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US consumers projected to spend 23.6 billion dollars over Easter weekend

Ahead of the Easter weekend, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has released its annual survey projecting consumer spending for the holiday period. Together with Prosper Insights, the organisation said consumers were planning to spend a total of 23.6 billion dollars on Easter this year, up from the 22.4 billion dollars spent in 2024. While...

Retail

GlobalData: UK shoppers expected to spend 2.3 billion pounds over Easter weekend

New data collected by analytics company GlobalData has suggested that consumers in the UK could be on the verge of spending 2.3 billion pounds over the coming Easter weekend. According to a new report from the data firm, 40 percent of shoppers stated they were planning to “spend more this year” over the holiday period. On average, customers are...

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Louis Vuitton turns egg bag into a chocolate Easter egg

French fashion house Louis Vuitton has teamed up with pastry chef Maxime Frédéric to launch a range of Easter chocolates, including an Easter egg inspired by a bag designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of the women's collections. The iconic Egg bag from the Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2019 collection has been transformed into...

Fashion

Heelys teams up with Peeps for the sweetest collaboration

Heelys has teamed up with the Peeps brand, best known for its bright marshmallow treats, to create a fun, limited-edition capsule collection. Launching in time for Easter, the collaboration sees the sneaker brand with wheels infuse their signature styles with playful and whimsical touches from Peeps. The new Peeps x Heelys shoes feature an...

Retail

Easter heatwave expected to boost high street footfall by 17 percent

With a mini ‘heatwave’ expected to blaze across the UK over the Easter holiday, footfall will be buoyed by the good weather and the first Easter without restrictions in two years. For the UK’s high street the holiday weekend looks especially rosy, with a 6 percent rise in footfall expected on Good Friday, 17 percent rise on Easter Saturday and 5...