Australian wholesaler and distributor of groceries and hardware products Metcash Limited (Metcash) has announced a drop in its Underlying Profit after Tax of 9 per cent, to $101.7 million, which it said was due to “ongoing operating ...
Tags: hardware products, groceries, Agriculture
The Entertainer, Smyths, Argos and Harrods all jump on board the US tradition as predicted UK consumer spend hits £360,000 a minute today. Websites have been crashing, shoppers have been clashing and the police have even been ...
Tags: Black Friday, Toys
Believe it or not, the fourth quarter is traditionally a slow period for the diamond trade. That may be a stark realization for some, especially on the eve of Thanksgiving weekend that signals the start of the Christmas shopping season. ...
Tags: diamond trade, Arts
Though Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day are not traditional festivals in China, retailers based in the US are trying to transform Chinese to be their crazy shopper in the end of year. The WSJ reports that shopper from China will be ...
Tags: Black Friday, Christmas Day, onilne shopping
Esdevium and John Adams are both sponsoring exclusive cocktails while a Drumond Park table will showcase Logo Grab and Shout. Board Game Club's Christmas Unwrapped shindig will feature more brands than have ever been showcased at the ...
Tags: cocktails, Christmas Event, Toys
Alice Taylor has been awarded the Rising star accolade at the annual Chicago Toy and Game Group ceremony. The inventor’s community has a new rising star among its ranks. The Chicago Toy and Game Group has crowned the year’s ...
Tags: Game Inventor, Year Awards, Toys
426 character dolls imitating Anna and Elsa from the hit Disney film were seized. Hundreds of fake Frozen toys have been seized by trading standards officers, as retailers report sell out sales of the range in the UK. Nearly 2,000 knock ...
Tags: character dolls, Disney film, Toys
The Covent Garden Piazza construct features one giant Santa, nine reindeer and took 32 days to build. LEGO has revealed its latest big build to get shoppers in the festive mood, as Covent Garden Piazza becomes the new home for a giant ...
CHEP’s Gillman service centre in South Australia introduced triple-tine forklift trucks in January 2014. Load times have reduced by an average of 10.5 minutes compared to loading with a double-tine forklift, according to regional ...
Let it snow! Playing snowballs outside is a very fun activity loved by kids and adults – it immediately creates a festive mood! If you want some snow not only outside, or just don’t have snow in winter, then you’ll love ...
Tags: Winter Holidays, Furniture
Truck drivers can look forward to reduced wait times at CHEP service centres as the company rolls out triple-tine forklift trucks to its metro operations nationally in 2015. The Gillman Service Centre in South Australia introduced the ...
VoiceID has teamed up with Staff Australia to provide pre-employment training for prospective warehouse employees on Honeywell’s Vocollect voice technology. This will speed up their productivity and efficiency once they get on the ...
Tags: Voice Technology, Service
Retail sales remained resilient in the year to November, with the pace of growth expected to accelerate once again in the crucial Christmas run up, according to the CBI’s latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of ...
"We hope it has inspired families in the UK to give little ones a SmarTrike this Christmas." SmarTrike has deemed its Christmas TV campaign a 'success'. The advert aired from October 27th to November 16th on Milkshake, Nickelodeon ...
Tags: Christmas, Advertising Campaign, Toys
Argos has teamed up with Transport for London (TfL) to launch its first Underground store at Cannon Street Tube station. The new Argos Collect store, which officially opened today, has been designed to give customers convenient access to ...
Tags: Underground Store, Furniture