All Tesco articles
Tesco is Britain’s biggest retailer, operating businesses in the UK, Ireland and Europe. Founded in Hackney as a group of market stalls by the legendary Sir Jack Cohen in 1919, the Tesco name first appeared five years later. Tesco has grown to more than 3,000 stores in its core British market, operating across a number of concepts including its Extra hypermarkets, superstores and smaller Express and convenience formats, as well as online via Tesco.com.
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News
Ikea is opening 100 new click-and-collect points at Tesco stores
The Swedish home retailer plans to expand its partnership with Tesco to open 100 new click-and-collect points at the supermarket.
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Opinion
‘The UK is famous for online grocery but where else could retail find talent to export?’
With a shift in consumer needs on the horizon, world-class innovation can play a key part in retailers’ success, argues Lisa Byfield-Green
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News
Retail giants to close stores early for England’s Euro 2024 final clash
Some of retail’s biggest names will close many stores early this Sunday when England battles Spain in the Euro 2024 men’s football final.
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News
Tesco staff will get a £30m payout from share scheme
Tesco employees are set to receive a £30m payout as part of the grocer’s Save as You Earn (SAYE) colleague share scheme.
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Analysis
Retail cabinet: What would government look like if retailers ran the country?
As the country casts its votes in the general election, Retail Week imagines what a cabinet made up of bold and capable retail leaders might look like
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Opinion
‘As Morrisons marks 125 years in business, how many newer retailers will enjoy similar lifespans?’
Retail thrives on the new but the businesses that last longest are founded on principles that never lose their relevance, observes George MacDonald.
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News
Tesco strikes ‘landmark’ retail media partnership with global advertising giant
Grocer Tesco has agreed a “landmark” partnership with the world’s biggest media-buying business as it ramps up its retail media business.
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Data
What the latest market share data tells us about the UK grocery sector
Retail Week sits down with Kantar’s head of retail and consumer insight Fraser McKevitt to look at the implications for the grocery sector from the latest market share data
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News
In The Style launches collaboration with major supermarket
Online fashion retailer In The Style is launching an in-store partnership with the UK’s biggest grocer as part of its newest collaboration.
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News
Tesco avoids AGM revolt over CEO pay rise
Tesco has avoided a rebellion at its AGM as investors backed chief executive Ken Murphy’s pay rise.
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News
Tesco sales climb in ‘strong’ first quarter
Grocery leader Tesco has posted a sales rise over the first quarter of its financial year.
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News
Tesco opens new online marketplace
The new online marketplace will give customers the chance to shop for thousands of third-party products alongside Tesco groceries.
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Retail Navigator Analysis
Tesco (Strategy)
Tesco launches marketplace offer online and via its app as it joins a growing number of retailers capitalising on the model. The grocer’s ambition is to become “a one-stop shop for everything customers need” when its marketplace reaches full scale.
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Analysis
From AI to M&A – what retailers are spending their money on
The ring of the tills might be what drives retail, but to keep customers spending retailers need to invest in improvements. Retail Week looks at where some of the biggest – and most successful – retailers are directing their spend
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Data
Revealed: The supermarkets with the fastest online sales growth
Retail Week teamed up with sister brand Retail Navigator to reveal which supermarket had the biggest ecom sales, and which one is growing the fastest.
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Innovation of the Week
PepsiCo takes over Tesco for Champions League final
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our team.
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Opinion
‘The answer does not lie in data, but in the stores’
Starbucks founder Howard Schultz has made some great points about what lies at the heart of business success. They apply to all of retail, believes George MacDonald
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News
Tesco boss Ken Murphy’s pay deal doubles
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy has seen his pay packet more than double to almost £10m for the last year.
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Analysis
‘Reasons for retailer optimism, despite damp and gloomy April’
Despite a damp and gloomy April impacting customer spend, there are plenty of reasons for UK retailers to be quietly cheerful about the months ahead. Here are some of the ways retailers can capitalise on continuing consumer caution.
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News
Tesco appoints former Amazon and Pinterest executives
Tesco has hired two former Amazon and Pinterest executives to strengthen its retail media offering as demand in the sector increases.