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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Analysis
In pictures: the best new concept and flagship store openings of the year
2025-12-23T16:00:00+00:00By Fergus Wolfenden
We’re almost at the end of 2025, which has been a bumper year for shopfloor innovation, theatrical flagships and new-to-market concept stores. Here are some of the best new stores that opened this year
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?

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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”.

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.

Co-op to push ahead with new store openings amidst cyber attack recovery
2025-11-11T07:17:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
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

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