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Hotel Chocolat, Drinks by the Dram and Playmobil were big winners, while Fortnum and Mason’s chocolate was deemed ‘inedible’ as Which? put this year’s crop of luxury chocolate, gin and children’s toy advent calendars to the test. With Christmas fast approaching and warnings of impending shortages, shoppers are already stocking up on advent calendars for […]
Parcels lobbed over fences, forged signatures and packages chewed almost beyond recognition by foxes were just some of the Christmas delivery disasters endured by online shoppers – as new Which? research reveals two in three had at least one issue with their deliveries last year. The consumer champion surveyed more than 2,000 people about their […]
An investigation by Which? has revealed the right chocolate box for you based on your tastes this Christmas – and which comes in cheapest. The consumer group looked at the contents of five festive chocolate tubs, sorting the chocolates into various categories – fudges, toffees and caramels; fruits and coffee cremes; solid chocolate, and […]
From a pair of novelty socks to a book you already own, Which? research unwraps the true story of what really happens to those gifts that require a forced smile on Christmas morning.Which? surveyed over 2,000 people about their shopping and gifting habits at Christmas. The research revealed that almost one in three (30%) received […]
Which? reveals how deliveries ahead of Christmas are not arriving as planned, with consumers reporting lengthy delays, damaged packages and poor communication. Earlier in December, Which? asked over 2000 people about their experience of receiving deliveries within the past month, and found that only a third (35%) received all their deliveries as expected. The survey […]
Which? reveals that more than half of shoppers are over-estimating their returns rights when doing their Christmas shopping on the high street. With the Christmas shopping season underway, Which? is stressing the importance of shoppers knowing the difference between their rights when shopping online or in-store. Which? asked more than 2000 people about their Christmas […]
New research from Which? reveals that one in ten men (8%) plan to leave their Christmas shopping until the week before Christmas. Whereas most (64%) women started their Christmas shopping well before December. Of those we surveyed, most women (70%) claimed to have started their Christmas shopping before December, with one in seven (15%) having […]
New research from Which? reveals half of people have never shopped on the Black Friday weekend before. Black Friday is said to mark the beginning of the Christmas shopping season, however, new research from Which? has found that almost half of us have never shopped over the Black Friday weekend before, and only half of […]
Discount retailer Aldi is among the best in this year’s annual Which? festive taste tests for red wine and Champagne, with own-brand tipples costing between £5.99 and £9.99 respectively. Aldi’s Exquisite Collection Argentinian Malbec 2016, £5.99, was voted top by the Which? experts in a blind taste test for the best winter red wine. The […]
New Which? research has found that getting the tastiest food and drink for Christmas doesn’t have to break the bank with supermarket own-brands awarded top spots in some of our festive taste tests. This year our expert tasters blind-tasted Christmas puddings, sparkling wine and Champagne. Our Christmas pudding panel, which included Great British Bake Off 2013 winner Frances […]