There has been a shock fall in retail sales in the key December shopping period, sharpening the decline seen in recent months, official figures show. Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said sales fell an unexpected 3.2%, despite Christmas and reported discounts offered by major chains and some […]
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Christmas is finally here and if you’ve still got some shopping to do for relatives that are coming in before New Year’s, you’re not out of luck. Retailers are still offering great deals across the board, and many of them can still arrive in time for your holiday celebrations. We’ve […]
The queue for the Fifth Avenue Lego store snaked around the block one lunchtime this week, as New Yorkers and tourists jostled to pluck last-minute Christmas presents from shelves in the shadow of a plastic-brick model of the nearby Rockefeller Center. The prime Manhattan shopping district is crowded again after […]
Christmas is the stuff of which core memories are made. Mine include a Christmas shopping trip with my mom to the Belk-Beery department store, back when it was in downtown Wilmington, with the entrance at Second and Chestnut streets. The toy department was downstairs, as I recall, and it must’ve […]
Thoughtful gifts that will arrive be Christmas. (Photo: Amazon) We don’t have a lot of time left to get holiday gifts. If you’re a normal human being, you’re probably scrambling to get a few gifts to make the special people in your life to make them feel, well, special. Lucky […]
Kohl’s has around 1,100 nationwide stores and T.J. Maxx has nearly 1,300 stores across the US. Pedestrians walk past a T.J. Maxx store in Boston. Reuters Source: Kohl’s, T.J. Maxx As inflation forces shoppers to spend less, Kohl’s reported a 7% decrease in Q3 net sales, while T.J. Maxx and […]
Last-minute Christmas shopping in full force at small shops Updated: 12:22 PM EST Dec 24, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript DEDHAM WHERE MANY SHOPPERS ARE KEEPING THIN CGSLOSE TO HO.ME I’M SURE THEY HAVE A LOOK OF PANIC ON THEIR FACE. JOSH: NOT TOTAL PANIC. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF […]
Shoppers walk through the Urbanspace Union Square Holiday Market in New York, U.S., on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images A lack of foreign tourists opening up their wallets and another wave of coronavirus cases in some major U.S. cities weighed on shopper turnout on […]
De Beers has revealed its strongest diamond sales in three years following a Christmas surge in jewellery purchases, with sales 10{409126f2c1f09c9e510a010c163a4bce2c3ccfc4019bdf864d6cb2d5d8752f38} above the group’s 20-year average. The world’s biggest diamond miner made $650m from its rough stones last month, well above sales of $551m in early 2020, amounting to the […]
