All Supermarkets articles – Page 275
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Wal-Mart payroll deal revised in China
Wal-Mart’s plans to reduce staff costs in China have stalled after trade union action.The Shenzhen Federation of Trade Unions has spoken to Wal-Mart, which has agreed to revise its plans to implement a payroll cut across 2,000 mid-level managers, who were being offered lower positions with less pay.The US giant ...
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Discount range at Carrefour
Carrefour has unveiled a new discount range that will be introduced across all of its chains in France and Belgium by the end of the month.The retailer hopes that the range will attract customers tightening their belts during the recession and help it compete with discount groups such as Aldi ...
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NewsReassuring updates propel retail shares again
Once again, the only way was up for store stocks as the general retailers’ rally maintained momentum following a raft of reassuring updates and results.
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NewsToday’s Group reports strong first quarter
Today’s Group - the wholesale arm of Nisa-Today’s - has reported a year-on-year volume increase of 13.6 per cent in the first quarter of this year.
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NewsTesco to ramp up telecoms shops
Tesco is to double the number of in-store telecoms shops in its supermarkets by the end of the year.
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OpinionWhy Tesco's short-term mistakes could end up being long-term triumphs
Tesco has come in for plenty of stick lately, but the grocer came out of the last recession strongly, so who’s to say it doesn’t know what it is doing this time around?
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NewsCarrefour reports ‘stable’ first quarter
International retail giant Carrefour has reported “stable” sales of €22.7bn for the first quarter of this year.
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NewsJohn Lewis reports strongest week of year
Department store group John Lewis has reported its strongest week of the year to date, with sales down just 1.5 per cent.For the week ending April 11, John Lewis said it had been fortunate “to enjoy a more clement spring for the season as a whole” and trade has done ...
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NewsSainsbury's to lift PoS signage with new system
Sainsbury’s is to improve promotional signage and labelling in its stores with the consolidation of the systems it uses to produce point-of-sale material.The project, which will bring together multiple applications under a unified signage system provided by Episys, is part of a larger initiative called The Simple Programme, which has ...
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NewsCo-op server estate virtualisation almost complete
Co-operative Group is about three quarters of the way through a project to virtualise its server estate and improve the levels of service the IT function provides to the rest of the business. The project kicked off early last year.The new HP computing platform will also be suitable to move ...
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NewsCo-op launches digital TV channel
The Co-operative Group has today launched a digital TV channel to showcase its ethical projects.The Co-operative.tv is an online site containing videos and TV programmes. It is part of Ethical.tv, which is created by ethical publishing company Hands Up Media.Co-op director of marketing Patrick Allen said: “The amount of interest ...
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AnalysisEvery little helps the nation’s favourite
Knocking Tesco can seem like a national sport but it remains top of shoppers’ lists. Charlotte Hardie considers why the UK’s biggest grocer continues to be Britain’s favourite retail brand
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NewsAsda to build its largest store in Northern Ireland
Supermarket retailer Asda has been given the nod to build what will be its largest store in Northern Ireland after nearly three years of awaiting a planning decision.Asda will now develop the 54,000 sq ft store at a cost of £25m at outlet centre Junction One in Antrim.The decision to ...
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Analysis
21 years of Tesco
When Retail Week was born, Tesco was not the grocery leader it is today. But it was well on its way to achieving that status. Having laid the foundations of its national store network, the retailer was expanding aggressively.
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Analysis
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.