All Grocery articles – Page 568
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Carrefour to refurbish Italian and Spanish hypermarkets to Carrefour Planet next year
Carrefour will begin refurbishing its Italian and Spanish hypermarkets to its new Carrefour Planet concept during 2011. In Spain, 75 of its 164 hypermarkets will be converted. The remaining 89 stores will receive a lower specification upgrade. In Italy, 23 of Carrefour’s 53 hypermarkets will be converted to Carrefour Planet ...
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NewsTesco guns for £55m Halloween sales
Tesco is gunning for its biggest ever Halloween with expected sales to top £55m.
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NewsWaitrose set for Duchy Originals US launch
Upmarket grocer Waitrose is to make its first foray into the US as it discusses selling its Duchy Originals range through retailers in the country.
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PTT withdraws bid for Carrefour's Thai assets
Local energy giant PTT has reportedly withdrawn a bid for Carrefour’s Thai assets. Thailand’s largest energy company by revenue apparently faced opposition to the bid from “important stakeholders”, prompting it to ask its subsidiary, PTT Retail Management, not to participate, the company said in a statement.
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Matahari to accelerate hypermarket expansion
Retailer Matahari will aggressively grow its hypermart banner, parent company MPP announced. “We currently have 50 hypermart stores in Indonesia and will accelerate the expansion from seven stores per year to 10 to 15 stores,” said a spokesman.The existing hypermart formats will be upgraded and IT infrastructure strengthened in order ...
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NewsSainsbury's opens largest store in Crayford
Sainsbury’s has today opened its first extended 100,000 sq ft store with a series of new areas.
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NewsWalmart to buy South African retailer Massmart, Asda’s Andy Bond to oversee
Walmart intends to push into Africa with the $4.2bn acquisition of general merchandise group Massmart.
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NewsTesco chief Sir Terry Leahy attacks investor short-termism
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has criticised short-term investor attitudes and such shareholders’ superficial understanding of companies in which they hold stakes.
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NewsSainsbury’s eyes China expansion
Sainsbury’s has sent a team to China to explore the possibility of opening the group’s first overseas shops in almost a decade.
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NewsWaitrose to price match Tesco on 1,000 branded products
Waitrose has announced that it will price match Tesco on 1,000 branded products from today.
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NewsJohn Lewis lays down the Christmas gauntlet as sales rise
Sales at John Lewis department stores rose 11.7 last week, which the retailer said it suspects was “well ahead of the market”.
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NewsWaitrose to open concept store in Leeds with a broader offer
Waitrose is to open a new concept store in Leeds next week with a homewares offer featuring products from sister chain John Lewis and other leading brands.
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NewsAsda and Sainsbury’s rejig own brands in fight for market share
Grocers Asda and Sainsbury’s went head-to-head this week with the relaunch of own-brand ranges.
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NewsB&Q lures Asda head of marketing to board role
DIY giant B&Q has poached Asda marketing director Katherine Paterson and appointed her to the board, reinstating a marketing role at that level for the first time in two years.
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AnalysisInternational grocers are catching on to app fever
After successful launches by the UK’s Ocado and Tesco, international grocers from Germany to Australia are now looking to capitalise on the trend towards mobile shopping.
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NewsAsda purchase of Netto cleared by OFT
Asda has been given the green light to acquire Netto after the Office of Fair Trading cleared its takeover of the discount grocer.
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NewsTesco wows shoppers with 1p bargains
Tesco has started to sell discontinued products for just 1p each.
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Walmart to move into convenience stores in urban markets
Walmart is set move into convenience stores in urban markets such as Chicago and Los Angeles as the largest US retailer seeks to revitalise growth in its home market.Commercial real estate brokers say Walmart has begun scouting for sites for smaller-format stores in a range of urban markets, including Sacramento ...
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Mall opening a first for Aldi in US
German hard discounter Aldi Süd has announced the opening of its first store located in an enclosed shopping mall in the US. The 20,000 sq ft store will open in May, 2011 at Westfield Chicago Ridge, Illinois.“We are pleased to partner with Westfield on this fresh new approach to shopping ...