All Grocery articles – Page 626
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NewsFashion sales suffer as swine flu rocks consumer confidence
Retail like-for-like sales were down 4.1 per cent in the week ending July 19 as swine flu shook consumer confidence.
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NewsTesco and Morrisons continue to challenge OFT in milk row
Grocers Tesco and Morrisons will continue their battle with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over milk price-fixing allegations.
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NewsSports events and mixed weather fail to deter John Lewis shoppers
Sales at John Lewis department stores surged 5.3 per cent last week, despite big sporting events and volatile weather that might have kept shoppers at home.
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Casino reports a 1.9 per cent fall in Q2 sales
Supermarket group Casino reported a 1.9 per cent fall in second-quarter sales, broadly in line with market expectations. Sales were weighed down by lower petrol prices and declines at its French hypermarkets.Second-quarter sales fell to €6.82bn (£5.87bn). The retailer said that underlying sales excluding petrol and calendar effects rose 1.1 ...
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NewsRetailers stir FTSE 100 onto impressive gains
Retailers helped the FTSE 100 make its best run of gains in four years on Tuesday, the seventh consecutive day that the index rose.
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NewsSainsbury’s taps Facebook as part of new advertising drive
Sainsbury’s this week launched the latest phase of its “Feed your family for a fiver” campaign and is using social networking site Facebook to drive customer interaction.
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AnalysisThe inspirations driving retail boardrooms
Sportsmen, philosophers and even the odd journalist have all inspired the UK’s retail chief executives. Charlotte Hardie talks to five familiar faces about those who have influenced them as they have scaled their very diverse career ladders
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Carrefour sales fall
Carrefour, the world’s second-biggest retailer, said second-quarter sales fell 1.2 percent, hurt by weaker western European markets, lower petrol prices and exchange rates.The drop to €23.4bn (£20.1bn) was slightly less than some analysts’ forecasts. Half-year sales were €46.2bn (£39.8bn). Carrefour group chief executive Lars Olofsson described half-year sales as “resilient”, ...
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AnalysisNeed to know...The competition test
The controversial competition test has divided the grocers. This week it moved a step closer to being introduced, so how has the news been received and what does it mean?
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NewsNetto cuts prices to drive discount credentials
Danish discount grocer Netto is reducing the price of more than 100 staple products as it seeks to reinforce its low price proposition.
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OpinionIt’s a crime not to be responsible
17 people are convicted every day for carrying a knife. More worrying, the majority are children.
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Wal-Mart develops worldwide sustainable product index for suppliers
Wal-Mart is developing a worldwide sustainable product index for suppliers in an attempt to establish a single source of data for evaluating the sustainability of products.The initiative will run in three phases: surveying its more than 100,000 suppliers; helping create a consortium of universities that will collaborate with suppliers, retailers ...
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NewsMorrisons’ performance puts it in a ‘different orbit’
Morrisons is confident that its full-year results will come in ahead of expectations as strong trading continued into its second quarter.
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NewsOcado.com is making an impression
“Loving the Ocado iPhone app – just did the shopping on the bus,” one Londoner enthused on Twitter last week, just hours after the online grocer launched on the Apple smartphone.
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Metro unveils turnaround programme
Metro has unveiled a turnaround programme for its flagging Cash & Carry wholesale business. The turnaround programme is based on three core targets of growth, restructuring and innovation.Metro Cash & Carry said the programme will improve its earnings development and open up additional sales potential. The grocer’s growth strategy includes ...
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NewsHolland & Barrett's merger with Julian Graves provisionally cleared
Holland & Barrett’s acquisition of rival Julian Graves has been provisionally cleared by the Competition Commission.
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NewsTesco opens website to developers of applications
Tesco.com is providing third-party programmers with access to some of its data to ensure the site becomes available on the growing number of devices that consumers use for internet access.
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NewsMorrisons posts 22nd period of market share growth
Morrisons has posted its 22nd successive period of market share growth, according to TNS Worldpanel grocery data.
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NewsHouseholds £12 a week better off in June, says Asda
UK families were on average £12 better off a week in June compared with last year, representing a 7.8 per cent increase as interest rate cuts continue to help mortgage payers.
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NewsMorrisons confident it will beat full-year expectations
Morrisons has reported that it is confident its full-year results will be ahead of earlier expectations as it has achieved strong trading in its first and second quarters.