All Co-operative Group articles – Page 28
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AnalysisAnalysis: What's so special about Ocado’s grocery technology?
Ocado boasts of its ecommerce and fulfilment platform capability – how does the technology work and who could benefit from using it?
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on reviving the high street and Pandora
Retail round-up: New digital organisation has launched to revive high streets and Pandora reports second-quarter revenue rise.
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NewsTrio of top supermarkets lend support to Be Inspired campaign
Retail chiefs from three of the UK’s largest grocers have thrown their weight behind Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign by becoming ambassadors.
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AnalysisInfographic: Lord Wolfson on immigration plus the latest retail sales stats
The week in words and numbers, July 22, 2016: Next chairman immigration cuts warning, McColl’s buys Co-op c-stores and NFU trouble on the farm.
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NewsMcColl's boss Miller: Co-op stores acquisition is 'a significant step up'
McColl’s boss Jonathan Miller believes the acquisition of almost 300 Co-op stores will mark a “significant step up” for the business.
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NewsSupermarket sales hit two-year low following wet weather
Supermarket sales have hit their lowest point in two years following last month’s wet weather, but the discounters continued to grow.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What Sam Allardyce can learn from retail's great turnarounds
Sam Allardyce is vying to turn England’s Euro flops into winners. Retail Week looks at what he can learn from the architects of retail’s greatest comebacks.
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GalleryChristmas in July: Grocers unveil their feast of festive food for 2016
Food is one of the most important features of the festive season and once again there is fierce competition to top grocery’s Christmas tree.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The major business benefits of ethical retailing
Morality in retail is under scrutiny like never before and shoppers are increasingly concerned by the impact their choices have on the planet.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retailers are capitalising on the hot weather
The weather is every retailers’ favourite excuse, but some have been making the most of the heat and the marketing opportunities it brings.
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NewsMy Local administrators sell 26 stores, saving 372 jobs
The administrators for My Local have sold 26 of the collapsed convenience store chain’s former stores, safeguarding 372 jobs.
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NewsCo-op faces competition probe over My Local stores deal
The Co-op is facing a probe by the competition authorities over its acquisition of eight stores from collapsed convenience chain My Local.
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OpinionOpinion: Co-op provides McColl's with convenient option to expand
It may have seemed like a big deal, but for many the move by McColl’s to snap up 298 of Co-op Food’s smaller stores did not come as a surprise.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Co-op eyes convenience sweet spot after offloading stores
At first glance, The Co-op’s decision to sell almost 300 of its smaller stores might appear at odds with its commitment to convenience retail.
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NewsMcColl's strikes deal to acquire 298 Co-op convenience stores
McColl’s has agreed a deal to acquire 298 convenience stores from the Co-operative Group for £117m in cash, it revealed today.
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NewsThe Co-op acquires six stores from collapsed My Local chain
The Co-op has acquired six stores from My Local following the struggling c-store chain’s collapse into administration last month.
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NewsBusiness confidence nosedives in the aftermath of Brexit vote
Confidence among UK businesses has plummeted since Brexit with firms’ expectations for sales, exports and investments going “off a cliff”.
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OpinionOpinion: Shoppers love Amazon but will they flock to buy the Fresh offer?
“I love Amazon but…” seems to be the view of many US customers who have had a while to road test the etail mammoth’s Fresh grocery service.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on BHS, Asda, Aldi and more
Retail round-up on June 29, 2016: Sir Philip Green in talks on BHS pension deficit, Asda and Tesco sales dip and My Local shuts 90 stores
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NewsAldi and Lidl hit market share high while shoppers await impact of Brexit
Aldi and Lidl have hit record market share, but overall grocery sector sales slipped for the first time since the start of 2016, latest Kantar figures reveal.