Minority Game: What stock investors can learn from the failure of Black Friday December 1, 2015 Black Friday has come and gone, but the massive surge of shoppers which was anticipated in much of the media failed to materialise. Many retail outlets were quieter than a normal Friday. In contrast, internet shopping went wild. Amazon had its biggest ever day in the UK, selling over 7m items. Argos and John Lewis [...]
Give industry some space, pleads British Property Federation, as the industrial sector faces increasing competition from housing for land December 1, 2015 The British Property Federation (BPF) has warned government not to neglect industrial development in favour of building housing. In a report released today, the BPF highlights the importance of the industrial sector for economic growth. The BPF also points out the crucial role the industrial sector plays in logistics, generating £100bn in gross value added [...]
Black Friday Cyber Monday 2015 UK sales figures are in: UK shoppers spent £3.3bn over the weekend December 1, 2015 Start popping those corks – Black Friday was just as big as everyone had hoped it would be. Black Friday cracked the £1bn sales mark for the first time ever and total sales over the shopping weekend totaled more than £3bn. In fact, shoppers spent £1.1bn, according to IMRG and Experian, which totted up the figures. That number comes [...]
Christmas shopping 2015 dates: Thought Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppingeddon was over? Think again. Here comes Giving Tuesday, Small Business Saturday, Manic Monday and more December 1, 2015 If you thought shoppinggeddon – that is, Black Friday and Cyber Monday – were over, think again. December is, understandably, the biggest time of the year for retailers as shoppers hit the high-street (and websites), but what's next after the deals day (or weekend ,or even fortnight for some shops) comes to a close? Here's our round [...]
Wall St dips with health and retail falls – New York Report November 30, 2015 Declines in health and consumer shares yesterday weighed on the market as investors braced for policy news from central banks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 78.57 points, or 0.44 per cent, to 17,719.92, the S&P 500 lost 9.65 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 2,080.46 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 18.86 points, or 0.37 [...]
China dominates sentiment in listless market – eToro Tips & Picks November 30, 2015 If there are no unexpected developments in the Middle East or any other major news events, the next few days are likely to be reasonably quiet for the US and European markets. Investors seem to be watching and waiting ahead of Friday’s US non-farm payrolls report and Janet Yellen’s speech. Even if the markets [...]
Cyber Monday 2015 UK: Paypal down for some as online payments firm buckles under shopper pressure November 30, 2015 Paypal has buckled under the pressure of Cyber Monday shoppers, experiencing technical issues when users try to pay during the checkout process. A technical notification on its website, posted at 2.20pm said: We are experiencing a system issue which may be affecting PayPal APIs and PayPal Website on the PayPal Live Site. Users may be intermittently experiencing [...]
Apple Cyber Monday 2015 deals: Best UK sales for cheap iPhones, Macs, iPads, iPad Pro the Apple Watch and more – at Tesco, Argos, Currys PCWorld, John Lewis, eBay and others November 30, 2015 Just like Black Friday, Apple's not one to get on the Cyber Monday discounting bandwagon, but that doesn't mean you still can't bag a bargain on iPhones, iPads Macs and more. We've hunted high and low so you don't have to when it comes to bagging an Apple deal. Here are the bargains we found. Read more: [...]
Bring on ride-sharing: Uber’s about to launch UberPool in London – making journeys 25 per cent cheaper November 30, 2015 Uber will launch its ride-sharing service in London this Friday, the company said today – although it may be short-lived. The ride-hailing app, which has been heavily criticised by London's black cabbies, said its new service, UberPool, will give Londoners the option of sharing their journey with another passenger heading in the same direction at the same [...]
Cyber Monday 2015 UK: Amazon has some truly pointless, unwanted and awful lightning deals – here’s eight of them November 30, 2015 Is sale season really all it's cracked up to be? Everyone loves bagging a bargain, and what better time to do that than the bonanza time of the year that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday. King of the deals days is Amazon, which far from retreating from the pre-Christmas sales period like other shops (online and [...]