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Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar?

Retail Gazette

These days shoppers expect more than just a square of chocolate inside, with some spending hundreds on calendars that house everything from beauty products to toys and books behind their daily windows. They produce bumper sales for retailers such as Harrods, Boots, and Net-a-Porter. Even pets have their own advent calendars.

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Chemist Warehouse accused of price tampering during Black Friday sales

Inside Retail

A Chemist Warehouse spokesperson told Choice that the issue was that the Cyber Week sales landed in between two other sales campaigns, meaning, what Choice said identified concerning pricing behaviours were, in fact, “simply the dovetailing of marketing activities”. off of recommended retail price), respectively.

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Proudly made in China: How Chinese consumers are reclaiming domestic brands

Inside Retail

Still, many Chinese citizens were unable to afford – or unwilling to pay full retail prices – for foreign-branded items. A demand for counterfeit goods was thus sparked, fuelling a boom for local manufacturers and leading China to become the top global market for the production and sale of fake goods. The Decline of the West.

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