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Black Friday

  • John Lewis calls for an end to heavy Black Friday discounting

    January 5, 2015

    JOHN Lewis boss Andy Street has urged UK firms to hold back on Black Friday discounting because of its heavy cut to profits. The retailer’s managing director said the American-inspired sales day at the end of November gave John Lewis its biggest trading week on record, with sales up 22 per cent on last year, [...]

  • Black Friday hits John Lewis’ Christmas sales

    January 2, 2015

    He may have been a runaway hit, but not even Monty the Penguin could help John Lewis emulate the success of its Black Friday deals during the Christmas period. Sales at the retailer fell 1.4 per cent during the week of Christmas, with sales of electrical goods falling 14.7 per cent compared with the same [...]

  • Black Friday 2014 lifts UK retail growth to 10-year high

    December 18, 2014

    UK retail sales growth surged to a 10-year high in November thanks to roaring trade on Black Friday weekend, when retailers offered discounts on thousands of products. Falling commodity prices and the ongoing supermarket price wars have left households better off and helped boost consumer spending. Retail sales volumes rose 1.6 per cent on the [...]

  • Black Friday has eclipsed Boxing Day, says Dixons Carphone boss Sebastian James

    December 17, 2014

    Dixons Carphone boss Sebastian James said Black Friday was the new Boxing Day, after feverish demand for cut-price televisions and gadgets turned the American-made sales event into its busiest shopping day ever. The group said at its peak on 28 November, the retailer had five times the web traffic of an average day and put [...]

  • The business that called “bulls***” on Black Friday

    December 16, 2014

    Britons descended into Black Friday madness this year in the scrum to get a cheap telly, but in the States – where the phenomenon has been going much longer – one business called “bulls***” on the whole thing. Literally.    Party game Cards Against Humanity – if you don't know, it is really not suitable [...]

  • John Lewis sales remain strong following bumper Black Friday

    December 9, 2014

    The UK’S largest department store group John Lewis saw sales grow 10.8 per cent to £160m last week compared with the same week last year, with colder weath­er boosting sales of knitwear. Due to the roaring trade during Black Friday the week before, John Lewis saw its biggest ever week for sales in its 150-year [...]

  • Mark & Spencer suffers Christmas delivery delays to online shopping orders after Black Friday bonanza

    December 9, 2014

    Mark & Spencer's online customers are set to be disappointed this Christmas shopping season, as they face longer waiting times for online deliveries. Standard deliveries will now take up to two weeks, according to the retailer's website, as opposed to the normal five-day waiting period. The delay follows shopping bonanza Black Friday, on 28 November, [...]

  • Black Friday UK 2014: Retailers return to black after a frenzied day of spending

    December 8, 2014

    The shopping frenzy created by Black Friday last week helped push retail sales back into growth in November as shoppers flocked online and into stores to snap up a bargain. Like-for-like retail sales rose by 0.9 per cent compared with November last year, when they increased by 0.6 per cent. This was also an improvement [...]

  • Cyber Monday beaten as Black Friday sales soar

    December 7, 2014

    Black Friday trumped Cyber Monday as online transaction volume soared 74 per cent year-on-year, compared to an increase of just 44 per cent on Cyber Monday, showing the meteoric rise of the US shopping event. Since 2011 Cyber Monday (1 December) has outperformed Black Friday in terms of online sales, however this year’s Black Friday [...]

  • Retail data to show UK spending boost from Black Friday – London Report

    December 7, 2014

    Black Friday is expected to have added a healthy boost to November’s retail sales, which the British Retail Consortium is due to announce tomorrow. Howard Archer, of Global IHS Insight, said: “While consumers are always keen to take advantage of bargains, particularly in the run-up to Christmas, the desire for bargains has undoubtedly been heightened [...]

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