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Online fashion orders have skyrocketed 363 per cent since the start of November as Cyber Week and Christmas shopping provided a much-needed boost for the industry.

Online fashion orders up 363% since start of November

December 15, 2020

Online fashion orders have skyrocketed 363 per cent since the start of November as Cyber Week and Christmas shopping provided a much-needed boost for the industry. According to the latest…

Currys PC World has launched its first ever TikTok campaign challenging users to create and share their top tech tips.

Currys customers furious after “technical fault” forces them to pay full price on Black Friday deals

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December 9, 2020

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Currys PC World has come under fire from furious customers after a “technical fault” meant many were forced to pay full price on Black Friday deals. Currys is facing growing…

Brits have saved a whopping £245 billion over lockdown and are preparing to spend up to £60 billion of that when lockdown ends.

Last weekend was 2020’s biggest shopping event outpacing Black Friday by 40%

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Barclaycard Black Friday Cyber Monday retail sales

December 9, 2020

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Retail sales far surpassed both Black Friday and Cyber Monday last weekend making it the biggest shopping event of 2020. According to the latest figures from Barclaycard, which processes £1…

Amazon hails “biggest holiday season to date” as 3rd party seller sales jump 60%

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December 2, 2020

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Amazon has had its “biggest holiday season to date” seeing both the retailers and its owner expand their staggering wealth while retail at large flounders. Early Christmas shopping, the pandemic-driven…

Amazon’s two-year antitrust investigation by EU regulators could amount to nothing as investigators struggle get to grips with its algorithm.

Amazon warehouse workers to strike in a bid to disrupt Black Friday orders

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Amazon Black Friday Prime Day Stike union Verdi

December 1, 2020

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Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Germany have been called on by their trade union to strike for the second time in a week in order to disrupt the processing…

With a bevy of highly anticipated tech products launched at CES in January - from TVs to mobile phones, CPUs and laptops - the question is: how can retailers ensure they get them into the hands of eager consumers?

1 in 40 Black Friday transactions will be made by fraudulent “bots” this year

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Black Friday bots Callsign LexisNexis Risk Solutions

November 27, 2020

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Black Friday’s best deals could be snapped up by fraudulent “bot” attacks as use of the technology skyrockets 235 per cent. According to new research from LexisNexis Risk Solutions, one…

Charged has collected key insights, predictions and analysis from leading experts across the industry so you know what to expect.

Black Friday 2020: Record breaker or lost cause? Here’s what the experts say

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Alibaba Barclaycard Black Friday BRC British Retail Consortium EY Fujitsu University of Salford Business School

November 27, 2020

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Black Friday is finally here, but like almost everything this year, it promises to be a totally different beast from previous events. This year the sales extravaganza, which traditionally marks…

Amazon staff working over the Christmas period will receive a £300 payout this year, but workers are afraid busy facilities will become COVID-19 hotspots.

Amazon staff to get £300 Christmas bonus but activists “gravely concerned” warehouses will become infection hotspots

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Amazon Amnesty International Black Friday Bonus

November 27, 2020

Ben Stevens

Amazon staff working over the Christmas period will receive a £300 payout this year, but workers are afraid busy facilities will become COVID-19 hotspots. Amazon has announced plans to roll…

Experts predict “permanent shift” to online shopping as Black Friday approaches

85% of Black Friday “deals” found cheaper or the same price on other dates says Which?

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November 24, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Black Friday deals can be found cheaper or at the same price nearly 90 per cent of the time across the UK’s most popular retailers. According to a new study…

Lockdown Black Friday must be “halted in its tracks” to avoid delivery chaos and £1.3bn loss

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Black Friday MRS Digital ParcelHero

November 24, 2020

Ben Stevens

Black Friday must be “halted in its tracks” to avoid retailers’ delivery networks completely collapsing under the weight of online orders. This year’s annual shopping festival, due to take place…

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Online fashion orders up 363% since start of November

Last weekend was 2020’s biggest shopping event outpacing Black Friday by 40%

Amazon hails “biggest holiday season to date” as 3rd party seller sales jump 60%

Amazon warehouse workers to strike in a bid to disrupt Black Friday orders

1 in 40 Black Friday transactions will be made by fraudulent “bots” this year

Black Friday 2020: Record breaker or lost cause? Here’s what the experts say

Amazon staff to get £300 Christmas bonus but activists “gravely concerned” warehouses will become infection hotspots

85% of Black Friday “deals” found cheaper or the same price on other dates says Which?

Lockdown Black Friday must be “halted in its tracks” to avoid delivery chaos and £1.3bn loss

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