Jewellery brand Kimjoux Fine Jewellery has claimed that Black Friday has lost its meaning and is launching a new initiative to combat that. It said that instead of buying things they do not need because of discounts, consumers are spending more responsibly. In this vein it is holding a charity raffle for a custom gold […]

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Black Friday retail footfall this year will likely be down almost 60% compared to 2019 figures, largely due to England’s four-week lockdown that has seen all non-essential retailers close until 3 December. More specifically, retail footfall will drop 59% on Black Friday itself and 58% over the weekend, by comparison to 2019. The figure is […]

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Jewellery brand Lebrusan Studio has said it will boycott the traditional Black Friday sale weekend this year. The Brighton- and London-based brand revealed that it will not bowing to the pressure on businesses to implement sales this month and is refusing to implement any discounts. Instead, it is opting to raise money for The Water […]

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Mall traffic rose 91 percent on Black Friday compared to an average weekend. That’s the result of a report from advertising technology company Mobility Technologies. That’s the good news. The bad news, at least for jewelers, is that they were far from top of mind for shoppers. According to Mobility Technologies Black Friday report lingerie […]

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The National Retail Federation (NRF) of the USA, announcing the results of its consumer survey on shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend (Thursday November 28 to Monday December 2, 2019), said that a record 189.6 million U.S. consumers shopped from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year. This translates to an increase of 14% over last […]

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Thanksgiving weekend spending was up 16 percent over 2018 with 189.6 million U.S. shoppers hitting the stores. This was an increase of 14 percent over last year’s 165.8 million, according to the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. For the first time, Black Friday edged out Cyber Monday as the busiest day for […]

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If you think the holidays are moving earlier each year, you’re not wrong. A survey by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics reveals that over half of consumers have already started their holiday shopping and nearly a quarter of purchases have already been made. The survey, which took place during the first […]

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Online retail spend on Christmas day will reach £844m, a 6.3% uplift on the same day in 2016, IMRG, the UK’s industry association for online retail, predicts. Online shopping on Boxing Day is also forecast to exceed a billion for the first time, reaching £1.03bn, a 7.9% increase on 2016 when total spend was £954m. […]

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Global e-commerce events Black Friday and Cyber Monday are predicted to attract over half of British consumers when they get underway on November 24. New research from Barclaycard has found that while 22% of potential shoppers are putting money aside to spend during the digital sale, 58% plan to buy goods during the promotions. The […]

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Multi-channel retailers have been urged to ready themselves for the “Christmas effect” just over three months out from the holiday. New research from ChannelGrabber, the leading software provider of multichannel eCommerce software, has found that the Christmas 2017 peak selling season will begin around mid-September this year, and end as soon as December 20th. ChannelGrabber’s […]

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