The Co-operative Group

The Co-operative Group is the UK’s biggest mutual retailer. As well as running food retail and wholesale operations, is the country’s largest funeral business and probate provider. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about the Co-op and the grocery sector.

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News
New Look raids Co-op for new retail director
2025-12-08T10:42:00+00:00By Aoife Morgan
New Look has named Co-op director of format and innovation Mark Matthews as its new retail director.
Feature
Future Leaders 2025 - Who will be the CEOs of the future?
2025-12-01T06:30:00+00:00By Ellis Hawthorne
Meet 20 of UK retail’s most promising leaders-in-waiting. Every individual on our list has the talent, drive and passion to make it to the top, and they’re going to need it if they want to succeed in an industry dominated by crushing government regulation, devastating cyberattacks, harrowing tales of abuse from the shop floor and more. Here are British retail’s future chief executives, but who would want to be one?
News
Co-op sets record pace with 11 store openings in one week
2025-11-25T00:01:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
The investment in convenience stores comes as the retailer is continuing to call on the government to deliver business-rates reform at the November 26 Budget “to secure the future of small shops and community retail”.

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Analysis

Black Friday: Are retailers prepared for potential cyber attacks?

2025-11-17T16:28:00+00:00By Megan Robinson

It’s been a turbulent time for retail this year as cyber attacks have devastated the industry. Most notable – and most damaging – was the hack on Marks & Spencer in April.

News

Co-op to push ahead with new store openings amidst cyber attack recovery

2025-11-11T07:17:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev

Convenience specialist the Co-op has unveiled plans to open or refurbish dozens of stores, as part of plans to recover from the cyber attack, which laid it low earlier this year.

Partnership update: Morrisons’ electronic shelf-edge labelling, Zalando’s ‘Richard’ robots and more
2025-11-04T06:00:00+00:00By Megan Robinson and Ellis Hawthorne
How Very Group, Asda, Co-op and Boots are upping their retail media game
2025-10-16T14:22:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Co-op warns 150,000 jobs at risk without business rates reform
2025-10-12T23:01:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
John Lewis Partnership appoints new chief people officer
2025-10-01T11:18:00+01:00By Aoife Morgan

‘Like a bomb threat’ – Co-op looks forward as it grapples with cyber attack fallout
2025-09-25T13:57:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Co-op swings to a loss as full impact of cyber-attack revealed
2025-09-25T06:17:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Why even the mighty Amazon couldn’t crack the UK grocery market
2025-09-23T15:35:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Amazon to shutter all Fresh stores putting hundreds of jobs at risk
2025-09-23T12:00:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

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