November 2011

This thought comes from a cloudy and miserable weather day in London. Companies around here are now getting geared up as sponsors for the Olympic games next year. It identifies how important it is for retailers to get behind a cause. You may not be able to support an event like the Olympics, but what […]

The second week of November and John Lewis the UK department store are seeing a 50% increase in the sale of Chirstimas trees over this time last year. Is this an indicator of a busy Christmas trading period or consumers are spreading their spending over a longer period? The next few weeks will let us

It is now three years since the GFC became a common acronym in the English language. Prior to that as business we were riding the wave of success. The initial reaction of most retailers was to discount product o get them through the crisis. It would surely not last more than a year. Three years

Sunday 20th November was National Stir day and Delia Day according to the UK supermarket Waitrose. This is the first time I have come across a retailer working with a celebrity and announcing a National Day. The Delia day is to do about Christmas cakes. Baking is the new trend hobby and making a Christmas