All articles by Luke Tugby – Page 18
-
Gallery
Store gallery: Majestic debuts new branding and fine wine push
Majestic Wine has debuted its refreshed branding at its newest store inside Beckenham’s iconic Chinese Garage.
-
News
Pret a Manger to launch hot dinner menu this week
Pret a Manger will launch a range of hot dinner options this week as it ramps up its response to the coronavirus crisis.
-
News
JD Sports’ Footasylum deal revived as CMA verdict quashed
JD Sports’ acquisition of Footasylum could be back on after the Competition and Markets Authority’s decision to block the deal was sensationally quashed.
-
News
New Asda owners sell stake in EG Group empire
Asda’s new owners the Issa brothers have offloaded a stake worth hundreds of millions of pounds in their EG Group petrol forecourts business.
-
News
Farfetch losses spiral despite sales gains
Farfetch has suffered widening losses during its third quarter despite a spike in sales.
-
Gallery
Store gallery: Inside Sainsbury’s new ‘neighbourhood hub’ format
Sainsbury’s is ramping up plans to roll out its larger ‘neighbourhood hub’ convenience store format.
-
News
Waitrose dials up focus on food counters following Sainsbury’s closures
Waitrose has revealed plans to increase its focus on food service counters just days after rival Sainsbury’s closed all of its equivalent meat, fish and deli areas.
-
News
Grocery sales rise in October as record numbers flock online
Grocery sales jumped last month as a record number of shoppers turned to online.
-
News
Aldi to roll out click and collect to 200 stores before Christmas
Aldi is to extend its click-and-collect trial to more than 200 additional stores before Christmas as it ramps up its online proposition.
-
News
Tesco to pay Christmas bonus as Lidl ups hourly wages
Grocery giants Tesco and Lidl have handed their staff pay fillips ahead of the crucial Christmas trading period.
-
Data
Coronavirus Consumer Pulse: Web traffic spikes ahead of second lockdown
Amid the coronavirus crisis, it has arguably never been more important, nor more difficult, for retailers to understand their customers.
-
Opinion
‘As more jobs go, leaders can never forget responsibility for lives and livelihoods’
The numbers this week speak for themselves.
-
News
Clarks puts thousands of roles at risk in store management restructure
Clarks has told almost 4,000 UK store staff that their roles are at risk of redundancy as part of radical plans to revive the struggling business.
-
News
Marks & 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.
-
News
Walmart 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.
-
Analysis
How 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.
-
News
Amazon launches ‘eco-friendly’ shopping platform in sustainability push
Amazon has launched an “eco-friendly” online shopping platform to help direct shoppers towards more sustainable household products.
-
News
Notonthehighstreet eyes £200m sale as revenues surge during pandemic
Notonthehighstreet is exploring a potential £200m sale following revenue growth during the coronavirus pandemic.
-
News
Next raises profit forecast again after strong third-quarter sales
Next expects full-year profits to come in at the top end of its previously guided range following a “better than anticipated” increase in sales during its third quarter.
-
News
John Lewis gets go-ahead to turn half of Oxford Street flagship into offices
John Lewis has been given the green light to transform almost half of its flagship Oxford Street store into office space.