All Supermarkets articles – Page 55
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NewsGrocers set for sales rush after slow start to Christmas
Shoppers are expected to spend a record £4.2bn on food and drink in the week before Christmas Day, despite a sluggish start to the festive trading period.
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OpinionOpinion: A cracker for grocers, turkey for the rest?
’Tis the season to be jolly, but it might only be the grocery retailers bringing good tidings from the industry this Christmas.
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OpinionOpinion: Asda's structural pruning has gone too far
The emergence of a credible retail offer from the discounters a decade or so ago coincided with the need for better value groceries.
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AnalysisThe blurring line between food retail and wholesale
It was just 10 months ago that Tesco’s £3.7bn swoop for wholesale giant Booker sent shockwaves coursing through the grocery industry.
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NewsFirst look: Tesco and Next launch shop-in-shop tie-up
Tesco is piloting a shop-in-shop tie-up with fashion giant Next as the grocer seeks new ways to utilise excess store space.
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NewsEx-Asda boss Clarke ‘surprised’ by Tesco-Booker verdict
Former Asda boss Andy Clarke admits he was ‘surprised’ by the competition watchdog’s decision to provisionally approve Tesco’s £3.7bn mega-merger with Booker.
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AnalysisAnalysis: In-store experiences for every kind of retailer
What does experience in-store actually mean for shoppers and is it possible to incorporate it as part of a design blueprint?
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InterviewRetail Week Live: John Rogers on how to beat Amazon
Sainsbury’s pulled off the biggest retail acquisition of the year in 2016 when it snapped up Argos owner Home Retail Group in a £1.4bn deal.
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NewsData: Store closures fall to lowest level since 2010
The number of retail store closures has fallen to its lowest level since 2010, although footwear and women’s fashion shops continue to feel the pinch.
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OpinionOpinion: Sainsbury’s – one step forward, one step back
With headwinds from the second half of its 2016/17 financial year, the first half of 2017/18 was always going to result in a decline in year-on-year profitability from Sainsbury’s.
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NewsSainsbury’s Coupe allays Christmas slowdown fears
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has played down fears of a shopper spending slowdown this Christmas, but admitted the golden quarter will be “difficult to predict”.
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NewsSainsbury's profits drop as investment hits bottom line
Sainsbury’s has suffered a slump in half-year profitability as investments in price, increasing labour costs and Argos losses hit its bottom line.
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VideoWatch: Aldi launches Kevin the Carrot Christmas sequel
Aldi has brought back the star of last year’s Christmas advert Kevin the Carrot for its 2017 festive campaign.
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NewsWhole Foods to shutter its two stores outside London
Whole Foods Market is planning to shutter its only two stores outside of London, just months after it was acquired by Amazon.
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NewsLidl hikes pay of 16,000 shopfloor staff
Lidl is hiking the pay of more than 16,000 shopfloor workers as it reaffirms its commitment to paying staff a ‘real living wage’.
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NewsAsda names ex-Carrefour exec as new merchandising boss
Asda has named former Carrefour executive Jesús Lorente as its new chief merchandising officer as it continues to re-shape its leadership team.
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NewsOpinion: Morrisons excels in playing to its strengths
Morrisons posted an eighth consecutive quarter of sales growth today as it built further trading momentum. Bryan Roberts assesses the grocer’s progress.
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GalleryIn pictures: Fenwick leads Bracknell's regeneration
Bracknell used to be a place shopped by some of its locals and almost nobody else. But now a regenerated town centre and a winsome Fenwick have put this one on the list.
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DataData: Waitrose on what we eat, when, and how we buy it
Waitrose’s latest Food and Drink Report lifts the lid on the biggest trends from 2017 and looks and what products will be filling shoppers’ fridges in 2018.
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AnalysisSainsbury’s job cuts shows tech's effect on workforce
Sainsbury’s is far from the only retailer seeking to streamline its business amid turbulent times, but today’s staffing overhaul attracted plenty of attention.