All Tesco articles – Page 247

  • Tesco Direct
    News

    Tesco ramps up technical support with pre-sales advice operation

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Tesco-owned technical support firm Tesco Tech Support is to provide shoppers with pre-sales advice on its home technology range.

  • simon burke
    Opinion

    The good, the bad and the ugly

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Have the past 10 years’ big changes been good for the industry? Simon Burke gives his view

  • Tesco basket
    News

    Tesco’s management incentives ‘best in class’

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Tesco’s management incentive scheme is the most likely among those of the big grocers to encourage strong performance, broker Bernstein has concluded.The broker said executive compensation structures are broadly similar at all three quoted grocers, combining basic salary, bonus and various long-term incentives.However, at Tesco and Sainsbury’s there is a ...

  • Tesco discounter
    Analysis

    Every little helps the nation’s favourite

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    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

  • macdonald george cutout
    Opinion

    Hunger for food stocks sated

    2009-04-09T00:00:00Z

    General retailers’ popularity has been growing of late. At the end of last week some big names rose again, at the expense of the food giants.Although food stocks are often popular for their defensive qualities during tough times, the big grocers were not the flavour of the week. Last Friday ...

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    News

    Tesco to create 800 jobs at Middlesbrough distribution centre

    2009-04-07T10:07:00Z

    Tesco will create more than 800 jobs when it opens a distribution centre in Middlesbrough in August. The £130m Teesport Distribution Centre is the retailer’s first purpose-built import storage facility. It will replace its existing non-food distribution centre in Coventry. The 910,000 sq ft Teesport centre means that goods can ...

  • News

    Tesco gears up for in-store banking

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is to install private consul-tation rooms in its banks as it prepares to open 30 branches in stores by the end of this year.The grocer will have representatives at its banks to talk customers through finance offers. A spokeswoman said the consultation rooms will “give customers privacy” as they ...

  • Darling's deferral of the business rates rise follows Retail Week's Rate Rage campaign
    News

    Retailers unconvinced rate deferral is enough

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Darling’s 11th-hour move only grants temporary relief, top retailers argue

  • Per Una
    Analysis

    The price of going private

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    In recession, it might be expected that an increasing number of retailers would turn to private label to ease their burdens. But what are shoppers’ perceptions of such ranges, asks John Ryan

  • Marks and Spencer led the pack on Tuesday, following its fourth-quarter results
    News

    M&S rounds off good week for retail stocks

    2009-04-03T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer spearheaded an advance by retail shares on Tuesday, when its fourth-quarter numbers defied downbeat expectations.The retail sector rose 6 per cent on the day, when there was also the successful refinancing of Clinton Cards and placings of Debenhams and Sainsbury’s shares. Improving sentiment towards retailers helped the ...

  • News

    Tesco trials packaging scheme

    2009-04-02T12:13:00Z

    Tesco is trialling a scheme to give customers a chance to remove and leave excess packaging in store after they have purchased goods.

  • News

    Shoppers lap up Tesco's increased local produce

    2009-03-27T07:50:00Z

    Tesco has revealed sales of locally sourced products have soared 30 per cent in the calendar year to date.

  • Opinion

    Tesco will find its feet again

    2009-03-27T07:09:00Z

    With the grocers’ reporting season well under way, all eyes will be on Tesco next month when it reveals its preliminary results.

  • fascia myliberec
    Gallery

    Tesco MyLiberec – Liberec, Czech Republic

    2009-03-26T12:57:00Z

    My Liberec is the first instance of Tesco’s new department store format in the Czech Republic.

  • Opinion

    So what is a great retail brand?

    2009-03-23T13:07:55Z

    Today sees the publication of a survey that purports to reveal “The Best Retail Brands”. Assembled by branding consultancy Interbrand, the top five European players, perhaps unsurprisingly, are H&M, Carrefour, Ikea, Tesco and Zara, in that order.

  • News

    Tesco reshuffles non-food team as new chief arrives

    2009-03-20T12:10:00Z

    Tesco has reshaped its non-food team as former Sainsbury’s general merchandise chief Richard Jones takes up his post at the retailer.

  • Tesco Liberec 132 RW Store
    Analysis

    My Liberec: A Tesco store, but not as we know it

    2009-03-19T16:56:00Z

    Virtually no Tesco signage and an array of brands makes the grocer’s first true department store a one-off. John Ryan visits its Czech home.

  • News

    Tesco finds small consumer changes adding up

    2009-03-18T15:24:39Z

    Customers are becoming much more disciplined in the way they shop, and it’s a trend that’s here to stay, Tesco UK marketing director Carolyn Bradley asserted today at the Retail Week Conference.

  • News

    Tesco makes progress with server virtualisation

    2009-03-18T08:00:00Z

    Tesco is making progress with its plans to virtualise its entire server estate.

  • Opinion

    John Lewis in fashion

    2009-03-12T11:48:24Z

    John Lewis will dip its toes into the choppy waters of online fashion e-tailing with the launch of its own version of online fashion giant Asos.com.