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AnalysisAnalysis: John Lewis’ restructure – bold or baffling?
When John Lewis Partnership chair Sir Charlie Mayfield unveiled a restructure of the bellwether retailer, so radical was the overhaul that jaws dropped across the industry.
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News
Flipkart to launch online grocery business FarmerMart
Walmart-owned Flipkart has unveiled plans to enter the grocery market in its native India.
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News
Lidl to invest £15bn in UK supply chain over next five years
Lidl has committed to investing £15bn into UK businesses over the next five years, as the discounter aims to provide suppliers with “support and ability needed to invest and grow”.
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Grocery sales grow as discounters increase market share
The grocery market continued its recovery with further growth, as discounters Aldi and Lidl solidified their combined market share.
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Opinion
Opinion: Can new boss lead Walmart to victory in battle with Amazon?
As it enters a crucial period in its ongoing domestic battle with Amazon, Walmart US has announced a change in its top leadership, with the business now to be helmed by an avowed technophile with a strong run of success on his CV.
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News
Retail braced for ‘worst Christmas since Woolworths collapsed’
Retail is bracing itself for the toughest Christmas in a decade as Brexit uncertainty, high property taxes and deep discounting grip the market just two weeks into the golden quarter.
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Opinion
Bryan Roberts: Clubcard and Nectar won’t lure Aldi and Lidl shoppers
Perhaps overshadowed by the exits of Dave Lewis and John Rogers, the big reveal of supercharged loyalty schemes from Tesco and Sainsbury’s did not receive the amount of fanfare that the retailers had been anticipating.
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News
Walmart US boss Greg Foran steps down
The boss of Walmart’s core US business Greg Foran is stepping down after eight years with the retail titan.
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Analysis
Profile: Is Ken Murphy the right man for Tesco?
The news that Dave Lewis was stepping down from the top job at Tesco was met with almost as much surprise as the identity of his successor. Retail Week analyses what incoming chief executive Ken Murphy will bring to Britain’s biggest grocer.
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Analysis
What retail supply chains must look like in 2020
Retail Week’s Supply Chain 2020 report reveals how retailers are winning in the first and final mile through analysis of the latest trends
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News
Marks & Spencer bolsters food team with new directors
Marks Spencer has strengthened its food division with the appointment of four new directors ahead of its launch online with Ocado.
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News
In pictures: Poundland makes grocery push as it launches frozen food pilot
Poundland has rolled out a fresh and frozen food range comprising 350 new product lines at it Ashbourne store in Derbyshire in a bid to get shoppers to do their full weekly shops with the retailer.
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Retail Voice
Europe reaching tipping point in online grocery
New ‘Role of Digital in Food Retailing’ research from IDC, commissioned by Precima, reveals fresh food and personalisation drive the value equation
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Analysis
Greggs’ Whiteside on digital, deliveries…and dicing with death
It’s the food-to-go specialist that is number one in the UK lunch market, number two for breakfast, and clocks up coffee sales that outstrip those of Starbucks.
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News
Deliveroo sales double but losses balloon
Deliveroo has reported deepening pre-tax losses, despite more than doubling its sales over the last year, as it splashed out on “major investments”.
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Analysis
Analysis: Virtual fashion, gamification and AI ambivalence
“Business models is one of the biggest areas of innovation happening today. Uber, Rent the Runway, Airbnb – they didn’t invent anything, they just changed the business model and that changed the market.”
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Video
Kroger data science chief: ‘Innovation doesn’t happen at the top’
Scott Crawford, head of ‘Enable the Science’ at 84.51° – US supermarket giant Kroger’s data and science company – tells us how it empowers staff on the front line to take the lead on innovation and make things happen with new ideas and truly disruptive technology.
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News
Picnic expands into return logistics
Dutch pureplay grocer Picnic is running a pilot that allows its customers to return online purchases from many retailers, according to its technology boss.
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Analysis
Analysis: Lewis is planning Tesco’s future, not just succession
There was one moment in Dave Lewis’ penultimate press conference as Tesco chief executive this morning that perfectly encapsulated his transformative tenure.
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Video
Graze’s boss on taking its ‘lab’ technology to FMCG giant Unilever
Anthony Fletcher, chief executive of healthy snack retailer Graze, now part of FMCG titan Unilever, says the tech community is the number one asset of being based in London and tells us why he’s excited about its latest venture, Graze Labs.
