Business, Finance & Lifestyle- Wura Blog » Shopping http://www.wura.co.uk/blogs UK small business blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:12:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Weak Pound Sterling to gives major UK shop a Merry Christmas http://www.wura.co.uk/blogs/weak-pound-sterling-to-gives-major-uk-shop-a-merry-christmas/ http://www.wura.co.uk/blogs/weak-pound-sterling-to-gives-major-uk-shop-a-merry-christmas/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:02:35 +0000 admin http://www.wura.co.uk/blogs/?p=69 Stores in central London, especially west end of London and other major shopping centres across UK are expected to do very good business over the Christmas shopping period because of the weakness of the pound against Euro and other major currencies.
Retail analyst forecast that the weak pounds will attract up to 20% more shoppers from US, EU and middle east, especially to the west end of London which is the most popular destination for foreign shoppers in Britain, about 1 out of 4 shoppers to visit the west end of London over the Christmas period are coming from abroad.

Ecommerce websites have also recorded increase in orders from outside UK as goods in UK becomes bargains to shoppers from EU and other countries, most online retailers are expecting a rise of up to 30% over the Christmas period.

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