All Co-operative Group articles – Page 30
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VideoThe Retail Week: The Sunday trading debate, Co-op appointment and the Ashes
Catch up on the week’s biggest retail stories with executive editor George MacDonald and content editor Nicola Harrison.
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AnalysisIn the news: The Co-op’s new chief digital officer Mike Bracken profiled
The Co-operative has hired the Government’s chief data officer and executive director of digital Mike Bracken to lead its digital operations.
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NewsCo-op hires Government's Mike Bracken as new chief digital officer
The Co-op has appointed the Government’s chief data officer and executive director of digital Mike Bracken to oversee its digital operations.
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NewsAldi targets 35,000 new staff in ambitious £600m expansion plan
Aldi has revealed ambitious plans to plough £600m into its UK business and more than double its workforce as it presses ahead with expansion.
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AnalysisChristmas in July: Top festive foods
Food is arguably the most important part of Christmas and retailers have upped their game this year in a bid to win over festive shoppers.
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NewsCo-op returns to sales growth for first time in a year, Kantar data shows
The Co-op has returned to growth for the first time in a year and Sainsbury’s has reclaimed its position as the second biggest grocer from Asda.
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NewsInterview: How Co-op Food boss Steve Murrells has built momentum
Since arriving to head the Co-op’s food business in 2012, Steve Murrells has lead an impressive recovery, but he is not resting on his laurels.
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NewsCo-op to take on 1,000 new staff in customer service drive
The Co-op is poised to take on 1,000 new staff to man the tills at its convenience stores as part of its ongoing customer service drive.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Co-op, Scottish retail sales and Apple
Retail news round-up on July 22, 2015: Co-op on a hiring spree, Scottish retail sales down again and Apple’s record third quarter
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NewsCo-op Food boss Murrells: We know Aldi will overtake our market share
Co-op Food boss Steve Murrells has admitted it is an “inevitability” that Aldi will leapfrog the mutual to become the UK’s fifth biggest grocer.
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NewsCo-op apologises after customers are charged twice in card blunder
The Co-op has apologised and vowed to refund hundreds of thousands of customers who were accidentally charged twice for their purchases.
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NewsCo-op targets London expansion and eyes concessions in its larger stores
Co-operative Food will open up to 50 new convenience stores in and around London this year, boss Steve Murrells has revealed.
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NewsRetailers reap rewards of heatwave as sales soar along with temperatures
Sales are soaring as much as the temperatures this week as retailers across the country capitalise on Britain’s mid-summer heatwave.
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NewsMorrisons and Co-op continue recoveries as sales rise at both grocers
The two embattled grocers have continued their fightback by outperforming the market, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel data.
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NewsMidcounties Co-op reveals clutch of concessions in larger-format stores
The Co-op has unveiled a string of agreements for in-store concessions as the mutual seeks to make better use of space in its larger formats.
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NewsJohn Lewis overtakes the Co-op as the UK's biggest mutual
The John Lewis Partnership has become the UK’s best performing worker-owned business, after taking the top spot from the Co-operative Group.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Walmart, Amazon and John Lewis
Retail news round-up on June 25, 2015: Walmart working on watermarks to replace barcodes, Amazon UK pays just £11.9m tax in 2014 and John Lewis becomes UK’s biggest mutual.
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NewsDiscounters outpace supermarket and convenience store growth
Discount retailers have opened stores at a faster rate than supermarkets and convenience stores over the past five years.
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NewsBreakfast Briefing: Retail News on Dunnhumby, House of Fraser and MRSA
Retail news round-up on June 18, 2015: Google eyes Dunnhumby bid, House of Fraser sales jump afer online shopping surge and MRSA found in UK supermarkets’ pork products.
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NewsWaitrose personalised loyalty offers up the ante in grocery price war
Waitrose has raised the stakes in the battle for custom amid the ferocious price war that is reshaping the food retail landscape.