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Waitrose has revealed its 2015 Christmas advertising campaign, which features a series of different families preparing for Christmas, set to the original 1948 jazz song 'Everybody Eats When They Come To My House' by Cab Calloway. The ad uses the campaign line 'Whatever makes your Christmas, make it with Waitrose' and...
On Tuesday, online retail giant Amazon opened its first bookstore as an extension of its website two decades on. This move will combine online pricing with traditional shopping. The store, which is based in Seattle, will offer its customers around 6,000 titles scrapped from Amazon.com sales, pre-orders and customer ratings. The...
It has been announced that Phil Hackney, the ex-Pets at Home executive director will be joining Shop Direct as operations director. Including digital department stores such as Littlewoods.com, Very.co.uk and VeryExclusive.co.uk, the online retailer is the second largest in the UK. Mr Hackney, who will be joining Shop Direct in the new...
British luxury fashion brand Burberry, has recreated the opening scene of Billy Elliot for its Christmas advertisement, with a cast of celebrities including Romeo Beckham and Naomi Campbell featuring in the advert. Romeo Beckham takes centre stage in the star-studded ad, while James Corden, George Ezra and Downton Abbey star Michelle...
Black Friday, the biggest American import shopping day of the year, drives bargain hunters to the shops, giving retailers an early boost. This year, it will will fall on November 27th with footfall expected to be 11.5% higher when compared with last year. Retail parks will see the strongest growth,...
Associated British Food (ABF) owners of British Sugar and Primark, has said that despite the fall in global food prices, Primark the fashion side of the company has beaten its earnings expectations. With a global decline in commodity prices, especially sugar, the company will be facing extensive headwinds over the next...
It has been announced that Selfridges has purchased Dublin’s Arnotts department store in the latest structural and ownership change in the Irish retail market. Arnotts, which was founded in 1843 and is based in the Henry Street shopping district, was bought from Fitzwilliam Finance Partners owned by entrepreneur Noel Smyth, by...
It has been reported that department store Selfridges, has seen its operating profits increase 3.4% to £155 million for the year ending January 2015, with a solid online performance.The British-Canadian businessman Galen Weston, who now owns all its stores, has said that in addition to the increase in operating profits,...
Supermarket giant Morrisons has reported that it is to donate all unwanted food to charity and will be the first in the UK to provide this service to help those in need.The service which has been successfully trialled in 112 stores in Yorkshire and the north east, found that stores managed...
Pet retailer, Pets at Home, has reported a like-for-like sales increase of 1.8% in the first half of its financial year, by its VIP Club, nutrition category and omnichannel business.Figures show that services like-for-like revenue increased 10.5% and merchandise like-for-like sales increased 1% in the 28 weeks to 8th October,...
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