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Ds Smith Recycling Calls for Families to Go Green This Christmas
Dec 25, 2017DS Smith Recycling is calling for a more sustainable festive season with the launch of its Christmas recycling guidelines. With Christmas cards, wrapping paper, and packaging all heading home with us this Christmas, it’s important ...
Tags: DS Smith Recycling, Recycling
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Gary Grant Has Said The Restriction Is to Stop Parents Paying 'Unfair Prices on Ebay'
Dec 9, 2014Toy chain owner, Gary Grant has said the restriction is to stop parents paying 'unfair prices on eBay'. The Entertainer is restricting sales of its Disney’s Frozen Elsa dolls to just ‘one per person’, in order to counter ...
Tags: Frozen Elsa dolls, Toys
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This Week Saw Sales at John Lewis of 108.8m Euros
Nov 19, 2014This week saw sales at John Lewis of £108.8m, breaking the £100m barrier for the first time this year and matching the retailer's 2013 record for the earliest week to have reached this milestone. Lighting had its best-ever sales ...
Tags: John Lewis, pre-Christmas
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The Furniture Category Again Topped The Growth Ranking Table for The Second Month in a Row
Nov 17, 2014According to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, UK retail sales were flat last month, at 0.0% on a like-for-like basis from October 2013, when they had increased 0.8% on the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 1.4%, against a ...
Tags: Furniture Retail Sales, Furnishing
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Argosy Launches a Charity Activity to Deliver New Toys to Young Patients
Nov 13, 2014The independent toy retailer is calling on local customers to help donate toys to the children's ward this Christmas. Argosy Toys has launched a charity campaign to deliver new toys to young patients of its local hospital in ...
Tags: Argosy Toys, Toy Appeal
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Flexibility Is The Real Key to a Successful Festive Period
Aug 25, 2014Frozen and Loom Bands may be topping the Christmas predictions lists this year, but flexibility is the real key to a successful festive period, says our Retail Advisory Board. While it’s no surprise that planning for the festive ...
Tags: toy market, Toys
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The Number of Homes Sold Per Chartered Surveyor Reached Its Highest Point
Jan 19, 2014According to RICS' UK Residential Market Survey, December 2013, the number of homes sold per chartered surveyor reached its highest point since March 2008 last month as the recovery in the nation's property sector continued full steam ...
Tags: House Sales, Furniture, Furnishing, Construction
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BáBóGbaby Has Enjoyed a Busy Christmas Period, Selling out of Stock
Dec 24, 2013A busy festive period has seen the Welsh and Irish bears sell out Bábógbaby has enjoyed a busy Christmas period, selling out of stock for several lines of its language teaching toy bears. "Winter 2013 has been really ...
Tags: Toys, Christmas Toys
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UK Festive Shoppers Are Predicted to Spend 19bn on Food and Drink Over The Christmas
Nov 26, 2013UK festive shoppers are predicted to spend 19bn on food and drink over the Christmas and New Year period, says grocery think tank IGD. Festive finance: Food and drink spending is expected to reach 19bn this Christmas and New Year ...
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Sales of The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys Were Impressive
Jan 23, 2013Despite only being released on December 1st NPD data shows that sales of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys were impressive during the festive period. In December the Turtles were fifth in the Action Figure category for December ...
Tags: Turtle toy, TOY FAIR, Turtle Toy Sales
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Site of First Ever Store in Leeds Was Returned by M&S
Jan 18, 2013Marks & Spencer is going back to its roots and opening a stall in the place where the famous brand first started at Kirkgate Market, Leeds, in 1884. In March 2013 Marks & Spencer will open a heritage and coffee shop right beside the ...
Tags: M&S, Marks&Spencer, retail chain
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Tesco Enjoyed a Happier Christmas Than Marks and Spencer
Jan 11, 2013Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco enjoyed a happier Christmas than Marks and Spencer, with sales up by nearly 2%, compared with sales down by the same amount at M&S. Online food sales were up by 18% on the same period last year. ...
Tags: Britain, retailer, Tesco, Marks and Spencer
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Food Price Inflation Is Expected to Stabilise Over The Next Few Months
Jan 10, 2013Food price inflation is expected to stabilise over the next few months – despite recent reports of big food price increases from Waitrose – according to market research organisation BRC-Nielsen. Sainsbury reported total ...
Tags: food, price inflation, food price, Waitrose
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Sainsbury's Was The Only UK Retailer Among The Big Four to Increase Its Market Share
Jan 9, 2013Sainsbury's was the only UK retailer among the big four to increase its market share in the last three months of 2012, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer's sales climbed 3.4% in the 12 weeks to 23 December, ...
Tags: grocery market, grocery, supermarket, sales
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Plenty Ct Deliveries Continued Over The Festive Period with a Beaching Tide Falling Firmly
Jan 6, 2013Plenty ct deliveries continued over the festive period with a beaching tide falling firmly over the holiday/New Year period. The number of new market deals concluded though was minimal with many owners prepared to wait until after the ...
Tags: GMS, Bangladesh, Ship Breaking Industry, Week 52, 2012