Christmas

Festive gatherings and holiday bookings boost hospitality and travel in December, while utility bills continue to impact finances

10th January 2023|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Supermarket growth slowed as many Brits stocked up on festive food and drink earlier than usual to help spread the cost and avoid shortages Spending on utilities [...]

Hobbycraft achieves robust Christmas results with total revenue growth of +7.2% versus 2021

9th January 2023|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Financial Highlights for Christmas Strong sales performance with total LFL growth of +5.5% Strong underlying growth in store sales were supported by the investment in a new [...]

Christmas shoppers to splash £2.87bn this ‘Panic Weekend’

14th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Shoppers forecast to spend £2.87 this ‘Panic Weekend’ (17th-18th Dec), a rise of 4.4% YoY 34.3 million people to shop this weekend, with 21 million set to [...]

Central Co-op has given 68,000 hot meals to those in need as part of its Goodwill To All campaign

9th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

Central Co-op’s Christmas Toy Appeal may be wrapping up as its festive truck ends its tour of stores, in which the festive truck picked up toys for [...]

Argos launches ‘Boring Boxes’ to help parents hide presents in plain sight

8th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

Each festive season, children across the UK focus their efforts on becoming a professional present detective in the hopes of finding an early Christmas present, with 1 [...]

CitySprint partners with Crisis for 12th year to support those facing homelessness

8th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

CitySprint — the UK same day distribution company — has partnered with Crisis, the national homelessness charity, for the 12th year running. Every year Crisis at Christmas opens its [...]

London Designer Outlet sales exceed pre-pandemic levels as shoppers seek greater value amid cost of living crisis

7th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Trends|

Sales for the Black Friday week exceeded those for the same period in 2019 in the run up to Christmas  Sportswear sales during the Black Friday week [...]

The Original Factory Shop raises over £67,000 for local charities across the UK

6th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

The Original Factory Shop has raised over £67,000 for local charities across the UK this Christmas. At the start of 2022, The Original Factory Shop dedicated itself [...]

The Yards, Covent Garden launches first-of-its-kind technology for its Christmas campaign

5th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

Longmartin Properties Ltd, a joint venture between Shaftesbury and the Mercers’ Company, has launched its festive activation, 12 Drops of Christmas at The Yards, Covent Garden, using pioneering geo-located technology [...]

Carnaby launches 360° virtual tour that allows viewers to experience the new Christmas Light Installation from anywhere in the world

5th December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

Carnaby is world renowned for its Christmas installations and this year celebrates those iconic moments from the past 25 years of seasonal lights, to create a breath-taking [...]

Hobbycraft is launching Personalisation Stations in 31 stores across the UK for Christmas shoppers

2nd December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

Christmas is the perfect time of year to gift a personalised present; be it for him, her, couples, children, or pets, and Hobbycraft’s personalisation stations launching in [...]

Spring Fair and TrendBible reveal Christmas 2023 Trends

1st December 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, Show News, Trends|

Spring Fair, the UK’s leading marketplace for wholesale Home, Gift and Fashion which returns to the NEC Birmingham NEC from 5th – 8th February 2023, has collaborated with its [...]

Jazz your jumper at Westfield London this Christmas Jumper Day

30th November 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News, New Stores|

A new pop-up store powered by Save the Children and Thrift+ will give the capital’s old knits a festive facelift from 6th December Save the Children’s annual Christmas Jumper [...]

Klarna data shows consumers shopped early to make Christmas savings

29th November 2022|Christmas, Latest News, Trends|

Klarna has released data revealing Black Friday sales increased by 12% compared to last year. Sales for Monday to Thursday saw a larger increase, 30% higher than the [...]

Spectacular World Cup themed Christmas Lights Switch-On delights the crowds at Belfry Shopping Centre

29th November 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

While many shopping centres and high street retailers faced this year’s festive conundrum of whether to focus on Christmas or the World Cup, Surrey’s Belfry Shopping Centre [...]

Coca-Cola lights up London with karaoke takeover of iconic Piccadilly Circus

25th November 2022|Christmas, Company News, Latest News|

Piccadilly Circus was illuminated in festive red on Thursday evening as part of a huge Coca-Cola Christmas sing-along Thousands joined the live karaoke moment celebrating the return [...]

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