According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail sales monitor, the internet shopping market enjoyed a boom in July as shoppers rushed online to spend £5 billion, the largest amount in any month so far this year, with each individual spending an average of £81.
Travel, clothing and alcohol were among the most popular buys. These figures are [...]
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July etail sales soar
Shop heads out to London Fashion Week
Shop is very excited about the launch of London Fashion Week today, which comes hot on the heels of a raft of high street initiatives and special offers that took place in the capital last week. Our first port of call is going to be The Exhibition at Somerset House, which runs from Friday 18 [...]
Time for bargain basement fatigue to set in?
Shop got caught reading The Mail on Sunday this week and was interested to see the paper turning its vitriol on bargain shops, bewailing in a full page article that: ‘Protests grow over the 99p High Streets.’
So they’ve noticed have they, thank heavens for that?! While there is nothing wrong with providing consumers with a [...]
Tesco urges Chancellor to be sensible about VAT increase
Tesco is urging Chancellor Alistair Darling (does this man EVER go shopping?) to postpone the VAT rise, which is scheduled to take place on December 31st. This will be the second year running that the Government, in its supposedly greater wisdom, has decided to turn the retail world upside down at its busiest time, after reducing [...]
Mayday, May day
As we approach one of the keystones of the pagan calendar and absolute highlight of the Morris-dancing world - which is in fact May day, I’m tickled to note that company directors are feeling the joys of spring and consumers feeling more confident than they have done in a year. I’ve got a few theories on [...]
Where’s this recession then?!
Sorry, Shop has been a bit quiet over the past few days, much on don’t you know. On Sunday I was treated to an early Birthday shopping spree, lucky me, I know! After some consideration me and my chosen partner for the occasion, took to Oxford Street for some much needed retail therapy. Shepherds Bush’s [...]
Womens shopping habits finally explained!
Hmm, I’m not sure what to make of this. Apparently Womens spending behaviour is linked to their menstrual cycle. I’m pretty sure we already knew this, it doesn’t take a genius to link hormonal changes to behavioural changes does it?! I mean, come on! This is like saying spending patterns are linked to proximity to [...]
