All Asda articles – Page 28
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News
Tesco beats big four rivals as inflation ups food sales
Tesco’s sales outpaced its big four rivals in January but the rapidly growing discounters continued to erode its market share.
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Analysis
In pictures: How supermarkets handle click-and-collect
From parcel towers and Doddle partnerships to sharing space at customer-service desks, stores editor John Ryan looks at how the big four handle click-and-collect.
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Analysis
Retail Week Live: Grocery's direct-to-consumer future
The direct-to-consumer trend is far from a new phenomenon, certainly in the worlds of fashion, footwear and technology.
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News
Tesco culls 1,700 jobs to ‘simplify’ store structure
Tesco is axing almost 1,700 shopfloor roles as part of a drive to “simplify” the structure of its store teams, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Walmart promotes Judith McKenna to international CEO
Former Asda executive Judith McKenna has been promoted by Walmart to run its international division.
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News
Asda claims Christmas supermarket sales crown
New Asda boss Roger Burnley proclaimed victory in the Christmas sales battle, with like-for-likes exceeding those reported by its big four rivals.
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Data
Data: Tesco wins big four’s Christmas grocery battle
Tesco has won the festive battle of the big four supermarket chains, according to data from Kantar and Nielsen.
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News
Asda adopts owner Walmart’s parcel towers in UK first
Asda has launched its first automated parcel tower designed to speed up online collections and returns for customers.
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Analysis
Analysis: Asda boss Roger Burnley's to-do list
Asda started the New Year with a new boss, after former chief executive Sean Clarke’s right-hand man Roger Burnley stepped up earlier this week.
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News
Asda quits EMD buying group after two years
Asda has quit the European Marketing Distribution (EMD) buying group after two years as it beefs up efforts to build direct relationships with its suppliers.
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Analysis
Infographic: Big deals, job cuts and underpaid staff
Words and numbers, December 15 2017: Umar Kamani on Pretty Little Thing, Asda job cuts, Hammerson-Intu deal and underpaid Primark staff.
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Opinion
Opinion: Asda's structural pruning has gone too far
The emergence of a credible retail offer from the discounters a decade or so ago coincided with the need for better value groceries.
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News
More than 800 Asda staff face pay cut or redundancy
Asda has launched a further round of cost-cutting under which more than 800 store staff may have their pay cut or be made redundant.
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News
Retail diary: Why Hammond's budget was Majestic
A Majestic budget, to queue or not to queue at the Co-op and Asda’s boozy mince pie saga.
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Opinion
Opinion: Black Friday Sales play into Amazon’s hands
They say when America sneezes, Britain catches a cold. In the case of the Black Friday bug we’ve picked up from across the pond, the diagnosis could be worse.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Asda and M&S shun Black Friday
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Asda and M&S’ decision to not take part in Black Friday this year.
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Opinion
Andy Clarke: The changing face of Black Friday
Black Friday bargains and promotions have been everywhere for the past couple of weeks.
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News
Ex-Asda boss Clarke ‘surprised’ by Tesco-Booker verdict
Former Asda boss Andy Clarke admits he was ‘surprised’ by the competition watchdog’s decision to provisionally approve Tesco’s £3.7bn mega-merger with Booker.
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Data
Data: How can M&S change its customer’s mindset?
Marks & Spencer has a strong womenswear design team led by style director Belinda Earl, but how can the retailer promote its fashion if customers aren’t interested?
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Data
Data: The top 30 retailers by UK store numbers
Tesco and the Co-op maintain the largest store networks, but discounters are showing the fastest growth.