All articles by James Thompson – Page 13
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OFT fines Sainsbury's and Asda for milk price fixing
Two of the big four grocers and certain dairy processors have agreed to pay combined fines of more than 116 million after they admitted involvement in fixing milk and cheese prices.
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Analysis
Easy does it
With 15 stores, Tesco’s much talked-about US operation Fresh & Easy is gathering momentum, but what are its ambitions for the chain? James Thompson visits to find out
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Poor performance stokes retailers’ fears of dire Christmas
Expectations of a tough Christmas trading period were intensified this week by awful trading statements and gloomy economic data.
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Interest rates left unchanged
The Bank of England (BoE) reduced interest rates by 0.25 per cent today handing retailers a much-needed pre-Christmas boost.
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MFI set for distribution centre opening
Furniture retailer MFI will open its massive warehouse and distribution centre in South Yorkshire tomorrow.
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Asos sales and profits skyrocket
Fashion e-tailer Asos has posted a barnstorming set of interim results for the six months to September 30 and revealed that sales have doubled in the past nine weeks.
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Heavy discounting lifts UK retail sales
UK retail sales in November improved marginally on the previous month, but came in well below the monthly average for both 2006 and 2007 to date.
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Tesco sales power ahead in third quarter
Tesco has posted a strong set of trading figures for the 13 weeks ending November 24.
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Tesco suffers US setback
Tesco has suffered a legal setback in the US that could disrupt its aggressive roll out plans.
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George chief shakes up top team to drive growth
The boss of Asda’s George has carried out a wide-ranging management restructure less than three months into the role, in an effort to drive growth at grocer’s 2 billion clothing business.
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Carrefour circles Migros as it plans Turkish powerhouse
Carrefour chief executive Jos Luis Duran has expressed a firm intention to buy Turkey’s leading supermarket chain Migros.
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O2 plans combined mobile, credit card and Oyster
Mobile phone operator O2 is set to unveil a handset containing a built-in Barclaycard credit card and Oyster card for use on London’s transport system.
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Tesco reveals aggressive international expansion plan
Tesco is planning to generate more than half of its annual sales from its international operations in the next 10 years.
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Spending to rise 5 per cent this Christmas
UK consumers will splash out almost 12 billion this Christmas – a 5 per cent increase on last year, according to the British Retail Consortium and Nielsen.
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Cold weather drives clothing sales at John Lewis
John Lewis posted a solid increase in sales for the week ending November 16, as colder weather lifted clothing sales.
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Opinion
Asda boss bullish about next year
Retail Week picked the brains of Asda's chief executive Andy Bond this week about his thoughts on Christmas, non-food, online groceries and enhancing its operations.
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JCPenney's sales tumble as US retail gloom grows
JCPenney’s chief executive has blamed the gloomy mortgage market and credit crunch for disappointing sales in its third quarter ending November 3.
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Metro mulls sale of its Extra chain to fuel global growth
German retail giant Metro Group is understood to be in talks to sell its Extra supermarket chain and a transaction could be completed by the end of the year.
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Asda challenges Argos in non-food market
Asda chief executive Andy Bond said the grocer was 12.8 per cent cheaper than Argos for 50 popular products.
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Travis Perkins snaps up Tile Giant
Builders merchant and DIY retail group Travis Perkins is to acquire tile retailer Tile Giant for 12 million.