Neil Saunders
@neilretail.com
Managing Director at GlobalData. Retail analyst.
🇬🇧 TikTok Shop to see ‘record-breaking’ Black Friday sales as more retailers join platform
TikTok Shop to see ‘record-breaking’ Black Friday sales as more retailers join platform
TikTok Shop is expected to see a record-breaking Black Friday as retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Clarks joined the platform in time for peak, Retail Week can reveal.
www.retail-week.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇬🇧 TikTok Shop to see ‘record-breaking’ Black Friday sales as more retailers join platform
🇺🇸 Can artificial Christmas tree companies spruce things up for next year?
Can artificial Christmas tree companies spruce things up for next year?
No one wanted to put tariffs on Christmas, says the National Tree Company CEO. But what happens when your raw materials are made outside the U.S.?
www.retaildive.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🇺🇸 Can artificial Christmas tree companies spruce things up for next year?
🇺🇸 Abercrombie shares soar 37% on Hollister growth, strong earnings beat
Abercrombie shares soar 37% on Hollister growth, strong earnings beat
Abercrombie & Fitch's namesake banner is slowing down, but revenue is ramping up at Hollister, its teen-focused brand.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🇺🇸 Abercrombie shares soar 37% on Hollister growth, strong earnings beat
🇬🇧 Pets at Home launches 'retail turnaround plan' as profits slide
Pets at Home launches 'retail turnaround plan' as profits slide
Pets at Home has pledged rapid action to revive its underperforming retail division after reporting weaker profits and flat group revenues in the first half of FY26.
www.retailgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🇬🇧 Pets at Home launches 'retail turnaround plan' as profits slide
🇬🇧 Co-op pledges £1bn to cut prices and support UK economy
Co-op pledges £1bn to cut prices and support UK economy
The society said it would channel £1bn into the UK economy over the next 12 months to support consumers, businesses and high streets
www.thegrocer.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🇬🇧 Co-op pledges £1bn to cut prices and support UK economy
🇬🇧 Budget 2025: What exactly is happening with business rates?
Budget 2025: What exactly is happening with business rates?
Following months of speculation, the exact changes to business rates for the UK have finally been announced.
www.cityam.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🇬🇧 Budget 2025: What exactly is happening with business rates?
🇬🇧 Sainsbury’s to ‘nudge’ delivery drivers to wear seatbelts
Sainsbury’s to ‘nudge’ delivery drivers to wear seatbelts
Supermarket giant criticised by union chiefs for installing ‘spy cameras’ in vehicles
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🇬🇧 Sainsbury’s to ‘nudge’ delivery drivers to wear seatbelts
🇬🇧 Budget: 'Permanently lower' taxes for retail and hospitality
Budget: 'Permanently lower' taxes for retail and hospitality
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed she will introduce permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure firms, paid for by higher levies on big properties.
www.cityam.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🇬🇧 Budget: 'Permanently lower' taxes for retail and hospitality
🇬🇧 Budget 2025: Retail industry reacts
Budget 2025: Retail industry reacts - Retail Gazette
<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2025/11/budget-2025-industry-reacts/"></div>Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her second Budget today,…
www.retailgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🇬🇧 Budget 2025: Retail industry reacts
🇬🇧 John Lewis unveils £10m store refurbishment
John Lewis unveils £10m store refurbishment - Retail Gazette
John Lewis has launched its biggest store refurbishment in four years.
www.retailgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🇬🇧 John Lewis unveils £10m store refurbishment
🇬🇧 Electric vehicle sales to collapse under pay-per-mile tax
Electric vehicle sales to collapse under pay-per-mile tax
Chancellor accused of ‘driving with the handbrake on’ despite ambitious net zero targets
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🇬🇧 Electric vehicle sales to collapse under pay-per-mile tax
🇺🇸 Carol’s Daughter relaunches e-commerce site
Carol’s Daughter relaunches e-commerce site
The move comes nearly nine months after L'Oréal said it would sell the brand, placing it back under the leadership of founder Lisa Price.
www.retaildive.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🇺🇸 Carol’s Daughter relaunches e-commerce site
🇬🇧 $10 for a pair of used tongs? When secondhand prices are higher than new
$10 for a pair of used tongs? When secondhand prices are higher than new
For op shops, setting prices is a delicate balance. Too high and they risk pricing out customers, too low and it becomes difficult to cover costs
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🇬🇧 $10 for a pair of used tongs? When secondhand prices are higher than new
🇬🇧 Brits eating more vegetables at Christmas, new research reveals
Brits eating more vegetables at Christmas, new research reveals
A poll commissioned by the market revealed 57% of people claimed vegetables had become a bigger part of their Christmas dinner plate., with 51% driven by a desire for more variety and 48% by…
www.thegrocer.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🇬🇧 Brits eating more vegetables at Christmas, new research reveals
🇺🇸 Bath & Body Works Bets on Aspiration, Influencers and Train-Station Scent Diffusers
Bath & Body Works Bets on Aspiration, Influencers and Train-Station Scent Diffusers
The seller of candles, scents and soaps wants to market fewer products as it tries to position itself for long-term growth.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
🇺🇸 Bath & Body Works Bets on Aspiration, Influencers and Train-Station Scent Diffusers
🇬🇧 Pets at Home boss says ‘urgent and necessary’ action needed as profits dive
Pets at Home boss says ‘urgent and necessary’ action needed as profits dive
Interim chair of group, which is still looking for a CEO, says chain must ‘return to our retailing roots’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🇬🇧 Pets at Home boss says ‘urgent and necessary’ action needed as profits dive
🇬🇧 Pets at Home chews through investors’ goodwill
Pets at Home chews through investors’ goodwill
Dog demographics have aged out since Covid pup purchase boom
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
🇬🇧 Pets at Home chews through investors’ goodwill
🇬🇧 Retail confidence falls at its fastest rate since 2008
Retail confidence falls at its fastest rate since 2008
A growing share of retail firms expect their business situation to deteriorate over the coming festive quarter.
www.cityam.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🇬🇧 Retail confidence falls at its fastest rate since 2008
🇬🇧 Dr Martens opens Soho flagship
First look: Dr Martens opens Soho flagship
Dr Martens has opened its first “beacon store” on Brewer Street in London's Soho, positioning the 3,400 sq ft space as a key pillar of the brand’s new direct-to-consumer retail strategy under CEO Ije…
www.drapersonline.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🇬🇧 Dr Martens opens Soho flagship
🇺🇸 OpenAI's new ChatGPT shopping tool promises 'in-depth' research — just not for Amazon products
OpenAI's new ChatGPT shopping tool promises 'in-depth' research — just not for Amazon products
OpenAI is rolling out a more personalized and sophisticated AI-powered shopping tool inside ChatGPT called Shopping Research.
www.modernretail.co
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🇺🇸 OpenAI's new ChatGPT shopping tool promises 'in-depth' research — just not for Amazon products
🇬🇧 Pets at Home unveils turnaround plan as retail sales continue to fall
Pets at Home unveils turnaround plan as retail sales continue to fall
Pets at Home boss Ian Burke has unveiled a turnaround plan for its flagging retail business that aims to cut prices and improve its product offering.
www.retail-week.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🇬🇧 Pets at Home unveils turnaround plan as retail sales continue to fall
🇬🇧 Inflation-linked booze duty rise a bitter mouthful for producers
Inflation-linked booze duty rise a bitter mouthful for producers
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ignored pleas for a freeze on alcohol duty, confirming it will rise with RPI to maintain its current real-terms value
www.thegrocer.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🇬🇧 Inflation-linked booze duty rise a bitter mouthful for producers
🇬🇧 Budget 2025: How has food, drink and retail reacted to the news?
Budget 2025: How has food, drink and retail reacted to the news?
Today's budget was delivered in a manner that 'falls short of standards that the House expects', Rachel Reeves was told before she'd even started today
www.thegrocer.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🇬🇧 Budget 2025: How has food, drink and retail reacted to the news?
🇬🇧 William Hill and 888 owner Evoke to slash jobs after budget raid
William Hill and 888 owner Evoke to slash jobs after budget raid
Rachel Reeves raised remote gaming duty, levied on online casinos, from 21% to 40% from April. And she lifted the levy on online sports betting from 15% to 25%.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 AM
🇬🇧 William Hill and 888 owner Evoke to slash jobs after budget raid
🇬🇧 Retail Trust lights up Flannels Oxford Street to tackle shopworker abuse
Retail Trust lights up Flannels Oxford Street to tackle shopworker abuse
Flannels is lighting up its Oxford Street flagship with a thousand smiles this Black Friday as part of the Retail Trust's Let's Respect Retail campaign.
www.retail-week.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🇬🇧 Retail Trust lights up Flannels Oxford Street to tackle shopworker abuse