Christmas Shop and gifting across all directorates signalled that the festive season is now front of mind for John Lewis' customers. After passing the £100m mark last week, this week saw sales of £114.2m, up +2.1% on last year ...
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The video features key Disney Store products engaged in an intricate Rube Goldberg machine through a festive Disney Store. Disney Store has unveiled its festive TV advertisement for 2014, featuring a chain reaction of Disney products ...
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UK toy sales have already exceeded £31m as the Frozen franchise becomes the number one licence in the UK toy market. Frozen is on track to beat the all time sales record set by Toy Story 3 as it becomes the number one licence in the ...
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Independent retailers across the UK will be hoping to entice Christmas consumers with a shopping challenge over the next month, as the Celebrate an Independent Christmas campaign returns, hoping to boost consumer awareness of local ...
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2,638 penguin toys have been sold on eBay between November 6th and November 17th, equating to an average of 240 toys sold a day. Sales of penguin toys on eBay have surged by 300 per cent in the weeks since John Lewis aired its Christmas ...
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Goodyear first nicknamed one of its blimps the "Santa Claus Express" in 1927. The company is offering chances to win a ride on an airship during its Toys for Tots drive. Two of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's airship bases will ...
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Shoppers to spend $45 billion in pre-Christmas retail sales Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has found retailers will be able to count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas ...
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Japanese firm Mizkan foods has revealed a plan to cut 66 jobs in Bury St Edmunds, one of its three food plants in the UK. Around 350 people are employed at the Bury plant, which produces Branston Pickle, Sarson's Vinegar and Haywards ...
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U.S. adults are planning to spend $720 on gifts for the Christmas season, according to Gallup's latest survey, representing a 3 percent increase from 2013, but a decrease of about 6 percent compared with 2012 and 2011. Forty-six percent of ...
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2014 Jan. to Mar. Christmas & Holiday Gifts & Crafts Industry Professional Buyers Interest Analysis of Made-in-China.com According to the statistical data from Jan. to Mar. in 2014 on Made-in-China.com, buyers pay the most attention to ...
The firm has more than halved its first-half pretax losses, as sales of train sets rise 18 per cent. Hornby sales appear to be back on track as the firm has said it has more than halved its first-half pre-tax losses. Sales of model ...
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Penguin character is already one of the firm's best selling lines. Intelex is expecting sales of its popular Penguin plush character to be given a further boost in the run up to Christmas, partly thanks to the John Lewis TV ad campaign ...
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Never mind the Scrooges out there now complaining about wall-to-wall Christmas TV ads – for contract packers the festive dash began months ago and isn’t far off being all wrapped up for another year. The pressure on factory ...
"Many customers are re-ordering as it sells out week after week." Tobar is enjoying strong sales for its new My Magical Mermaid line. The product sees children place a mermaid in water and her tail will swish from side to side, ...
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Online retail sales for the U.S. Christmas season are expected to increase 16 percent year on year to $61 billion for the months of November and December combined, according to digital metrics firm comScore Inc. The company anticipates that ...
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