All Grocery articles – Page 385
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OpinionComment: Walmart’s GoBank deal isn’t really about banking
Walmart’s decade-old aspiration to start its own bank just got a boost, with the roll-out of GoBank, a free mobile checking account, in partnership with Green Dot.
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NewsGraze.com reports rising sales after targeting family market
Snacks etailer Graze.com has reported sales up 31% to £52.7m after successfully targeting the family market.
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NewsTesco whistleblower's concerns over £250m profit overstatement initially ignored
Initial warnings from the whistleblower who revealed a £250m profit overstatement at Tesco were ignored, it is understood.
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GalleryStore gallery: How the hypermarket store format succeeds in France
French hypermarkets offer lessons to British retailers with large stores. How do they do it? Retail Week reports from Calais.
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NewsAldi says price war has played into its hands as sales and profits surge
Aldi has revealed surging full-year sales and profits and claims that the grocery price war has played into its hands.
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InterviewInterview: Aldi bosses on how the discounter is shaking up UK grocery
Aldi’s disruptive model has led to an historic structural shift in grocery. And it’s only just getting started.
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NewsTesco boss Lewis: 'Culture, processes and proposition must change'
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has told staff that its culture, processes and brand proposition must change but progress is being made despite this week’s accounting storm.
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NewsSupermarkets face 'harsh reality' as spend drops 1.6%, Nielsen reports
Spend at the UK’s five biggest supermarkets fell 1.6% year on year in September as Tesco recorded the biggest fall in sales in the last 12 weeks, according to Nielsen.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why Sainsbury's has cut prices and changed Brand Match
Sainsbury’s has stopped comparing branded goods prices with Tesco and slashed prices, but will it be enough to stop customers switching to Asda and discounters?
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GalleryIn pictures: Hermes Retail Week Supply Chain Awards winners
The Hermes Retail Week Supply Chain Awards 2014 recognise innovation and excellence in the retail supply chain.
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NewsInfographic: Fashion sales fall at John Lewis as weather puts off shoppers
Department store John Lewis’s clothing sales plunged 6.9% last week as the warm weather put people off buying autumn stock.
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NewsTesco former finance director McIlwee to get £1m payoff next week
Tesco’s former finance director Laurie McIlwee is to receive a £1m payoff next week despite an investigation into the £250m black hole in its profits.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Sainsbury's, House of Fraser, Tesco and Phones 4u
Retail news round-up on September 26, 2014: Sainsbury’s cuts prices, House of Fraser launches click-and-collect service at Caffè Nero and small investors buy Tesco shares,
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Learning from Tesco how not to fail abroad
Tesco and Walmart were unable to translate their successful business models abroad. Retail Week examines the lessons from their failures.
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NewsSainsbury's cuts thousands of prices and focuses Brand Match on Asda
Sainsbury’s is lowering the prices of products across grocery, in the first move on price that new boss Mike Coupe has made since taking over.
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NewsTesco executives could be hauled before MPs over profit error
Tesco executives could be questioned by MPs about its overstated profit forecast, chairman of the Parliamentary Business Committee Adrian Bailey said.
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NewsSainsbury’s axes Tesco from Brand Match and targets Asda as “value benchmark"
Sainsbury’s is to remove Tesco from its Brand March price comparison scheme from next month as it targets its efforts against Asda instead.
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NewsRetail sales well above average in September despite grocery fall, says CBI
Retail sales were well above average for the time of year in September as department stores and furniture retailers performed strongly, according to the CBI
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict: Tesco - it’s the hypermarkets, stupid
It is often said that “it’s the economy, stupid”, but the root of Tesco’s current predicament is its over-exposure to hypermarkets.
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NewsTesco turmoil may hit Christmas trading, City analysts fear
Tesco’s difficulties following Monday’s revelation of a £250m profit forecast overstatement may hit Christmas trading, City analysts fear.