All Asda articles – Page 134
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NewsArgos aims to fend off supermarket competition with store revamps
Argos is to embark on a £70m makeover of its stores for the first time in a decade as it fights off stiff competition from the supermarkets.
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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.
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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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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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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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NewsAsda heralds ‘the official end of the grocery price war’ with price guarantee
Asda is putting its money where its mouth is with a guarantee that it offers shoppers lowest prices on groceries or will give them their money back, a step which it said “heralds the official end of the grocery price war”.
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NewsAsda lags behind the market
Asda is still under-performing the market with year-on-year growth well behind the growth of the other major retailers, according to Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsAsda Income Tracker: UK families worse off in March than a year earlier
The UK family was £2 a week worse off in March than a year earlier, according to this month’s Asda Income Tracker.
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OpinionTesco’s food fight
Tesco showed once again this week why it is market leader, but with rivals hot on its heels, the sector is squaring up for an interesting food fight.
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Opinion
Cheesewrong
Walmart Canada boss David Cheesewright and Asda finance director Judith McKenna have both been strongly linked with the Asda CEO’s job, but as it stands neither is in the running.
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NewsAsh cloud splits retailers over absence pay
The air travel chaos because of the volcanic ash cloud has caused retailers a headache over whether to pay staff absent as a result of not being able to fly home.
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NewsJudith McKenna will not run for Asda chief executive role
Asda chief financial officer Judith McKenna is understood to have ruled herself out of the running for the top job at the retailer.
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AnalysisFive big questions for Asda’s new boss
Asda is finding trading tough but has big ambitions. As Andy Bond prepares to take a back seat, Jennifer Creevy looks at the big issues his successor will need to tackle to get the grocer back on track
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AnalysisChina is not the only new retail market to investigate
While the volcanic ash cloud and the ensuing chaos may have blown over by the time this appears, the disruption to international trade once again highlights the weaknesses in our increasingly globalised economy.
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AnalysisA cycle of recycling
Retailers are taking a two-pronged strategy of reducing their own waste while encouraging their customers to recycle more too
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NewsJudith McKenna and David Cheesewright rule themselves out of Asda top job
Asda chief financial officer Judith McKenna and Walmart Canada boss David Cheesewright are understood to have ruled themselves out of the running to replace Andy Bond as head of the grocer.
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NewsVolcanic ash hits supermarket supply
The supply of flowers, green beans, mangetout, sugar snap peas and some exotic fruits are under threat as volcanic ash grounds planes destined for the UK.
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NewsRetailers among firms fined £225m for tobacco price fixing
Nine retailers are among 12 businesses fined £225m by the Office of Fair Trading for collusion on tobacco prices between 2001 and 2003.
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NewsAndy Bond to advise Walmart on new international markets
Outgoing Asda chief executive Andy Bond is to advise parent company Walmart on conquering Russia and other new markets when he steps up to the role of chairman.
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OpinionThe big questions for Andy Bond’s successor
Andy Bond will leave his successor with two big headaches: How Asda can arrest its underperformance and can a food retailer prosper on Everyday Low Prices alone?