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Analysis
Big four no more: What next for UK grocery as Aldi overtakes Morrisons?
After years of incremental growth, Aldi has finally overtaken Morrisons in UK grocery market share and ended decades of the ‘big four’. What does this seismic moment mean for grocery in the long term?
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Opinion
‘Next two years will set tone for another chapter of retail channel evolution’
Pureplays face critical strategic decisions and omnichannel retailers have a window of opportunity, believes OC&C Strategy Consultants’ Matt Coode
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Data
Sales growth slows as retailers prepare for ‘tough time ahead’
Sales for the month of August slowed as consumers reined in spending and inflation pushed up costs to historic highs.
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Analysis
Retail’s wish list for new prime minister Liz Truss
Liz Truss has been named as the new leader of the Conservative party – and the UK’s 56th prime minister – following a fractious two-month contest.
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Opinion
‘Asda is hitting the road in convenience retailing – the £600m Co-op deal proves it’
Both Asda and the Co-op have gained from the sale of the latter’s petrol forecourts to the big-four grocer, but one looks more likely to benefit in the long term than the other, writes Hugh Radojev
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Analysis
Data: JD Sports vs Frasers Group – two sports retail titans square up
The rivalry between JD Sports and Frasers Group – formerly Sports Direct – is one of the longest-running in UK retail. Now with fresh blood at the helm of both empires and expansion plans on the horizon, which is best placed to take the lead?
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Analysis
It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it – expectations of a modern retail leader
The role of the modern retail chief executive is changing – fast – and it is contributing to a shift at the top of leading companies, in some cases prompting the departure of leaders whose commercial prowess and acumen could barely be faulted.
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Analysis
Analysis: Seven ways consumers are shifting behaviour as cost-of-living crisis bites
At a time when household budgets are being tested to their limits – and further pressure on spending is set to come in the autumn – consumers are beginning to change their habits ahead of what is likely to be a long, cold winter
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Data
Consumer confidence tumbles to lowest level since 1970s
Consumer confidence tumbled to an all-time low in August as the UK prepares for a bleak winter.
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Interview
Analysis: John Roberts on putting spark back into AO, price pledges and third-party deals
AO boss John Roberts tells Retail Week how he plans to turn the business around with a new streamlined, profit-centric strategy
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Analysis
Cost-of-living tracker: How retailers are acting to ease the squeeze on consumers and staff
Cost-of-living tracker: How retailers are acting to ease the squeeze on consumers
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Analysis
‘The days of cheap food are over’ – how food security concerns are fuelling higher prices
With the entire UK state fraying at the seams, surging energy prices, war in Europe and heatwaves have exacerbated worries about the country’s long-term food security
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Analysis
Authentic Brands – the conglomerate bidding to put Ted Baker back in fashion
Authentic Brands is a name that’s been mentioned in British retail acquisitions lately, but who is the retail conglomerate, and where could it be looking next?
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Analysis
PM for a day: What M&S, Co-op and AO’s leaders would do in the top job
As Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss challenge each other for leadership of the Conservative Party and the country, all eyes are on them for solutions to pressing problems such as the cost-of-living crisis.
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Opinion
‘In this environment it’s not just profitability that’s at stake, but survival’
Retailers should take encouragement from how they have transformed themselves in recent years as they adopt tactics to confront today’s difficult environment, says Alvarez & Marsal’s European head of retail and consumer practice Erin Brookes
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Opinion
‘As recession looms, how will consumers behave this time around?’
Leaders must look back at how retail fared in 2008, the last prolonged recession in the UK, for indicators of how spending may play out next year, advises PwC consumer markets leader Lisa Hooker
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Analysis
Value over values – will the cost-of-living crisis slow retail’s sustainability ambitions?
UK retailers tackling the combination of a climate crisis and the largest drop in disposable income in generations are forging strategies with both events in mind
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Analysis
Data: As ecommerce sales retreat, has the Covid online boom finished?
With the news in recent weeks that Amazon has swung to a loss and Shopify has sacked one in 10 employees, new data shows that the ecommerce boom seen during the pandemic may finally be coming to an end.
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Data
Data: Shop prices jump by highest ever rate as inflation spikes
Shop prices rose in July at the highest rate since records began in 2005.
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Data
Walmart issues profit warning as costs soar and inflation bites
US retail giant Walmart has warned on profits for the second time this year, as soaring inflation curbed customer spending