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Festive February! People reveal they STILL haven’t taken their Christmas trees down – nearly six WEEKS after December 25th – in a bid to beat the lockdown blues BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin shared a photo of her Christmas tree, saying she’d decided to keep it up to ‘bring a smile’ during the third lockdown Many … Read more
The gift of gold: Royal Mint saw a huge surge in precious metal sales in run-up to Christmas which could result in profits surge Royal Mint says 1g and 5g gold bar sales surged 53% during Christmas Turbulence in 2020 saw the popularity of both digital and physical gold go up Investors aged between 22 … Read more
Brexit casts a cloud over Tesco’s festive feat as delivery woes hit Ireland The supermarket group has had trouble delivering fresh foods to Ireland Meat now requires the correct veterinary sign off in order to be transported There has also been ‘teething problems’ with supply flows from the EU to UK By Mark Shapland For The … Read more
The Hut Group enjoys a lift from its beauty division over the festive period with sales up 51% The retailer’s beauty division includes its Look fantastic and Glossybox websites Online beauty sales came in at £298.2 million in the quarter – a rise of 66.2% Matthew Moulding started Hut in 2004 selling DVDs online He … Read more
Festive fashion flop rocks Marks & Spencer: But sparkling food sales lift coronavirus gloom Marks & Spencer remains two businesses rolled into one Food sales – boosted by the High Street giant’s partnership with Ocado – soared 8.7 per cent over the festive period But again clothes proved to be the chain’s undoing as sales … Read more
B&M Bargains has doled out a 20p-a-share special dividend to shareholders as well as £30million to its boss Simon Arora after the cheap retailer enjoyed a bumper Christmas.. Arora and his family are the biggest shareholders in B&M, enabling him to pay himself £30million, in addition to a £44million dividend payout revealed two months ago. B&M will … Read more
Supermarkets accused of fleecing motorists over the festive season by stinging them with above-average fuel price hikes in December The wholesale price of petrol and diesel rose by 1p-a-litre in December However, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco increased fuel prices by 3p per litre Only Asda matched the wholesale increase and was by far the cheapest … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Next reveals better-than-expected Christmas; Morrisons sees early festive sales lift; Hipgnosis makes another music rights swoop By This Is Money Published: 08:12 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 08:15 GMT, 5 January 2021 Next has said festive sales were better than expected, but warned the trading boost will be ‘almost entirely’ wiped out … Read more
Ciara and Russell Wilson have fun with their kids in matching festive aprons as she expresses her gratitude for ‘joy, family & love’ in the New Year By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 19:39 GMT, 1 January 2021 | Updated: 19:41 GMT, 1 January 2021 Ciara and her husband Russell Wilson were feeling ‘grateful’ as … Read more
Kourtney Kardashian gets ready to ring in the new year with new festive selfies By Brian Gallagher and Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 07:52 GMT, 1 January 2021 | Updated: 10:16 GMT, 1 January 2021 After showing off her New Year’s Eve party dress earlier in the day, Kourtney Kardashian was ready to settle down … Read more