Online retailers enjoyed a welcome boost following a December blighted by weather-related disruption with Christmas Day achieving record figures and Boxing Day proving to be the busiest online shopping day of the year.
Diamond necklaces will be given away with Samsung's Diva Diamond phones in the New Year, developed as part of a double-pitch win by Big Communications for both Diva Diamond and Solid Immerse handsets in O2 stores.
In the last trading days before Christmas, John Lewis has seen an increase in sales of 4.3% compared to last year, despite the ongoing poor weather.
Tesco has kicked off its "Boxing Day" sales four days early, joining a large number of high street retailers that have also started their sales.
Former Dixons marketing director Anna Burleigh has been appointed marketing director at Musgrave Retail Partners GB, owner of the Londis and Budgens brands.
Christmas Day, a day traditionally absolved from the excessive seasonal spending, could see consumers parting with up to £153m, according to analysis from the Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG).
Weight Watchers is kicking off a £28m ad campaign on Boxing Day to promote its new points plan, which it describes as the biggest change to the global business in 15 years.
Price hikes proposed by the Royal Mail prior to a privatisation next year will hit agencies' direct marketing budgets, according to direct mail specialists Post Switch.
Amazon has topped ForeSee's annual list of the best and worst online retailers, with overall customer satisfaction increasing slightly, and the performance of UK websites flagging far behind US websites.
EBay has agreed to buy German retail website Brands4Friends for $200m (£128m) in cash.
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