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Retail news round-up: Online parcels; falling prices; worst and best retailers

Online retail parcel delivery order volumes were up + 13.9% year on year in April, according to IMRG data. Easter fell early this year (in March), so a dip in volumes may have been expected in April due to a tough comparator with last year, when Easter was in April. However, the monthly decline on

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Retail news round-up: pre-Halloween launch of Christmas window

Selfridges claims that the pre-Halloween launch of its Christmas window in London’s Oxford Street is a first for any department store worldwide. Some 1,000 metres of red velvet have been used for its ‘With Love From’ theme. Inflation has been blamed for a fall in UK retail sales in September. The Office for National Statistics

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Christmas 2017 Trends

Livingetc lifestyle journalist, Neil McLennan, presented his Christmas 2017 trend forecast at Home & Gift, Harrogate after previewing the festive plans of leading British retailers including John Lewis, Sainsbury’s and others.   Introducing his “crystal ball predictions”, Neil went onto admit that “the secret is there are no such thing as trends and consumers essentially

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Online sales soar and West End retailers look forward to £1 billion trading boom

After a slow summer and Autumn retailers are finally hearing the welcome sound of tills ringing as consumers flock to the high street and online for a serious bit of Christmas shopping. Online retail sales in particular have been booming (as forecast) for many retailers in the past few weeks, with John Lewis reporting a

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