All Grocery articles – Page 169
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NewsAgenda: Halfords, McColl’s and Dixons Carphone
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Dixons Carphone, Halfords and McColl’s.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Take a rain check on grocery prices
Patrick Blower’s take on the news that this year’s extreme weather – from the ‘beast from the east’ to summer heatwaves – is having a knock-on effect on food prices.
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NewsShop prices rise for the first time in five years
For the first time since May 2013, shop prices increased in August, driven by rising grocery costs and slowing non-food deflation.
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OpinionRetailers putting plastic genie back in its bottle
That Sir David Attenborough is a living legend is beyond any reasonable doubt. But I think everyone has perhaps been a little surprised by the long-lasting impact of Blue Planet, which documented the damage inflicted by plastics on the oceans and its inhabitants.
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NewsBrexit: Warnings over higher card costs and more red tape
The Government has published the first technical notices for businesses on what will happen if no deal can be struck on Brexit with the EU.
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda: CMA kicks off investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun its investigation into the mega-merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda.
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NewsCo-op sales soar as hot weather boosts grocery
The Co-op achieved its best sales growth in almost seven years as grocers generally benefited from the summer heatwave.
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AnalysisData: Post-Brexit food prices – the consumer verdict
In recent months, retailers’ concerns about Brexit and its impact on the sector have reached new heights.
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NewsAgenda: Grocery market share data and bank holiday
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, when the latest Kantar grocery market share data is the main scheduled agenda item.
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NewsAsda posts fifth quarter of growth in a row
Asda has posted its fifth consecutive quarter of increased like-for-likes sales, with online sales growth spurred by its general merchandise arm.
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VideoWatch: Inside Sainsbury's scan-and-go store
Sainsbury’s new app will allow shoppers to scan and pay for items without visiting a till. Retail Week puts the app through its paces.
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NewsHarrods hires ex-Booths boss Dee to lead food and home
Harrods has appointed former Booths chief executive Chris Dee to lead its food and home business.
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NewsCo-op’s ex-HR director launches equal pay lawsuit
The Co-op’s former HR director Sam Walker has brought a lawsuit against the retailer on the grounds of unequal pay, discrimination and unfair dismissal.
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NewsSainsbury's pilots checkout-less scan-and-go payments
Sainsbury’s has launched a new scan, pay and go smartphone app that will allow shoppers to pay for products without visiting a checkout.
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NewsAgenda: Asda and Kingfisher update the market
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Asda and Kingfisher.
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NewsRetail sales growth slows even in heatwave
Retail sales growth slowed last month despite much of the population spending big on food and drink during the heatwave.
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NewsTesco and Carrefour strategic alliance struck
Tesco and Carrefour have formally agreed their strategic alliance.
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NewsIceland to sell food through The Range stores
Iceland and The Range have formed an alliance to sell the grocer’s food in the general merchandise giant’s stores.
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OpinionOpinion: Can Tesco achieve continental success?
At the very moment that Brexit is gesticulating two “je-m’en-foutiste” fingers across the English Channel, the UK’s leading retailer has chosen to launch two initiatives of distinctly continental inspiration.
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GalleryIn pictures: Retailers set up shop at festivals
With festival season well under way, John Ryan looks at the opportunities for retailers to sell their wares and win new customers at carnivals.