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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. Early promotions captured a significant share of the festive budget, allowing consumers to plan purchases while taking advantage of discounts.

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Blackhawk Network shares 2025 gift card trends – and how retailers can benefit

Inside Retail

As Australia turns the corner into 2025, the gift card industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation, reshaping how Australians celebrate special moments and navigate their budgets. This growth reflects new consumer behaviours, with gift cards becoming an integral part of daily life for Australians. billion in 2028, up from $4.8

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Rag & Bone opens Sydney flagship store

Inside Retail

” The new store offers exclusive promotions, including gifts with purchases and complimentary beverages during the opening week. . “We’re excited to introduce Rag & Bone to a new audience and provide a place where our customers can explore the latest collections in person.”

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How to embrace the ‘gifts’ in challenging situations

Inside Retail

If you are encouraged to share successes and challenges at home, at school and amongst your social network, you will be more likely to be open to a ‘gift’ mindset. This mindset is all about embracing the gifts in both the challenging and positive experiences we encounter and then using these to progress ourselves and others forward.

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David Jones, LSKD reveal how their Black Friday sales are performing so far

Inside Retail

The Black Friday Cyber Monday sales period has expanded to become ‘Black November’ this year, with many retailers and brands starting their promotions earlier than ever. In 2021, the business went live with its promotions on November 18, in 2022 on November 15 and last year on November 9. This presents a predicament for retailers.

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More to love: The evolution of Valentine’s Day offers opportunities for brands

Inside Retail

While traditional celebrations like romantic dinners out and gifts of flowers, chocolates and jewellery remain prevalent or even dominant, there is a noticeable shift towards more personalised and experience-based celebrations. Categories for Valentines Day gifting have, therefore, been gradually expanding. Some examples below.

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Deliveroo Singapore’s MD Jason Parke on the company’s retail arm launch

Inside Retail

Besides delivery for non-food items, Deliveroo is also rolling out a new gifting function in the app, where consumers can select items they want to gift someone and mark them as a ‘gift’ at checkout before sending their recipients a trackable link to the order with an animated greeting card.

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