We were delighted to help judge the Gift of the Year 2017 Awards, which received a record-breaking 1,085 entries. This easily surpassed the total for the 2016 competition which, at 759, was already the largest recorded. Entries were received from some 90 companies, including both GA members and non-members. The Giftware Association chief executive
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The great pre-Christmas discounting and price-promotion extravaganza, Black Friday on November 25, helped generate a 12% rise in online spending. High street stores were quiet, by contrast, as sofa-surfers concentrated on internet promotions. The week from Monday November 21 – Monday November 28 saw online sales rise to around £6.5bn, while black Friday itself
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Retail bellwether John Lewis has produced an illuminating report into how we shopped and lived in 2016, which has been a remarkable year politically, culturally and economically. The buying habits of John Lewis customers tell a fascinating tale of how British people responded to the political, cultural and economic shake-ups of the last twelve
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In part one of our feature on the John Lewis 2016 retail report we saw that gin sales spiked around the time of the EU referendum, but tipple aside, “the nation did not falter in its ongoing quest to live and eat well” says the bellwether supermarket retailer. “2016 was the year of the
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Retail bellwether John Lewis has produced an illuminating report into how we shopped and lived in 2016, which has been a remarkable year politically, culturally and economically. The buying habits of John Lewis customers tell a fascinating tale of how British people responded to the political, cultural and economic shake-ups of the last twelve
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Show organiser i2i Events Group celebrates the inaugural Buyers Power List Awards, sponsored by Light & Living, at Spring Fair 2015 exhibition The organiser of Spring Fair, i2i Events Group, revealed the winners of the inaugural Spring Fair Buyers Power List Awards on Monday February 2nd. Leading Dutch lifestyle brand Light & Living were
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