All Fresh & Easy articles
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OpinionOpinion: Don’t write off Lidl’s US expansion just yet
There is very often a perverse sense of glee when a foreign entrant into a retail sector stumbles, or even falls entirely.
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Analysis
Analysis: Secrets of success from the top 30 international retailers
Our Top 30 International Retailers report reveals which businesses are achieving success overseas and their international strategies.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on River Island, Fresh & Easy and more
Retail round-up: River Island hires Nicholas Tahir, Fresh Easy could have succeeded in US, ex-Tesco marketer says, and Yoox Net-a-Porter's soaring sales
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Video
The Retail Week: Mike Coupe sentenced, Home Retail results and Poundland
Executive editor George MacDonald and content editor Nicola Harrison pick through the big stories from the past seven days.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Tesco's US folly have a Fresh & Easy future?
Fresh Easy proved to be a misstep for Tesco when it launched in the US in 2007, but will the grocer fare better under new ownership?
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers looking to expand should think internationally
Go east, west, north and south young man. The case for UK retailers to expand overseas is currently strong.
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News
Fresh & Easy shakes things up this Easter with earthquake kit offer
As Easter approaches, retailers have been pushing the usual chocolate eggs and Easter bunnies, but Fresh Easy are promoting something rather different.
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News
Tesco completes sale of US arm Fresh & Easy to Yucaipa
Tesco has completed the sale of its loss-making US business Fresh Easy to Ron Burkle’s investment firm Yucaipa.
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Opinion
Comment: Technology can't replace retail basics
What a weird and wonderful retail world we inhabit. Retail Week’s September Technology supplement talked about the blurring of the boundaries between the virtual and physical space.
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News
Tesco US arm Fresh & Easy files for backruptcy
Tesco has put its US arm Fresh Easy into backruptcy as it plans to sell the majority of its 167-store portfolio.
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Analysis
In the news: Fresh & Easy's new owner Ron Burkle profiled
Private investment firm Yucaipa acquired Tesco’s US operations Fresh Easy last week. Retail Week profiles Yucaipa’s billionaire owner Ron Burkle.
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Opinion
Blog: Tesco's US deal is a further step in repositioning its international arm
The sale of Tesco’s Fresh Easy business marks another step in boss Phil Clarke’s bid to reposition its international operations.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco's US exit puts an end to a distracting money-pit
Possibly the first and last time that I belong in the same sentence as Sir Terry Leahy, but it would appear that we both have a large amount of egg on our faces this morning.
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Opinion
Comment: There are international opportunities out there for retail
If you happen to be a libertarian socialist, ex-miner or of a misogynistic nature, I would advise that you stop reading this column now.
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News
Tesco faces £1bn bill to quit loss-making US arm Fresh & Easy
Tesco is facing a bill of around £1bn to exit the US after chief executive Philip Clarke decided to call time on its Fresh Easy business.
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Analysis
Analysis: Tesco calls time on US venture Fresh & Easy
Tesco boss Philip Clarke has drawn the curtain on US business Fresh Easy, part of his predecessor’s legacy.
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Opinion
Blog: Tesco's boss isn't licking his wounds
Philip Clarke hasn’t sat around licking his wounds since calling time on Tesco’s US business last week.
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Analysis
Tesco: What the analysts say
Tesco revealed today it is to conduct a strategic review of its lossmaking US chain Fresh Easy as its third quarter sales slowed in the US and the UK. The City remained cautious over the company’s prospects.
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Opinion
Comment: Not Tesco's finest hour, but possibly not its worst
So, Tesco’s Fresh Easy misadventure in the US is drawing to a close.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco boss Philip Clarke blogs on the Fresh & Easy strategic review
Today I’ve announced Tesco’s decision to begin a strategic review of Fresh Easy, our business in the US.
