All Supermarkets articles – Page 161
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers battle for online grocery market share
Changes in shoppers’ behaviour means retailers are looking to grab a larger slice of the growing online grocery market.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retail space - Where are the big grocers investing?
As Tesco grounds its mission to dominate store space, Alex Lawson finds the multiples’ focus has shifted to convenience and online.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Loyalty cards - How retailers are using the data
Grocers have used loyalty scheme data to enhance product offers, stores and promotions. Glynn Davis considers how much more potential it holds.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Industry leaders - A look back at their legacies
Sir Terry Leahy’s leadership of Tesco has been called into question. We take a look at his track record and those of some of his peers.
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AnalysisCampaign of the week: The Co-operative's new food ad - too festive for some?
The Co-operative Food’s new summer campaign turns seasonal advertising convention on its head with an advert that frames the sunny months as “the most wonderful time of the year”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: 4G technology will boost grocery store experience
Amid a roll-out of the 4G network, grocery retailers are leading the way in enhancing their stores with multichannel additions that are predicted to boost sales.
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NewsMorrisons invests £300m in overhauling '20th century systems'
Morrisons will have invested £310m by the end of this year in dramatically overhauling its systems, which chief executive Dalton Philips described as being “firmly stuck in the 20th century”.
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AnalysisTill technology: What do retailers need to know?
Asda is testing technology that it hopes will shave crucial seconds off time spent at the checkout.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Online tax debate – who should pay more?
The idea of an etail-only tax has divided the industry. Could it work or is more tax a bad thing for everyone?
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NewsRetailers offer 12,000 training places for young unemployed
The big four are among 100 businesses from across the food and grocery sector that have pledged to reduce youth unemployment.
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NewsMorrisons renames Wimbledon store to Murriwins after tennis victory
Morrisons has rebranded its Wimbledon store to Murriwins after tennis star Andy Murray took home the men’s singles title on Sunday.
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NewsTesco shareholders questions grocer about its Nigerian Guinness at its AGM
Last week Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke faced an unusual question at the grocer’s AGM between the more staid queries about doubts over pay and write-downs.
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GalleryStore gallery: Tesco adds new Extra store to portfolio in Sunderland
Tesco’s latest Extra store in Sunderland may not be its biggest, but it showcases the grocer’s large-format thinking.
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OpinionComment: Tesco continues to innovate with new projects
With news out this week that Tesco is to launch a wine brand which will be created by consumers, the supermarket giant looks likely to set a new benchmark for customer engagement.
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OpinionComment: Iceland will not back down in the fight for GM-free food
Environment secretary Owen Paterson bows to trans-Atlantic pressure for genetic modification and urges consumers to embrace this marvellous new technology.
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AnalysisPeople: Retail's main job moves in June
The news that former Morrisons financial director Richard Pennycook was to make his retail return in the same role at The Co-operative Group came as a surprise.
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NewsTesco to create first ever crowd-sourced wine
Tesco is tapping into social media to create what it claims will be the world’s first community sourced wine.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s Verdict: Ocado and Waitrose - A doomed marriage?
The increasingly unhappy marriage of Ocado and Waitrose seems set to end in the divorce courts, but can the two sides patch up their differences?
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OpinionBlog: Is Ocado a retailer or a technology provider?
Ocado chief Tim Steiner seemed pretty pleased with himself today. While the online grocer has slipped into the red again in its half year results, sales are up and he is confident for the future.
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NewsTesco sublets store space to gym operator Xercise4Less
Tesco has signed a deal to sublet space in its Stockton-on-Tees supermarket to gym operator Xercise4Less as part of its plans to downsize its larger stores.