Black Friday

Uncertainty Clouds Holiday Shopping Season As Walmart, Target Issue Mixed Forecasts

Retailers are in for a mixed holiday season this year ahead of Black Friday and Christmas, marked by watchful consumers keeping big spending on a tight lea...

UK Supermarket Sales Slow Down As Consumers Scale Back Spending: Study Finds

Sales at UK supermarkets slowed in the last four weeks to 2 November 2024 as shoppers scaled back their expenditure ahead of Christmas and Black Friday pro...

US Shoppers Lean Towards Online Shopping This Holiday Season, Study Finds

Eighty-three percent of holiday shoppers in the US are planning to shop online this year, according to the latest Holiday Purchase Intentions report from C...

What Is China’s Singles Day And How Is It Celebrated?

Black Friday? No. Cyber Monday? Nope. Prime Day? Absolutely not. The world's biggest shopping event happens in China each year - and it's called Singles Da...

UK Consumer Spending Slowed Before Last Week's Budget, Retailers Say

British consumer spending grew only modestly last month as uncertainty in the run-up to finance minister Rachel Reeves' 30 October budget and rising e...

John Lewis Recruits For 12,500 Temporary Seasonal Roles

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) is recruiting 12,500 temporary roles across the UK - 4,100 more jobs compared to last year - ahead of seasonal shopping la...

Target's Earnings Surge Despite Holiday Sales Dip, Sees Sales Recovery In 2024

Target has reported higher holiday-quarter earnings on a smaller-than-expected sales decline and predicted that annual comparable sales would come in large...

Black Friday, Holiday Sales Spur Demand At South Africa's Shoprite

Shoprite, South Africa's biggest supermarket group, reported a nearly 14% jump in its half-year sales, supported by a record Black Friday and festive seaso...