A year after its controversial advert showing a Christmas Day truce on the Western Front, Sainsbury’s called upon the powers of children’s writer Judith Kerr to create a heart-warming Christmas ad that rivaled John Lewis’ festive campaign.
Amazon says it had its biggest sales day in the UK as shoppers rushed to buy bargains on Black Friday, with overall online sales across all retailers topping £1bn in a single day.
Online parcel volume growth was up 15.5% in October – the highest rate recorded for the month of October since the IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index launched in 2011.
Shopper traffic on Black Friday could be down as much as 4% year on year, according to new research.
After last year’s Black Friday woes, where many retailers were caught off guard by unprecedented demand, retailers are taking extra precautions to make the most of the biggest online shopping day of the year and improve the shopping experience.
Amazon is opening its first physical bookstore, 20 years after the world’s biggest online retailer started selling publications on the internet.
This Christmas, one-third of UK shoppers want to use click-and-collect, a quarter to buy presents on their smartphones and over half want home-delivery as consumers report these services are central to how they expect to shop and receive their orders this festive season according to new research .
80% of shoppers are not letting Black Friday influence their shopping habits this Christmas, according to new research by retail marketing agency Leapfrogg.
Last year Black Friday created a home delivery bottleneck and saw some companies run out of stock. David Jinks at Fastlane says spreading deals over the week will bust the Black Friday log jam.
With the rise of online shopping, Apple Pay and bitcoin, physical currency is in decline. This new infographic from Choice Loans looks at some the key trends as the world goes cashless.