All Asda articles – Page 50
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VideoWalmart AGM video blog: DCs, drones, disappointment and food innovation
On day two of the shareholders’ event, Retail Week visits distribution centres, tours stores and samples food innovation.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Three ways Walmart is using technology to drive efficiency
Walmart is driving efficiencies in its distribution centres by using “emerging sciences” to speed up a number of everyday processes.
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AnalysisInfographic: Discretionary spend hits new high, plus key quotes and figures
The week in words and numbers, June 3, 2016: UK households’ discretionary spend hits new high and CEOs reveal impact of Brexit on growth plans.
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NewsWalmart international boss 'very disappointed' with Asda's performance
Walmart’s international boss has admitted he is “very disappointed” with Asda’s performance and warned 2016 will continue to be “painful”.
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OpinionOpinion: Mums hate taking their kids to the supermarket and here's why
I recently had the pleasure of observing a focus group of mums discussing grocery shopping and it was absolutely fascinating.
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VideoWalmart AGM video blog: Walton’s 5&10, Walmart museum and welcome concert
Retail Week has crossed the pond to Bentonville, Arkansas this week for a front-row seat at Walmart’s annual shareholders’ event.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on the big four's market share and Jack Wills
Tesco outperformed its main rivals and Jack Wills faces ban on 'sexualised' ad
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NewsWatch: Walmart revives ‘smiley’ face symbol to hammer home value message
Walmart is reviving the use of its ‘smiley’ face symbol in TV advertising and store signage to hammer home its every day low price message.
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NewsStore gallery: Inside Walmart founder Sam Walton’s first ever shop
Walmart has grown to become the world’s biggest retailer with annual sales approaching $500m, but the business grew from humble beginnings.
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NewsData: Tesco sales stabilising as Co-op recovery powers on – Kantar
Tesco is showing further signs of stabilising with the smallest quarterly sales decline of the big four, latest Kantar figures reveal.
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NewsUK families had highest amount of disposable income in April on record
Disposable income hit £200 per week for the average UK family last month, the highest level of spending power on record.
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NewsRetail Diary: Retail Week goes Commando and new shop is a load of rubbish
Retail Week faces its toughest challenge yet, something is rotten in the Forest of Dean and toilet roll chancers get creative at Walmart.
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NewsIceland ditches celebs for mums as marketing shifts in 'new direction'
Iceland is ditching celebrities for “real mums” in its adverts as the grocer accelerates its drive to take marketing in a “new direction”.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Asda's Q1 struggle, BHS bids and Thorntons closing stores
This week we discuss Asda’s disappointing results, the latest BHS bidders and what’s next for Thorntons after its recent store closure.
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OpinionOpinion: Clarke's on Asda's throne, but Murray holds keys to the kingdom
In the wake of Asda’s seventh consecutive quarter of falling sales, the grocer’s boss, Andy Clarke, hit the proverbial nail on the head.
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NewsAsda posts 5.7% slump in first quarter sales amid 'fierce competition'
Asda has posted a 5.7% slump in first quarter like-for-like sales as the grocer continued to struggle amid “fierce competition”.
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NewsTesco to scrap F&F clothing website to simplify online shopping
Tesco is scrapping its standalone F&F clothing website in a bid to make shopping online “as simple and easy as possible” for its customers.
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NewsAmazon set to take on US grocers with launch of own-label range
Amazon will start selling own-brand groceries by the end of this month or early June in a bid to take on rivals in the US.
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NewsBig four grocers pledge to pass on 'tampon tax' savings to customers
The big four grocers have vowed to pass on lower prices to shoppers following the Government’s decision to scrap the ‘tampon tax’.
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OpinionThis week in retail: Asda seeks to recover trade from core shoppers
Asda issues its quarterly update this week, with pressure on CEO Andy Clarke after performance had reached a “nadir” last year.