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There are less than 100 days to go to Christmas, but how do you decide the best way to utilise your store’s window space? Many of the major retailers are releasing information about what lines they will be featuring on their shelves this Christmas. Meetings will be happening, planning on how to decorate their storefronts. For many, the unveiling of shop window displays from some of the country’s...

For many hotels and restaurants, Christmas is the time of year where things go into overdrive - their most important period for revenue. However, when it comes to Christmas, you need to spend money to make money - on a tree and decorations. Guests and diners, much like window shoppers, can be enticed into entering or booking with an establishment if it gets into the seasonal festivities. If you have...

Artificial or real Christmas trees, it’s been a long-running debate with both having their own benefits. We’re obviously biased, but if you want to save money at the festive season, an artificial Christmas tree is a wise investment.

Whether you’re after a large or small commercial Christmas tree for your business, you might want to consider professional help when it comes putting it up.

Florists are...

Each year at Christmas, you can bet at least one local council will hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons: their Christmas tree will be a disappointment. National and local press, social media users, they’ll all point out the same flaws - it isn’t large enough, it looks half dead, or it looks like a scaffolding tower with a star on top. Choosing the correct Christmas tree is difficult for every...

It’s no secret that Christmas can be an expensive time for many of us. We have to buy presents, food, Christmas tree decorations... and whatever else we feel we need to have a stellar festive period. However, Christmas can also be an incredibly costly time for businesses. If not correctly budgeted for, or taken into account, then it can be a bit of a shock to the bank balance. At Christmas Tree World,

Christmas is a traditional time of year. From stuffing the turkey to hanging up stockings, some of our favourite festive pastimes have been part of the season for hundreds of years! However, sometimes it’s good to shake things up a bit! Alternative Christmas trees are becoming increasingly popular among those who like to buck the norm and create something out of the ordinary. Take a look at our favourite...

For football fans, there's no better time of the year than Christmas. They squeeze in as many games as they feasibly can, which means while we're gorging on turkey sandwiches and mince pies by our cosy realistic Christmas trees..., barely a day goes by when we can't watch a match. But who comes out on top of this infamously 'busy Christmas period'? It might not be who you think! Based on data from the

Christmas is supposed to be a time of cheer and joy, a time to get together with family and friends and eat, drink and be merry. However, many of us will attest to this not always being the case. Sometimes Christmas means slightly fraught and tense atmospheres, and tempers can become frayed - especially after a glass or three of eggnog! Here at Christmas Tree World, we've conducted some research...

Some may think that Christmas trends are the same each year, and that people just stick an artificial Christmas tree in the corner, throw up some Christmas garlands and be done with it. However, you might be surprised! Christmas trends do in fact differ from year to year. Here, our very own Stephen Evans, managing director at Christmas Tree World, comments on the top Christmas trends for the home this...

While most of us are rushing around the shops at Christmas to get all of our shopping done, it’s likely little thought goes into the shops themselves and the work that goes into making them look the way they do. However, the intricacies of trying to entice people in shops at Christmas is a fine art, and window dressing, window displays and merchandising is something that takes months of planning. From...