Tesco is Britainâs biggest retailer, operating grocery businesses in the UK, Ireland and Europe. Tesco has grown to more than 3,000 stores in its core British market, operating across a number of concepts including its Extra hypermarkets, superstores and smaller Express and convenience formats, as well as online via Tesco.com. In addition to its core grocery business, Tesco owns the F&F clothing label. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Tesco and the grocery sector.
As new appointments to retailâs top jobs nearly doubled, UK retail firms picked more women than ever to take leadership positions with many of them first-time CEOs, Retail Week can reveal.
Changes in consumer browsing behaviour are wreaking havoc on visitor numbers to retail ecommerce websites, with nearly two-thirds of major UK retailers facing falls in unique visitors last year.
Tesco is set to launch a trial of a new crime reporting platform next week, in a bid to deter shoplifters and keep colleagues and customers safe, Retail Week can reveal.
Tesco and Sainsburyâs, which both updated on Christmas trading this week, were seasonal winners as the two food giants won market share in a highly competitive environment.
Supermarket Tesco has recorded its highest market share in over a decade thanks to investments across the shopping journey, while Christmas sales also grew.
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