All Morrisons articles – Page 73
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers harness innovation as relationships with suppliers change
Dragons’ Den-style pitches from tech start-ups are just one of the new ways for retailers to harness innovation. Jon Severs finds out how retailers’ relationships with their technology suppliers are changing for good
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OpinionComment: Surely Mothercare's Simon Calver should have got a bonus
The terms of Simon Calver’s exit from Mothercare are perplexing .
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OpinionComment: Property - a silver bullet for Britain’s supermarket giants?
It’s no secret that all of the UK’s big supermarkets sit on large property portfolios.
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OpinionComment: Money in the tills is key for Morrisons
Arbitrage is the practice of taking advantage of a price difference between markets. It’s usually a City term, but is actually common in retail.
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NewsPlanning rules stunt store expansion in 2013
The number of stores operated by multiple retailers edged up 0.71% to 102,095 last year after planning constraints stunted growth.
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OpinionComment: Asda needs to promote quality to hit back at discounters
Asda’s sales have been under pressure from the discounters and it needs to work harder to win value shoppers.
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NewsAsda sales growth slows as retail terrain transforms
Asda boss Andy Clarke is “under no illusions” that seismic changes in the food retail sector are permanent after the grocer’s sales edged down over Christmas but held up over the year.
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NewsMorrisons family in talks with banks on private equity financing deal
Morrisons family members are working with bankers on a debt financing package worth up to £5bn to back a potential sale of the grocer to private equity firms.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Morrisons, Lovehoney and Smiggle
Retail news round-up on February 20, 2014: Banks lines up £5bn debt financing for Morrisons sale, Garden Centre Group hires promotional space firm, Lovehoney to star in TV series and Smiggle opens its first UK store.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The benefits and pitfalls of public and private ownership
As a raft of retailers gear up for City flotations this spring, Alex Lawson and Tiffany Holland consider the differences between public and private ownership.
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NewsSainsbury’s invests in marketing as sales rise
Sainsbury’s spent £4.1m in marketing last month as the retailer was the only one of the big four grocers to increase market share.
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OpinionAnalysis: Taking Morrisons private could raise fears for Ocado
The news this week that Morrisons’ founding family are attempting to take the company private came as a surprise.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Morrisons, Karen Millen, Harrods and more
Retail news round-up on February 13, 2014: Morrisons boss rallies troops for turnaround, Karen Millen to launch Knightsbridge flagship, Harrods mulls overseas expansion and more
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NewsMorrisons boss rallies his troops for food fightback
Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips has drawn on American military survival tactics used during the Vietnam War to galvanise his forces as he bids to revitalise the embattled grocer.
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AnalysisMorrisons' founding family's plans to take it private: What the analysts say
Morrisons’ founding family, which has a 9% stake in the supermarket chain, have approached private equity firms to take the listed grocer private. Retail Week takes a look at the City’s reaction to the news.
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NewsMorrisons founding family mulls £7bn deal to take it private
Morrisons’ founding family has been sounding out private equity firms to attempt to take the listed grocer private.
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NewsTesco and Morrisons lose market share in lacklustre grocery market
Tesco and Morrisons lost market share in the last quarter as slow sales growth across the food sector compounded fierce competition in grocery.
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NewsOcado’s departing co-founder Jason Gissing sells shares worth £15m
Ocado’s departing co-founder and commercial director Jason Gissing sold three million shares in the online grocer the day he revealed his retirement.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How succession planning can help you find the perfect retail chief executive
Sainsbury’s commercial director Mike Coupe is set to take over as chief executive from Justin King later this year. But a finding boss can be a difficult process which succession planning can help with.
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NewsOcado boss confident on Morrisons’ success online
Ocado boss Tim Steiner has defended Morrisons’ fledgling online grocery service after early research indicated the much-hyped launch in the Midlands failed to entice customers.