Christmas

Tesco Sees Christmas Sales Surge, With Like-For-Like Sales Up 8.1%

Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, on Thursday followed rivals in reporting buoyant Christmas trading, as pandemic restrictions meant people splashed out o...

UK Online Grocery Sales Double In December: Nielsen

Online grocery sales in UK supermarkets doubled to 12.5% in December, up from 6.7% in the same period last year, the latest data from Nielsen has revealed....

UK Retail Sales Pick Up Ahead Of Christmas, January Plunge Feared: CBI

British retail sales recovered in December as restrictions on shops were eased and consumers bought food and other essentials ahead of Christmas, but the o...

Shopping For The Holidays? Keep Your Distance From Retail Workers

Maintaining social distancing inside retail stores during the COVID-19 pandemic has become a daily source of contention between retail workers and customer...

Christmas And Brexit Double Bill Put Strain On UK Supermarkets

For Britain's supermarket groups, Christmas 2020 will be like no other, with the challenge of unprecedented demand due to the COVID-19 crisis fol...

More Than Half Of German Retailers Pessimistic About Christmas: HDE

More than half of German retailers expect fewer customers and falling sales over the crucial Christmas period, according to a survey of 550 companies by th...

Britain's Marks & Spencer To Close Stores On Boxing Day

British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer has reversed a decision to open over 200 stores on 26 December, giving its workforce of more tha...

Aldi UK To Ramp-Up Click And Collect Trial

Aldi UK, the British arm of the German supermarket discounter, will extend its trial of a click and collect grocery service by up to an additional 200 stor...