All Co-operative Group articles – Page 30
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NewsCo-op swings to half-year profit but warns investment will hit full-year figures
The Co-operative Group has swung into the black after posting a pre-tax profit of £36m, driven by its core food convenience business.
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NewsSainsbury's and Morrisons 'vulnerable' to a return to private ownership
Supermarket giants Morrisons and Sainsbury’s are “vulnerable” to a return to private ownership, according to a senior grocery analyst.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on July retail sales, farmers' supermarket fears and the Co-op
Retail news round-up on August 11, 2015: July retail spending up, NFU calls for fairer contracts and Co-op to escape hefty fines.
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VideoThe Retail Week: The Sunday trading debate, Co-op appointment and the Ashes
Catch up on the week’s biggest retail stories with executive editor George MacDonald and content editor Nicola Harrison.
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AnalysisIn the news: The Co-op’s new chief digital officer Mike Bracken profiled
The Co-operative has hired the Government’s chief data officer and executive director of digital Mike Bracken to lead its digital operations.
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NewsCo-op hires Government's Mike Bracken as new chief digital officer
The Co-op has appointed the Government’s chief data officer and executive director of digital Mike Bracken to oversee its digital operations.
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NewsAldi targets 35,000 new staff in ambitious £600m expansion plan
Aldi has revealed ambitious plans to plough £600m into its UK business and more than double its workforce as it presses ahead with expansion.
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AnalysisChristmas in July: Top festive foods
Food is arguably the most important part of Christmas and retailers have upped their game this year in a bid to win over festive shoppers.
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NewsCo-op returns to sales growth for first time in a year, Kantar data shows
The Co-op has returned to growth for the first time in a year and Sainsbury’s has reclaimed its position as the second biggest grocer from Asda.
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NewsInterview: How Co-op Food boss Steve Murrells has built momentum
Since arriving to head the Co-op’s food business in 2012, Steve Murrells has lead an impressive recovery, but he is not resting on his laurels.
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NewsCo-op to take on 1,000 new staff in customer service drive
The Co-op is poised to take on 1,000 new staff to man the tills at its convenience stores as part of its ongoing customer service drive.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Co-op, Scottish retail sales and Apple
Retail news round-up on July 22, 2015: Co-op on a hiring spree, Scottish retail sales down again and Apple’s record third quarter
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NewsCo-op Food boss Murrells: We know Aldi will overtake our market share
Co-op Food boss Steve Murrells has admitted it is an “inevitability” that Aldi will leapfrog the mutual to become the UK’s fifth biggest grocer.
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NewsCo-op apologises after customers are charged twice in card blunder
The Co-op has apologised and vowed to refund hundreds of thousands of customers who were accidentally charged twice for their purchases.
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NewsCo-op targets London expansion and eyes concessions in its larger stores
Co-operative Food will open up to 50 new convenience stores in and around London this year, boss Steve Murrells has revealed.
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NewsRetailers reap rewards of heatwave as sales soar along with temperatures
Sales are soaring as much as the temperatures this week as retailers across the country capitalise on Britain’s mid-summer heatwave.
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NewsMorrisons and Co-op continue recoveries as sales rise at both grocers
The two embattled grocers have continued their fightback by outperforming the market, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel data.
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NewsMidcounties Co-op reveals clutch of concessions in larger-format stores
The Co-op has unveiled a string of agreements for in-store concessions as the mutual seeks to make better use of space in its larger formats.
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NewsJohn Lewis overtakes the Co-op as the UK's biggest mutual
The John Lewis Partnership has become the UK’s best performing worker-owned business, after taking the top spot from the Co-operative Group.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Walmart, Amazon and John Lewis
Retail news round-up on June 25, 2015: Walmart working on watermarks to replace barcodes, Amazon UK pays just £11.9m tax in 2014 and John Lewis becomes UK’s biggest mutual.