All Asda articles – Page 83
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NewsComment: A sense of mission – Aldi has it and Tesco needs to reassert it
Many moons ago, in the late 1990s and in contrast to today’s Kantar data, the big grocers were motoring.
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NewsVideo: Kantar’s Ed Garner on the latest grocery market share figures
Edward Garner, director at Kantar Worldpanel, explains some of the trends found in the latest grocery market share figures
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NewsAsda hatches dancing chicks Easter ad campaign
Asda has launched a TV ad campaign featuring three Easter chicks as the grocer looks to pull in customers over the crucial trading period.
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NewsAldi achieves record growth while big four grocers suffer sales decline
The big four grocers are continuing to lose market share while Aldi has notched up record growth, the latest Kantar industry data showed.
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NewsAsda to create 12,000 jobs over five years says Walmart chief
Food giant Asda aims to create 12,000 jobs over the next five years the boss of parent Walmart has told British Prime Minister David Cameron.
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NewsAsda, Morrisons and Selfridges back bid to extend Sunday trading
Some of the UK’s biggest retailers, including Asda, Morrisons and Selfridges, are backing a Parliamentary bid to extend Sunday trading laws.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on House of Fraser, Co-op, Made.com and supermarkets
Retail news round-up on April 7, 2014: Sir Tom Hunter offloads 11% stake in House of Fraser to Mike Ashley, The Co-op breaks into mobile phone market, Made.com mulls stock market listing and supermarkets told to move away from ‘buy-one-get-one-free’ offers
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why retailers should tap in to the pink pound
In the week that same-sex marriages became legal in England and Wales, Retail Week looks at how retailers are wooing gay consumers and other previously marginalised groups.
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NewsColes boss McLeod appointed non-executive director of Middle East retailer
Ian McLeod, the outgoing boss of Australian retailer Coles, has taken up the role at Majid Al Futtaim, the Middle East’s fastest growing retail business.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How travel retail went from waste of time to strategically crucial
Travel retail has undergone a renaissance over the past few years that has turned airports and stations into shopping destinations. Retail Week charts how it happened.
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NewsAsda wins ASA complaint against rival Aldi's Swap and Save ad campaign
A complaint by Asda about Aldi’s Swap and Save ad campaign has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after the advertising watchdog found that the ad was misleading.
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NewsAsda cuts 200 jobs at corporate office and George headquarters
Asda is to cut 150 jobs at its Leeds headquarters and 50 at the Lutterworth offices of its George fashion business.
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NewsAsda to make redundancies at head office
Asda is poised to make “scores” of redundancies among senior managers in its central and head office functions.
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OpinionComment: Can supermarkets have their cake and eat it?
Store design and deep discounting needn’t be mutually exclusive, but they make unnatural bedfellows.
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NewsSainsbury’s wins right to judicial review in Tesco ‘Price Promise’ battle
Sainsbury’s has won the right to a judicial review in its battle to prove that archrival Tesco’s ‘Price Promise’ is misleading.
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NewsBhs will undercut the grocers on food, says owner Sir Philip Green
Tycoon Sir Philip Green has entered the supermarket price war by vowing to undercut the major grocers with his new Bhs food venture.
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NewsAldi bosses undaunted by grocery price war and insist: 'We won't be beaten on price'
Aldi’s bosses are undaunted by the prospect of a grocery price war and have insisted the German discounter will “not be beaten on price”.
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OpinionComment: Debate on public versus private retailers doesn't tell whole story
There is more to the public versus private debate than meets the eye.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Nine standout retail technology projects from the past year
What are the best IT projects of the past year? Retail Week takes a look at some of the projects helping to change the way things are done in retail.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Are the good times over for Sainsbury's and the food sector?
Sainsbury’s nine-year run of like-for-like sales uplifts has today come to an abrupt end. While it was well trailed, it still has significant implications for the grocery sector overall.