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Make or break' sale period for retailers in the West Midlands - BBC News
It has been a busy but not bustling day for high streets across the West Midlands as post-Christmas sales kick in. Long gone are the 05:00 GMT queues for a Boxing Day bargain, retailers say, but the period is still important. At the Telford Centre…
Reeves' £1bn Boxing Day sales slump: Retailers set to take hit
Labour has been accused of sounding a £1billion death knell to the High Street, with shoppers expected to shun today's Boxing Day sales. Struggling retailers will lose out on the much-needed revenue as consumer confidence collapses amid…
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The discovery gap in online retail & how smart marketing can solve it
Have you ever come across a beautiful dress online, almost at the end of the clothing page category, and wondered why it is not on top? It is because of the discovery gap in online retail. Brands spend millions of dollars on content, conversion…
I worked in retail for 5 years - shoppers should never trust the sale price on the label
Boxing Day sales are a great way to grab the best bargains of the year While most people are enjoying the leftovers of Christmas on Boxing Day, retail staff have often been awake since dawn, racing through last-minute markdowns, panic-printing…
Will retail traders' option-fueled market stampede keep accelerating?
Retail traders had a great year, because they bought the dip, stayed long AI stocks, rode momentum in precious metals, and took risky bets on speculative stocks that paid off. Goldman Sachs' baskets of retail favorites, high-beta momentum longs…
KEVIN HARDY: Without pennies, should retailers round up or down? States offer their 2 cents
As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world. Should retailers round up or down? Should they round in favor of the customer? Or in favor of…
North Wales retail park Poundland one of 20 closing between now and February 8
A Poundland store in North Wales is on of a list of 20 stores that will close in the coming weeks. By early next year, the budget chain will have shut more than 100 stores after it kicked off a restructuring programme. Clearance sales with…
Best Retail Stocks To Follow Now - December 25th
Amazon Looks Stuck—So Why Do Analysts Keep Calling for $300? Amazon.com, Costco Wholesale, Walmart, PDD, Alibaba Group, Home Depot, and Carvana are the seven Retail stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Retail…
Shoppers hit Boxing Day sales amid record spending prediction
The Australian Retailers Association is predicting a 4 per cent rise in Boxing Day sales spending, despite difficult economic conditions. Australians are tipped to spend a record $1.6 billion today. Shoppers have hit stores early, but there was no…
Holiday Spending Was Practical, Predictable Says Julia Wilson
Julia Wilson, principal of consumer and retail strategy at KPMG, said that practical items like sweaters and gift cards were at the top of consumers' shopping lists this holiday season. Wilson also said that for tricky post-holiday tasks like…
The Speed of Style: How Fast Trend Turnover Is Transforming Fashion Trend Cycles and Consumer Habits
Fashion has always evolved, but the pace of change today is unprecedented. Trends that once lasted years now peak and disappear within months or even weeks. This shift has reshaped fashion trend cycles, accelerated fast trend turnover, and…
Fury at Starmer's Christmas message about the pub as industry falters
Fury has erupted at Keir Starmer 's Christmas message about going to the pub as the industry reaches crisis. Mr Starmer made a nearly three minute long recorded speech in which he mentioned - with a wry smirk - people might 'heading to the pub'…
The trendy high street stores that became 'granny
Do YOU have a story? Email katherine.lawton@dailymail.co.uk Cast your mind back to 2012, when a Jack Wills hoodie and pair of New Look jeggings were the height of fashion. Trend-savvy teens would flock to the high street to get their hands on the…
Market sentiment has made a huge reversal. Here's why and what it means going forward
Something unusual happened in the past few weeks. Ned Davis Research said its Daily Trading Sentiment Composite swung from extreme pessimism to extreme optimism in less than three weeks. Through Monday's close, the indicator sits at 63.3. A reading…
Four Trends in Art Buying That Dominated 2025
Auction results are usually the only public data available for reading the art market, even though they reflect only the secondary sphere. Art fair sales reports can hint at how the primary market is behaving and what collectors are circling, but…
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