Category: Shopping
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, December 09, 2016
Morrisons Cheap £10 Battery Powered 200 LED Christmas Lights Review / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
Just how good are battery powered christmas lights as sold by Morrisons and many others? The obvious attraction is that there is no mains wiring involved so should be relatively easy to put up sets of lights all over the place.
This is a review of a string of 200 LED lights bought from Morrisons for just £10, though don't forget the cost of the batteries (£4), so total cost is £14 which Morrisons promises should last 60 days when on their 6 hour timer. Find out in our test if they at least last for the festive season or not and what do they actually look like in our comprehensive review.
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Thursday, November 24, 2016
Black Friday Cheap Christmas Lights, How Long do they Last ? B&M Stores Review Video / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Anika_Walayat
It's Black Friday tomorrow when shoppers will be focused on stocking up with perceived bargains for the Christmas holiday season ahead, and at the top of many lists will be new sets of christmas lights. So here is our timely review of just how reliable a set of cheap outdoor Christmas lights tend to be, how long do they actually last? As illustrated by a set set bought from the discount retailer B&M Store, comprising 80 multi-coloured LED bulbs. Find out of what use one can expect over the first and second christmas from similar cheap christmas lights.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Save Up to 70% in Shopping Expenses for Daily Items / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: ....
We have a series of tips to help you save money on purchases every day:
1) Buy Cheaper in Factories
Factory outlets can help you save a lot of money because the consumer can buy directly from the manufacturer without having to go through an intermediary (such as a traditional store, for example).
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Christmas Eve Online Sales 2015, Boxing Day High Street Sales Full List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Christmas high street sales frenzy is about to reach maximum intensity on Boxing day whilst most major retailers such as Next and PC World / Curry's will start their sales online on Christmas Eve so as to maximise profits from the the army of point and click armchair shoppers. Here is a comprehensive list of sales starting today, Christmas Eve and continuing into the high streets on Boxing day as well as those already well underway.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
UK Christmas Sales 2015 High Street and Online Start Dates Full List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Britain's shoppers with more cash in their wallets look set to go on a debt fuelled spending binge at the cathedrals of modern Britain, though not quite as jam packed with shoppers as in years past as 2015 also looks like the first year where online shopping could exceed bricks and mortar shopping totals. Nevertheless there is plenty of cash to go around given consumers infected with sales fever hunting for bargains as Christmas has long since morphed into a month long relentless advertising campaign to keep spending all the way into January.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Cineworld Star Wars the Force Awakens NOT for Tesco Clubcard Voucher Customers / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Sami_Walayat
Star Wars the Force Awakes with near unanimously good reviews looks set to become one of the biggest movie hits of all time, and so is encouraging many less frequent cinema goers to pay a visit to their local cinema's such as Cineworld, preferably to watch the movie on the biggest IMAX screens in 3d for the full Star Wars effect.
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Friday, November 27, 2015
The Top Shopping Opportunity on Black Friday / Companies / Shopping
By: Investment_U
Matthew Carr writes: The digital age has completely enveloped us.
It’s changed the way we do practically everything in our lives. Mostly for the better.
For one thing, it’s nearly impossible to be bored in the world we live in. We have devices on us at all times - our smartphones - that allow us to connect to all knowledge of human history.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Terrorism - Grinch that Stole Christmas / Politics / Shopping
By: BATR
The usual holiday cheer that underpins the throngs of shoppers may be missing this season. Political pundits are eager to blame potential terrorist risks as a compelling reason to avoid the crowds at malls, but knowing the sentiments of the consumer culture, it is difficult to accept that retail businesses will be empty. Nevertheless, will the economy incentivize the bargain hunters to brave the added security obstacles to storm the doors for the reward of super discount pricing?
Friday, November 13, 2015
Why Black Friday Needs to be a National Holiday / Politics / Shopping
By: Walter_Brasch
At one time, people placed carved pumpkins with a candle inside on their front porches to announce the beginning of the Halloween season.
And then it became a contest. First, best Halloween pumpkin. And then who could decorate their trees and hedges with the best fake cobwebs, followed by fake witches in trees.
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Thursday, December 25, 2014
Boxing Day Sales, Next, Debenhams... High Street Full List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Its mid-day Christmas day but already millions of shoppers thoughts are turning towards joining in on the Boxing days sales frenzy discounting bonanza, where the likes of retailers such as NEXT (6am) and Debenhams (7am) open their doors to the public. Just remember a cold snap is forecast for much of the UK tomorrow so be careful on the roads out there, especially by the evening and try not to get too caught up by shopping mania and over spend.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Christmas Eve Online Sales, Boxing Day High Street Sales Full List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Christmas high street sales frenzy is about to reach maximum intensity on Boxing day with many retailers such as Next and PC World / Curry's having shifted the start of their sales online to Christmas Eve so as to maximise profits from the the army of point and click armchair shoppers. Here is a comprehensive list of sales starting Christmas Eve and Boxing day as well as those already underway.
Monday, December 22, 2014
UK Christmas Sales 2014 High Street Start Dates List / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Britain's election economic boom is in full swing with the UK economy looking set to bust above a 3% GDP growth rate, further boosted by the collapse in the oil price that is acting to depress inflation (general prices) and put extra money into the pockets of consumers that is manifesting during the holiday season as consumers go on a debt fuelled spending binge at the cathedrals of modern Britain, jam packed with shoppers afflicted with sales fever hunting for bargains as Christmas has morphed into a month long relentless advertisement to spend, spend and then gain spend some more into January.
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
TrueShopping.co.uk Real Customer Experience Review - Online Shopping Lessons / ConsumerWatch / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
At the start of November with winter fast approaching and the temperature starting to drop, I decided it was time to get a decent set of ladders to enable me to complete a whole host of maintenance tasks before winter and after much searching settled on a large 12 rung Triple Extension Ladder supplied by the online retailer TrueShopping.co.uk, that could also be used as double extension step ladder though which lacked adequate online customer reviews though I did not think it would make much material difference to products such as ladders.
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Getting the Most Value from Your “Geriatric Cruiser” / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Don_Miller
For many a car lover, retiring rich requires the end of a lifelong love affair. I empathize with them all; I’ve had my own romance over the last 50-plus years.
Cars have a special resonance for people of my generation. George Lucas’ classic coming of age film American Graffiti is proof positive of that. As teens we flocked to auto dealers when new models came out and fantasized about actually being able to own our favorite. And let’s face it: cool cars were chick magnets. In our 20s and 30s, with the help of a friendly finance company, those dreams became reality, and every few years we’d get the new car itch again.
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Friday, April 18, 2014
Tesco Profits Panic! Back to Back £5 Off £40 Shop Voucher Promotions / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Tesco, Britain's giant supermarket chain is once more reeling following its latest trading results that reveal another bad year with profits slumping by 7% as the discount chains such as Aldi and Lidl continue to consume King Tesco's market share that fell to a 10 year low of 28.6% that sows the seeds for the market leader ultimately to join the ranks of has been's such as Morrisons that has been floundering in the supermarket wilderness for over a decade now.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Escape the Toy Trap / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Don_Miller
The toy trap: we all have friends who’ve fallen in. I received a wave of emails after publishing Debt: The Last Social Taboo?, all sharing similar sad stories. Author Dave Ramsey summed up the problem best: “We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.”
Friday, December 27, 2013
What's Fueling the Post Christmas Sales? / Economics / Shopping
By: Jonathan_Davis
I was on BBC Radio London yesterday talking about the Sales. The idea was that we’re all being duped into buying stuff we don’t need. Well Duh!!! Isn’t that the basis of our economy for the last 25 years?
However, I think this year is a watershed.
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Friday, December 27, 2013
January Sales 2014 - Post Christmas 2013 High Street Sales List - Discount Voucher Codes? / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Shop-till-you-drop looks set to continue all the way into January which was once upon a time the true start date for the holiday sales season that over the decades has meandered its way towards the end of November. Though of course most of these early sales are bogus, for these 50% off sales amount to nothing more than the original prices as the real sales only began online Christmas Eve and in store on Boxing day. Even then consumers need to be on their guard because it was very difficult if not impossible to capitalise on most of the discounts promoted, for instance many of the goods that you may have been interested in at for say 60% off have mysteriously become out of stock!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Boxing Day Sales 2013 List, But Are the Sales of 2013 Real? / Personal_Finance / Shopping
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Praise the lord for without Jesus there would be no 75% discounts! Britain's cathedrals of consumerism look set to be full to bursting point on Boxing day as bargain hunters resume celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ after a day of partial rest (online shopping) by maxing out their credit cards on asian sweat shops produced goods. Unlike the 50% sales in the lead up to Christmas Eve, these should represent the REAL SALES that for many stores started online late Christmas eve, as Christmas day shopping seamlessly continues into the shopping malls early Thursday morning and thus not even a storm damaged and disrupted transport network will be able to stop Britain's shopping zealots from securing their piece of the consumer sales relics of 2013.
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
The Business of the Christmas Season / Politics / Shopping
By: BATR
Commercialism, long criticized, as a distortion of the true celebration of Christmas, has become a crucial profit component for the corporate economy. Very little observation about the religious nature of the holiday rises for reflection. Likewise, even less focus is devoted to the underlying reasons why holiday gifting has become a stable to the season. Heritage and tradition has given way to popular cultural advertisement. A disconnect between purchases of necessity and acquisitions of disposable novelties is the hallmark of the mad rush to buy needless objects.