Lidl is to begin selling champagnes for under £10 and mobile phones for just £8.99 as part of its first-ever Black Friday promotion.

I spoke to The Times and Sunday Times about how ASDA's positive l-f-ls were merely what should be expected when up against yearly comparatives of -5.8% thetimes.co.uk/article/walmar…

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I will be on the BBC The One Show at 7pm on Thursday, talking about Black Friday and how consumers can make the most of it #blackfridayfeeling #Sales #shopping #BlackFriday

Pretty brutal UK GDP growth downgrades from OBR #budget2017

Extra 10 billion for NHS capital over parliament (prob includes the 8 billion) and additional 2.8 billion for NHS in England, not the 4 billion they say they need but goes a long way

.Philip Hammond "For all first time buyer purchases up to £300,000 I am abolishing stamp duty altogether" #Budget2017

OBR economic summary with revisions. The bit highlighted in red by me deserves an "ouch".

Retail team's first take on #budget2017 - some progress on business rates overshadowed by savage downgrade to GDP forecasts which will stifle retail sales growth

GlobalData's take on impact of #budget2017 on retail verdict.co.uk/business-rates…

Our senior analyst @molly_gdretail was just on BBC The One Show chatting to Matt Allwright about #BlackFriday

After a tough few years, Booths has been put up for sale. Yet more changes in UK grocery retailing. theguardian.com/business/2017/…

Retailers can’t judge the success of Black Friday until January - Patrick O'Brien writes for Verdict bit.ly/2BgMsY7

Big news for Ocado! Adding partners will add incremental profit, as so much of the heavy financial investment has been in development. An interesting step for Casino, but makes more sense with Monoprix’s higher margin product #online #food reut.rs/2k59mOQ

4,000 jobs on the line as wholesaler Palmer & Harvey heads towards administration telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/… via Telegraph Business

I spoke to BBC Business about the potential of Just Eat moving into the FTSE 100, overtaking M&S, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - a sign of changing consumer eating habits and the high demand for, and therefore valuations of, tech stocks and internet marketplaces

Shopping centres sold in £3.4bn deal - Sofie Willmott spoke to BBC News (UK) about the Hammerson plc intu Group deal bbc.in/2Ay0tnc

“Some big names will go bust. Definitely.” - Patrick O’Brien of @Retail_GDUK tells @NewsAtTen he’s never seen so many retailers in post-Christmas distress.

UK inflation dropped to 3% in December after the six-year high of 3.1% in November. Consumers will be relieved to see a slowing of growth in food prices but ONS says it's too early to tell if the falling rate will continue

I spoke to the The Telegraph about the financial pressures facing Greggs in 2018 telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/…