterly sales drop November 17, 2016 Asda has reported yet another sizeable drop in sales. The struggling retailer has posted a like-for-like sales drop of 5.8 per cent in the three months to the end of September. This is the the ninth quarterly fall in sales in a row for the company which is suffering due to intense price competition from discount [...]
We’re all Scrooge-ing it: Why you shouldn’t expect generous Christmas presents from your London-based friends this year November 16, 2016 If you were looking forward to receiving a bountiful array of presents from your London-based friends this Christmas, it may be time to start tempering your expectations. Britain is a nation of generous gift givers, according to research from Very.co.uk, with 74 per cent of adults preferring to give a gift rather than receive one. [...]