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Sensible gifting took centre stage as consumers embraced practicality this Christmas

Retail Focus

This Christmas, UK shoppers showed a clear shift towards sensible spending, prioritising useful, practical gifts over luxury and indulgence. Black November leads to early spending The growing prominence of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, now often extended into Black November, fundamentally reshaped holiday spending patterns.

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Five personalisation trends retailers can jump on this festive season

Inside Retail

Our latest research reveals 81 per cent of Aussie gift-givers feel stressed about finding the perfect gift, but 70 per cent say Designing Your Own Gifts (DYOG) makes the process easier and more enjoyable. For many shoppers, the unwrapping experience is just as important as the gift inside.

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Retail Risk Management And Business Protection From Emerging Threats

RetailMinded

Customer purchase history analytics help identify wardrobing patterns. What strategies work best for preventing digital gift card theft? Two-factor authentication implemented for digital gift card purchases reduces fraud. Requiring account history before allowing large digital gift card purchases deter fraudsters.

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Ramadan shopping trends 2025: Food, fashion and gifting

Inside Retail

Especially popular for gifts were food hampers consisting of cookies, packaged snacks and drinks, groceries, and ready-to-eat food. However, the timing pattern is the same, with online sales preferred leading up to and including the first two weeks of Ramadan and then a shift toward physical outlets in the second half of the month.

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Melbourne restaurant Calia collapses, owing $2 million to hospitality platform Liven

Inside Retail

2 million owed to restaurant-tech platform Liven While inflation and gloomy consumer spending patterns are familiar to struggling restaurants, Calia’s relationship with restaurant-tech platform Liven appears to be a complicating factor in the administration process.

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Amazon Australia maintains pace

Inside Retail

Pattern Australia has released its fourth annual report on consumer considerations and e-commerce. Poll participants were asked a new question this year around gifting, the research found that 29 per cent of consumers visited Amazon to shop for gifts, a key opportunity for gifting focussed brands.

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Yatofu applies festive hues to post office in Zhejiang

Dezeen

A gift shop and events space lie inside this post office in Zhejiang, China , which design studio Yatofu has decked out in red, green and white. A gift shop can be found on the building's first floor. Surfaces are in-built with shelving that display gifts and souvenirs. Pendant lights dangle above a fluted timber counter.

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