All Asda articles – Page 132
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AnalysisAndy Clarke: turning Asda around?
Asda’s new chief executive will use his operational experience to try to turn round the grocer’s performance.
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NewsAsda to sell privately prescribed cancer treatment drugs
Asda is to sell privately prescribed cancer treatment drugs on a not-for-profit basis from Monday.
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NewsAsda Q1 like-for-likes fall 0.3%
Asda’s like-for-like sales excluding VAT and petrol have fallen 0.3% in its first quarter and the grocer expects conditions to remain tough.
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NewsAsda staff to pocket £47m
Asda staff are to pocket an estimated £47m following the maturity of a three-year Walmart sharesave scheme.
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OpinionA new dawn
Grocery chiefs believe the forming of the new Government will calm shoppers’ nerves. But with taxes expected to go up, they will undoubtedly be slugging it out in non-food for the rest of the year.
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AnalysisPark life: retail parks bouncing back
Retail parks have been on the back foot, but new names are now starting to freshen up their offers and draw footfall.
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NewsAustralian chain Coles poaches UK retailers
Australian grocer Coles has hired another clutch of UK retailers, reporting to retail and operations director Stuart Machin.
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NewsNew Asda boss Andy Clarke faces ambitious targets
Asda’s incoming chief executive Andy Clarke faces an “uphill battle” to achieve the retailer’s ambitious targets in food and non-food, according to City analysts.
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NewsAsda marketing chief Rick Bendel to oversee trading operations on interim basis
Asda international chief marketing officer Rick Bendel is to oversee trading operations after the sudden departure of chief merchandising officer Darren Blackhurst last week.
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NewsAsda in talks with Prince Charles on organic food
Asda is understood to have had discussions with Prince Charles about how to persuade its shoppers to buy more organic food.
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Opinion
A clear winner?
There’s no clear winner in the election, but there is in the grocery market..
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AnalysisSupply Chain: Tapping global sources
Sourcing overseas can help retailers innovate, but there are risks involved, says Mark Faithfull
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AnalysisThe Retail Cabinet
As the new Government is announced, Retail Week imagines a country run by the UK’s top retailers. Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy is an obvious choice for prime minister, but whose business skills would he be calling on to work alongside him in his first cabinet?
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NewsRetail stock buoyant despite election fears
Retail shares were among the better performers as economic turmoil in Greece and political uncertainty ahead of the general election here took a toll on the market overall.
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NewsAndy Clarke tipped to take over as Asda CEO as Darren Blackhurst leaves
Asda chief operating officer Andy Clarke is tipped to take over as chief executive and chief merchandising officer Darren Blackhurst has left the grocer, Retail Week has learnt.
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OpinionPressure on Morrisons grows
Morrisons’ new chief executive Dalton Philips will have been in the hot seat for only about six weeks when the grocer delivers its first-quarter update next week.
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NewsCarphone Warehouse riding high on back of demerger
The launch of US electricals giant Best Buy in the UK grabbed the headlines this week, but it was also parent company Carphone Warehouse’s first trading update since its demerger last month.
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NewsAvatar set to bust DVD sales records and become biggest Blu-ray release
The DVD and Blu-ray release of blockbuster film Avatar has set the tills ringing in stores and online and is predicted to become one of the biggest releases of all time.
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NewsAsda guns for share with price guarantee
Asda this week fired the latest salvo in the supermarket price war with the launch of a price guarantee as it tries to stem its market share decline.