Retail Week
Greg Hodge
Greg Hodge is research director for Planet Retail.
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Best Buy returns to the basics in its bid for growth
21-Apr-2011
Electronics retailer Best Buy has struggled of late and has outlined three new strategic priorities, which it believes will help it capture new growth opportunities in key categories and channels, fund growth efforts through structural opportunities and improve returns. -
Tengelmann targets rising number of senior shoppers
11-Apr-2011
A&P, the bankrupt Tengelmann-controlled retailer, is targeting a growing segment of the US population with a special discount scheme for seniors at all its Pathmark stores. -
Pick n Pay launches Smart Shopper loyalty scheme
March 25 2011
South Africa’s second largest grocery retailer Pick n Pay has launched the country’s largest and most extensive loyalty programme, named Smart Shopper. -
Less is more strategy pays off for Abercrombie & Fitch
February 25 2011
After three consecutive years of negative like-for-like sales growth, which also included a period of nine consecutive negative quarters, US-based fashion chain Abercrombie & Fitch has reported like-for-like sales increased 7% in fiscal 2010. -
Walmart pledges healthier food with no added extras
26-Jan-2011
Walmart is to embark upon a five-year plan to make its food offering healthier. -
Internationalism is high on the agenda for 2011
December 17 2010
In the past few years the retail sector has been dominated by the effects of the global economic crisis, with consumers in search of value and low prices. -
Casino trumps Tesco to Carrefour’s Thai assets
November 19 2010
Casino subsidiary Big C has emerged as the surprise purchaser of Carrefour’s assets in Thailand. -
Walmart turns attention to small-format US stores
October 22, 2010
At its annual investor conference last week, Walmart announced plans to roll out 30 to 40 medium and small-sized stores in the US next year. -
Walmart calls on India to relax retail investment
July 30, 2010
Walmart has called on the Indian government to relax Foreign Direct Investment laws that do not allow foreign investment in multi-brand retail, but do allow 51% foreign investment in single-brand retail and 100% in wholesaling. Walmart said it would open hundreds of stores in India if it were to change its laws. -
Can Rewe Group continue its scale of sales growth?
June 18, 2010
German-based retailer Rewe Group passed the €50bn (£41.5bn) sales threshold for the first time last year. Total sales reached €50.91bn (£45.9bn) in the 2009 financial year - 2.7% up on the previous year. The number of stores increased 5% over the same period. -
Crisis in Greece hampers international retailers
May 14, 2010
International retailers such as Delhaize Group, which has seen almost double-digit growth every quarter for the past two years in Greece, will be watching the situation there closely. -
Discount conversion won’t solve hypermarket woes
April 1, 2010
Remodelling an underperforming store into a discount format does not really address the underlying concerns regarding the profitability of a particular hypermarket. -
Grocers to target smaller footprint stores for growth
March 12, 2010
With 2009 annual results flooding in, the overriding opinion of last year is that it was one when retailers cut back on expenditure and scaled back store openings. The outlook now is for conservative store growth through smaller footprint stores. -
Best Buy could do worse than buy into Australia
February 12, 2010
While on the face of it an acquisition seems far fetched, Best Buy purchasing a top five player in a buoyant market wouldn’t be the craziest move. -
Festive sales held up but expect a bleak first quarter
January 8, 2010
The first sets of Christmas trading results have started to trickle in this week and by all accounts Christmas 2009 is unlikely to have been the disaster that everybody was expecting. -
US’s toy wars could mean victory only for consumers
November 13, 2009
With Christmas fast approaching, US discount giant Target this week introduced price cuts on toys at its stores. -
Carrefour’s retreat from Russia a mysterious move
October 23, 2009
French retailer Carrefour has surprised the retail world by announcing its decision to exit the Russian market, having only recently opened its first two hypermarkets in Moscow and Krasnodar. -
All roads lead to Russia for expanding retailers
September 18, 2009
A week cannot pass in retail without an international retailer being linked with a potential entry into the Russian market.
