Christmas came early as Selfridges launched its Christmas shop on Monday. The central London department store has transformed 3,000 square feet of its fourth floor into a winter wonderland filled with festive decorations. Even Father Christmas was present, to welcome shoppers through the doors 143 shopping
Christmas is when department store retailers bring out their big visual merchandising guns – so let's take look at the best Christmas windows. It is, apparently, the most wonderful time of the year. For the next month it is a matter of breaking out the best champagne,
Possibly my favourite category of Christmas commercials, and this year sees, in my opinion, 2014's winner. Yes, I said it, there's a better ad than John Lewis. Enjoy! Sainsbury's UK - Christmas is for sharing Built on a beautiful insight steeped in history Sainsbury's have touched the
Burberry UK - From London with Love Burberry's short film Christmas commercial takes us on a “magical gifting journey” travelling through a world of “Britishness, heritage, music and weather”. 12 year old Romeo Beckham, who stars in the ad, was reportedly paid $84,000 for his days work. Boots UK - ‘Because
Etail giant Amazon has plans to open its first physical store in time for Christmas and has picked central New York for the trial. The site of the store will be on the same street as Macy’s department store and is designed primarily as a place
Christmas is a very romantic time of year – and not just for people who have had one too many at their office parties! To remind us all, Ted Baker has fixed ‘Merry Kissmas’ digital mistletoe to the tops of its London, New York and Tokyo
Bargain Booze launched its comic Christmas TV ad campaign last night which is focused on popular festive party food, scotch eggs. The off-licence chain’s ad depicts ‘the Ambassador’ who is obsessed with scotch eggs in a parody of the famous Ferrero Rocher adverts. It will run for
Galeries Lafayette, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris As possibly the best-known shop in the French capital and one of the truly ‘grands magasins’ on the upscale Boulevard Haussmann, Galeries Lafayette has always drawn the Christmas crowds, as much for its interiors as for the windows. One of the reasons
Luxury department store Barneys in New York has collaborated with visual artist Joanie Lemercier and music icon Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter to create interactive multimedia Christmas window displays. Barneys has worked with technology supplier Christie to deliver its displays, entitled ‘A New York Holiday’. The Madison Avenue
1. Marks and Spencer - Mad Hatters Tea Party 2. John Lewis - The Bear And The Hare 3. Debenhams - Wishes Made Fabulous 4. Sainsbury's - Christmas In A Day 5. Argos - Aliens 6. Littlewoods - Spread The Cost 7. Matalan - Christmas Shopping That Suits You 8. Tesco -
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