All Tesco articles – Page 261

  • News

    Rising food prices threaten interest rate cut

    2008-01-15T09:22:59Z

    Food prices are rising at their fastest rate since records began, which could restrict the Bank of England’s scope for cutting interest rates.

  • News

    Tesco growth slows over Christmas

    2008-01-15T08:18:41Z

    Tesco has felt the effects of customers tightening their belts as it reported slower like-for-like UK sales growth over Christmas.

  • Opinion

    Analysts will feast over Tesco’s non-food figures

    2008-01-11T11:45:43Z

    After Sainsbury’s calmed retail investors’ nerves with better-than-expected like-for-like sales yesterday, Tesco should provide further evidence next week of a strong Christmas for UK grocers.

  • News

    TNS crowns Morrisons as Christmas trading winner

    2008-01-09T17:24:53Z

    Morrisons has emerged as the leading UK grocer this Christmas for the four weeks to December 30, according to TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures.

  • News

    Promotions drive modest Christmas grocery growth

    2008-01-08T18:03:28Z

    UK supermarkets posted robust sales over the festive period, but record levels of promotions in the grocery sector did not deliver a last-minute rush of shoppers before Christmas.

  • News

    Tesco to equal discounters’ prices

    2008-01-07T13:49:20Z

    Tesco will match the prices on more than 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines, a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.

  • News

    Tesco to match discounters’ prices

    2008-01-07T12:55:48Z

    Tesco will match the prices on more than 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines, a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.

  • News

    Tesco to match discounter's prices

    2008-01-07T09:21:27Z

    Tesco will match the prices on over 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines in a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.

  • Analysis

    November

    2007-12-21T10:18:13Z

    Like-for-like sales improved slightly, up 1.2 per cent against November 2006, when sales rose just 0.6 per cent. However, the increase was not enough to ease retailers’ worries about Christmas

  • News

    Tesco's menswear sales boom

    2007-12-17T16:39:31Z

    Tesco has vaulted into the number three position in the menswear market, according to TNS worldpanel.

  • News

    Mason: I will not succeed Leahy

    2007-12-17T09:08:02Z

    Tim Mason has said he will not succeed Sir Terry Leahy as chief executive of Tesco.

  • Opinion

    The Retail Week – December 14, 2007

    2007-12-14T10:12:52Z

    John Browett, who has just become chief executive of electricals group DSGi, has another problem to add to his list.

  • News

    Supermarkets increase e-tail share

    2007-12-13T15:57:21Z

    Supermarkets have increased their share of online retail by 50 per cent in the past two years.

  • Analysis

    New kid on the block

    2007-12-13T14:37:00Z

    No one thought Glasgow needed the Silverburn centre, but now it’s open, how is it faring? Ben Cooper takes a trip north to investigate

  • News

    Fears for new year take shine off upbeat week for general retailers

    2007-12-13T12:18:53Z

    General retailers were the week’s beneficiaries as they outperformed their food peers and the FTSE. Lower interest rates were welcomed, but analysts remained downbeat about prospects.

  • News

    Top retailers join environmental initiative

    2007-12-12T09:03:20Z

    Retail giants Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Ikea are among a raft of high-profile companies to join a new environmental initiative launched by the Mayor of London.

  • News

    Tesco linked to Czech deal

    2007-12-12T08:43:27Z

    Tesco has reportedly lodged a €200 million ( 143.7 million) bid to acquire a chain of discount stores in the Czech Republic.

  • News

    OFT fines Sainsbury's and Asda for milk price fixing

    2007-12-07T08:45:21Z

    Two of the big four grocers and certain dairy processors have agreed to pay combined fines of more than 116 million after they admitted involvement in fixing milk and cheese prices.

  • News

    Tesco rejects food inflation claims

    2007-12-06T16:06:46Z

    Tesco has dismissed reports of spiralling food inflation as “nonsense” after it unveiling a credit crunch-defying set of figures for the 13 weeks to November 24.

  • Advertising
    Analysis

    Christmas ads: Let battle commence

    2007-12-06T12:11:00Z

    Compelling Christmas ads can make or break a retailer’s festive season. Katie Kilgallen and Saatchi & Saatchi’s Bobby Hui settle in front of the TV to analyse this year’s efforts