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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

off of recommended retail price), respectively. Chemist Warehouse said the issue isn’t price gouging, but the issue of retailers’ inconsistent pricing strategies confusing shoppers isn’t one to ignore. “Three separate sales events ran from one, into another and then into the other,” the spokesperson said.

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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. Health, wellness and travel became the new status symbols, swapped out for Rolexes and Birkins in a new spiritual way of living.

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