Jazz your jumper at Westfield London this Christmas Jumper Day
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
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
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
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 [...]
eCommerce warehouses: Letting the robots take the strain at peak
When Christmas peak kicks in, automation combined with experienced staff will ease the pressure in eCommerce warehouses, says Luís Barros, Operations & Transport Director at Asendia UK. [...]
Lakeside Village joins Mission Christmas
Doncaster’s Lakeside Village is set to be a drop off point for this year’s Mission Christmas appeal. Mission Christmas is part of local radio station, Hallam FM, [...]
JD returns to Hammersmith after a decade
The 4,000sq. ft space will maximise its market share within inner-London, just in time for the Christmas shopping season JD, a retailer of sports, fashion and lifestyle brands [...]
Sainsbury’s donates £3 million to fight food poverty this Christmas
Sainsbury’s launches its Nourish the Nation programme, with a long-term aim to support communities with access to food now and in the future Sainsbury’s will be donating [...]
Over a third of Brits more excited about football than Christmas, finds eBay Ads
Latest research from eBay Ads UK shows that football fever will influence winter purchases as Brits plan to invest in everything from kits to electronics in the [...]
Spend to hit £8.71bn over Black Friday weekend as consumers shop early for Christmas
Black Friday Weekend (25 - 28 Nov) spend set to hit £8.71bn, a rise of 0.8% YoY £22.62bn expected to be spent over the two week Black [...]
Shoppers bring forward Christmas shopping to make the most of Black Friday deals
Three-quarters of consumers are set to buy more of their holiday gifts during the Black Friday sales as people look to be more careful with their cash [...]
Iceland recreates Netflix Blockbuster with a frozen turkey
Iceland has unveiled a new film worthy of a Royal premiere. The Turkey Crown. A retelling of Netflix’s The Crown. Inspired by real life events - the [...]
Braehead welcomes GAP to centre
Braehead, a popular UK retail and leisure destination owned by property company SGS and managed by Global Mutual, is pleased to announce the opening of a new [...]
Café dedicated solely to the Christmas Pudding is coming this month
Sainsbury’s will open café dedicated to the festive icon as it launches new Caramelised Biscuit variation of the classic The UK’s first ever café dedicated entirely to [...]
Shaftesbury launches ‘Carnaby Celebrates’ Christmas installation
On Tuesday 8 November, Shaftesbury celebrated the launch of the new Carnaby Christmas installation with a Christmas Shopping and Dining Party. Thousands of shoppers attended the free, experiential [...]
O2 launches heart-warming Christmas campaign to help connect those most affected by the cost of living crisis
The integrated campaign aims to get data into the hands of those who need it most through Virgin Media O2’s National Databank Virgin Media O2 set up [...]
Fenwick reveals Clarice Bean ‘Think Like an Elf’ Christmas window with bestselling author Lauren Child
A celebration of family, community and the joy of reading Fenwick revealed its much-anticipated Newcastle Christmas window theme Clarice Bean: Think Like an Elf, which magically depicts [...]
Debenhams Launch Christmas TV Advert
The festivities have arrived at Debenhams.com with the 4th November seeing the launch of the Christmas 2022 TV advert. Celebrating traditions enjoyed throughout Christmas Day, the advert [...]
Sainsbury’s reinvents the Christmas pudding in tongue-in-cheek fairy tale advert
Immersing viewers in a medieval fairy tale, the advert depicts a young chef’s quest to reimagine and breathe new life into the traditional Christmas pudding The tongue-in-cheek [...]
The return of Black Friday offers huge opportunity for retailers to serve bargain-hungry Brits
Sitecore data reveals renewed interested in Black Friday as Brits battle cost of living crisis ahead of Christmas British retailers can expect a busier Black Friday than [...]
September 2023 issue
2023 A1 Buyers Guide
