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NewsM&S rounds off good week for retail stocks
Marks & Spencer spearheaded an advance by retail shares on Tuesday, when its fourth-quarter numbers defied downbeat expectations.The retail sector rose 6 per cent on the day, when there was also the successful refinancing of Clinton Cards and placings of Debenhams and Sainsbury’s shares. Improving sentiment towards retailers helped the ...
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AnalysisThe price of going private
In recession, it might be expected that an increasing number of retailers would turn to private label to ease their burdens. But what are shoppers’ perceptions of such ranges, asks John Ryan
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Kaupthing Sainsbury's shares sold
Around 27 million Sainsbury’s shares once owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing were placed in the market yesterday.
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OpinionTesco faces stiff competition
Sainsbury’s is well and truly on the up. Its fourth-quarter like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, were up 6.2 per cent and it is continuing to win new customers.
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Value-hungry shoppers power Q4 sales gains at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King said the grocer is catering better for customers than some rivals as he revealed strong fourth-quarter sales.
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Sainsbury's like-for-likes up 6.2% in fourth quarter
Sainsbury’s has revealed like-for-like sales up 6.2 per cent, excluding petrol, in its fourth quarter as its “universal appeal” continues to draw in customers.
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AnalysisJustin King: Making life taste better for everyone
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King talks exclusively to Jennifer Creevy about defying critics and the grocer’s ‘universal appeal’.
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NewsJustin King: Sainsbury's keen to debunk recession 'myths'
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has opened the Retail Week Conference by debunking what he says are three of the biggest myths of the current recession.
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Life tastes good at Sainsbury’s
In two weeks’ time it’s Sainsbury’s turn to update, when the grocer issues its fourth-quarter figures.
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Sainsbury's buys 24 stores from Co-op
Sainsbury’s has bought 24 stores from the Co-operative Group for 83m.
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Sainsbury's offers UK's first in-store polyclinic
Sainsbury’s has created the first supermarket polyclinic by opening a dental surgery at a store that already boasts several other health services.
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Grocers accused of misleading labelling
Retailers are selling meat products with misleading information about where they are sourced, according to the Conservative Party.
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Sainsbury’s: Tomorrow’s store today
Sainsbury’s revamped Hayes branch in west London shows that a store of the future can be just that. John Ryan visits
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21 years of Sainsbury's
It’s been a turbulent 21 years for Sainsbury’s. The grocer has had its crown as the UK’s largest retailer stolen, it has survived boardroom bust-ups, it has been the subject of endless bid speculation – and yet it has risen each time from the ashes.
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Grocers rubbish claims that they produce too much waste
Retailers have hit out at local authorities that say supermarkets should pay recycling costs because they produce too much waste.
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Sainsbury's and Tesco in clash over Scottish site
Tesco and Sainsbury’s are locked in a bitter dispute over a Scottish plot of land on which both want to build stores.
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Iceland continues to record strong sales growth
Frozen food retailer Iceland recorded year-on-year sales growth of 16 per cent in the 12 weeks to January 26, according to new market research data.
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NewsValue supermarkets continue to shrink Tesco's market share
Tesco is still losing market share as consumers continue to favour the value and discount supermarkets to help them through the credit crunch.
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Sainsbury's trials in-store mobile phone charging service
Sainsbury’s is to trial a mobile phone charging service in its stores.
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Retail Trust raises over £1m
Retailers came out in force last night to lend their support to retail charity The Retail Trust and raise nearly 1.1m at its glitzy London ball.