Christmas

Food & Grocery Sales Likely To Increase By 2.3% In UK This Christmas, Says Verdict Retail

Food and grocery retail sales are likely to be up 2.3% in the UK in the run up to Christmas, an increase on the 1.4% increase reported the previous year....

Turkey Pre-Orders Up At Waitrose As Shoppers Plan Christmas Early

Advance orders for Christmas turkeys are up 48% year-on-year at Wairose, according to the UK retailer's weekly trading update for the week to 25 October....

The U.S. Retail Environment? It's Doing Just Fine, Thanks

Unemployment in the U.S. is really low. So are gasoline prices. Inflation is basically nonexistent. Home values continue to rise. There are legitimate wage...

Tesco Fires Opening Salvo at Sainsbury’s In Christmas Toy Battle

Tesco Plc has pledged to match or beat toy prices at J Sainsbury Plc’s Argos stores in a bid to steal a march on its U.K. rival as the Christmas shop...

US Retail's Holiday Sales Forecasts About As Real As Santa: Gadfly

How's the U.S. consumer doing? The answer depends on whether you ask an economist or a retailer. Ask most retailers, and the outlook is the shakiest it'...

Confectionary Holding Expects To Grow Exports By 12% This Christmas

Spanish agrifood group, Confectionary Holding, which controls brands such as 1880, El Lobo, Doña Jimena and Imperial Toledana, has be...

Edeka Christmas Ad Takes Grand Prix Award In Cannes

Edeka's Christmas advert, 'Heimkommen', has won a Grand Prix award at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The advert, which fe...

Italians Spend 5% More On Christmas Meals

Italians spent over €2.8 billion on Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas lunch this year, up 5% on 2014, according to estimates by consumer association...