Lets start with some Retail Therapy and if youre a shop owner you probably need it. A new report says top destination shopping streets can still thrive in select parts of new york and london. But this is a far cry from the rest of the Retail Sector which can feel like its fighting for survival. According to a recent prediction, amazon is expected to control nearly 50 of the us e Commerce Market by the end of the year. It also became the Worlds Largest retailer this year, surpassing walmart. In the us, 2019 has been dubbed the retail apocalypse some 8,600 stores will have closed by the end of this year. Its a pattern thats being repeated elsewhere. |n the uk, 1,234 high Street Stores shut in the first half of this year. But shops are starting to move away from just selling things they are begining to offer an experience instead. From things like pop up shops, where customers can try out products, to technology firms, like samsung and apple, who are offering a Customer Service like the g
For many years they know im wise to it weve had a lot of wins. This was a 7 billion win. Not bad. Washington spares champaign and Leather Goods. Uk Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes his final pitch but he receives a tepid response. The process, to be frank, a lot of work still needs to be done to reach the object of the backstop a warm welcome to street signs. We are just getting some fresh data out of the eurozone this is the final services pmi and kpcomposite pmi. The final number of 51. 6 versus 52 in august the final composite number is 50. 4 versus 50. 1 in august this comes out of dismal eurozone numbers the final manufacturing pmi fell manufacturing continues to be very, very weak. To have a look at the euro in response to these numbers. Currently trading 1. 5 lower below that 1. 10 level. To get a quick reaction, the global head of Bank Strategy from bank of america merle lynch. We got the final deep in now, touch on the territory the eurozone debt remains very weak particular
After surviving a tonga fight back, in auckland to reach their first final in 22 years. As analysts predict record spending on black friday we hear the thoughts of some keen bargain hunters. I have ended up buying a television, headphones, clothes, jewellery, all sorts of things. And ben has the weekend weather. Good morning. A cold, frosty and in places icy start, but the reward will be some crisp, autumn sunshine. Some wintry showers as well. All the weekend weather details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Egypts military says it carried out air strikes on those behind the deadliest islamist terror attack in the countrys recent history. At least 300 people were killed and more than 100 injured after gunmen detonated a bomb and stormed a packed mosque in north sinai yesterday. Egypts air force says it has destroyed vehicles used by the militants, as well as weapons and ammunition at what it described as terrorist locations. 0ur correspondent sally nabil is in cairo. Mor
Tea m Lizzy Yarnold, she has been named as team gbs flag bearer. More from her later. Louise has the weather. that is 1; our l. That iseeeizz they that is ; they are they are glorious start, cold and frosty, 6 vii; fiifc in southern england. Unfortunately, the cloud has arrived and we have a weather front. It is the cloud has arrived and we have a weatherfront. It is bringing rain, if we look at the Lake District, we ¥ w 7 12 ; ii can see rain pushing east overnight. More coming up. Thanks, louise. Also coming up well be giving a warm handshake and not in any way a dodgy one to the head of the freemasons in england and wales. Hell tell us why he thinks theyre getting an unfair press. We always seem to talk in a negative way when we discuss seen on the ie Interest Rate rises, have seen on the banknotes, is the seeing eye, but for millions of savers efi ourselves z z ~ of course they are good news. They, at least, will take cheer from bank of england chief mark carneys suggestion that
As india struggled under the second highest number of covid cases in the world, the number of daily deaths remains dangerously high wheat report from delhi. We report. The uk government is urging businesses to make their final preparations for brexit a month before the transition period ends. Growing fears for brazils amazon, as it emerges that more of the rainforest was destroyed last year than at any time in the past decade. New scientific analysis suggests the Global Climate change picture is looking more positive, with the goals of the paris accord within reach. Also coming up this hour, formula i World Champion Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekends grand prix in bahrain after testing positive for coronavirus. Hello and welcome if you are watching in the uk or around the world, stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. One of the uks Major Department store chains, debenhams, is to be liquidated after talks about a possible rescue have come to an