All Grocery articles – Page 125
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Opinion‘As more jobs go, leaders can never forget responsibility for lives and livelihoods’
The numbers this week speak for themselves.
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NewsSainsbury’s to axe 3,500 jobs as interim sales climb
Sainsbury’s has unveiled strong underlying results at the half-year mark as it revealed plans to streamline its Argos stores estate and shutter food counters in store, putting 3,500 jobs at risk.
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AnalysisRetailer-supplier collaboration key to reacting to market trends, says Kraft Heinz
Retailers and brands must boost collaboration in order to overcome data lags and ensure lightning-fast responses to market trends, Kraft Heinz Company vice president of EMEA marketing Victoria Sjardin has told Retail Week.
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AnalysisLockdown 2.0: The new regulations and how they affect your business
With England set to be plunged into a second lockdown from midnight tonight, Retail Week highlights the changes in the new government guidance and what they might mean for your business.
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NewsIceland swings to profit as pandemic buying sends sales skyrocketing
Sales at Iceland surged in the six months to September as consumers shopped locally and stocked up on frozen food.
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NewsMarks & Spencer suffers first ever loss as coronavirus batters clothing sales
Marks & Spencer has slumped to its first loss as a listed business after the coronavirus crisis hammered sales in its clothing division.
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NewsWalmart scraps use of Bossa Nova’s stock-checking robots
Walmart has cut ties with inventory robotics start-up Bossa Nova and will return to staff-based methods of stock-checking in its stores.
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AnalysisNightmare before Christmas: bosses of John Lewis, M&S and The Entertainer on lockdown 2.0
It’s the news the industry dreaded. This Thursday so-called ‘non-essential’ retail will be shut down until December 2 in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus. Many fear chaos, but could click and collect come to the rescue?
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NewsM&S rolls out ‘book and shop’ service as lockdown looms
Marks & Spencer has made its Sparks Book & Shop shopping reservation service available in 566 food stores and larger branches with food halls ahead of England’s lockdown on Thursday.
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NewsOcado acquires two tech firms as M&S tie up proves fruitful
Ocado has upped its profit guidance for the year for its joint venture with M&S as trade “remained strong” in the fourth quarter.
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NewsJohn Lewis launches Christmas campaign to raise £5m for vulnerable families
The John Lewis Partnership is set to launch a new charity campaign to offer support for more than 100,000 families whose livelihoods and mental health have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsSupermarket bosses push Sunak for business rates reform
Chief executives of Tesco and Morrisons are among the signatories of a letter to Rishi Sunak urging him to use business rates reform to “level up” the country.
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AnalysisAnalysis: After the most unpredictable year ever, is the five-year strategy dead?
It’s difficult to know what’s going to happen next week, never mind next year. In this environment, can retail leaders work to five-year plans? Grace Bowden investigates.
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InterviewInterview: Infarm’s UK boss on how vertical farms could save the planet
As the German-based vertical-farming firm goes live with its third UK retail partner this week, Infarm’s Jeremy Byfleet tells Retail Week why the future of agriculture could be modular.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Which Covid trends are here to stay?
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has upended almost every part of society and few sectors have been more challenged than retail. Retail Week looks at some of the Covid-driven changes that will outlast even the virus.
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AnalysisHow retail changed my life: Sainsbury’s Ziggie Singh – becoming a somebody
Harsimran ‘Ziggie’ Singh was a fresh-faced teenager when he told his parents that he wanted to work in his local shop rather than go to college.
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NewsSainsbury’s enhances Nectar rewards to spur early Christmas shopping
Sainsbury’s is to reward customers for doing their Christmas shopping early as it seeks to avoid a last-minute festive rush.
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NewsMore discounts in October as retailers compete for sales
Shop prices continued to fall in October as retailers battle for consumers’ more limited spend amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsWelsh supermarkets to be given discretion over non-essential items ban
The Welsh first minister has said the ban on grocers selling non-essential items as part of the region’s fire break lockdown will have some flexibility after the measures drew complaints.
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Opinion‘Lockdown shambles is bad for retailers and consumers’
From Wales to Westminster, a confused and sometimes politically partisan response to the resurgent Covid-19 outbreak is threatening retail’s recovery.