All Sainsbury's articles – Page 23
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NewsSainsbury’s Christmas sales fall despite grocery uplift
Sainsbury’s festive sales dipped as increased sales in its grocery division failed to offset declines in clothing and general merchandise.
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NewsGrocers notch up Christmas sales rise in tough conditions
Supermarkets delivered record Christmas sales but the rate of growth slowed.
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NewsAgenda: Retailers update on Christmas trading
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days with festive figures from M&S, Tesco, John Lewis, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons all on the agenda.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail has plenty of reasons to be cheerful – really
For many retailers, 2018 might be a year to forget. But despite torrid conditions, the industry has lots to celebrate as Christmas trading peaks and a new year beckons.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Seven of the best retail moments of 2018
’Tis the season to be jolly, and Retail Week is celebrating by unwrapping the most light-hearted and affirming retail moments of 2018.
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NewsSainsbury’s shares fall as CMA fears set in
Sainsbury’s share price fell 7% yesterday amid fears that the regulator could put a stop to its plans to merge with Asda.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What rocked retail in 2018?
Retail Week looks back at 2018 and reviews the pivotal events and themes that shook up the sector.
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda seeks judicial review of CMA merger probe
Sainsbury’s and Asda will today lodge an application with the Competition Appeal Tribunal for a judicial review of the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into their proposed merger.
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OpinionOpinion: Return of the King is good news for M&S
However it trades over Christmas, Marks & Spencer should start the new year with some extra spring in its step.
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NewsMarks & Spencer appoints Sainsbury's saviour King to board
Former Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King is to join the board of Marks & Spencer as a non-executive director in the new year.
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NewsGrocery sector hits slowest growth rate for 18 months
The grocery sector has recorded its slowest growth rate since March 2017 as inflation and the cold weather bites.
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AnalysisIn pictures: The seven best new stores of 2018
2018 may have been marked by mass store closures, but there have also been high-profile openings. John Ryan takes a look at what’s been happening.
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OpinionBryan Roberts: Which grocers will have a cracking Christmas?
So we’ve had all the ads, we’ve got through the Black Friday nonsense and now we hurtle headlong into the cup final that is the festive trading period.
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda would create 'duopoly', Morrisons says
Morrisons has warned competition authorities that the proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda would create “an effective duopoly” in grocery retail.
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda merger could increase prices, rivals warn
The proposed merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda could spark an increase in prices for consumers, two of its grocery rivals have warned.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Has Black Friday passed its peak?
Shoppers were apparently reluctant to splash their cash on Black Friday this year, which also brought a polarised performance from bricks-and-mortar stores and online.
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AnalysisThe future of food: Insects, Brexit and petri-dish burgers?
Climate change, shifting food trends and Brexit are putting the food supply chain under immense pressure. How can retailers keep Britain well fed?
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OpinionOpinion: The birth of the ‘department store supermarket’?
The new Sainsbury’s in Selly Oak has all the hallmarks of a department store, but does this mean it is one? John Ryan finds out.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Should retailers invest or cut costs?
As Sainsbury’s, Majestic Wine and Mothercare take contrasting approaches to turbulent times, the team discuss whether retailers should invest or cut costs in the current climate.
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VideoWatch: Sainsbury's Selly Oak - the verdict
Retail Week stores editor John Ryan talks us through the “experimental” Sainsbury’s Selly Oak store and gives his take on the new-look supermarket.