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Post Office customers benefit from one million extra opening hours this festive season

Post Office customers benefit from one million extra opening hours this festive season

07.12.16: Post Office customers will benefit from one million extra opening hours this Christmas as it gears up for a busy festive season[i]. Whether collecting online shopping, posting letters and cards to loved ones or withdrawing cash, the Post Office is working hard to make it easier for customers this Christmas.
This year Post Office is expecting to handle a record number of online purcha

MONDAY, 8 FEBRUARY, DUBBED “RO-MANIC MONDAY” AS NATION GOES ONLINE FOR VALENTINE’S GIFTS

MONDAY, 8 FEBRUARY, DUBBED “RO-MANIC MONDAY” AS NATION GOES ONLINE FOR VALENTINE’S GIFTS

Monday 8th February when nation’s online searches for Valentine’s gifts peakMen most generous spending an average of £55 compared to women who are set to spend £25 on averageHalf of men (50 per cent) will buy gifts compared to 37 per cent of women Men most likely to be last minute lovers - one in five (22 per cent) leave it to within a couple of days of 14th to purchase presentsToday has been dub

12TH DECEMBER DUBBED ‘SEND-BACK SATURDAY’ AS TWO THIRDS OF ONLINE SHOPPERS PLAN TO RETURN ANY UNWANTED PURCHASES PRE-CHRISTMAS

12TH DECEMBER DUBBED ‘SEND-BACK SATURDAY’ AS TWO THIRDS OF ONLINE SHOPPERS PLAN TO RETURN ANY UNWANTED PURCHASES PRE-CHRISTMAS

12TH DECEMBER DUBBED ‘SEND-BACK SATURDAY’ AS TWO THIRDS OF ONLINE SHOPPERS PLAN TO RETURN ANY UNWANTED PURCHASES PRE-CHRISTMAS
Post Office is braced for ‘Send-back Saturday’ as Brits are set to return a predicted £160million[i] worth of goods this weekend One in ten (9 per cent) shoppers return items to ensure they get money back for Christmas Almost three quarters (72 per cent) of people

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