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Tengelmann to relaunch online store Plus
Grocer Tengelmann plans to relaunch its non-food online store Plus later this year, according to reports. The project will extend the online shop’s product range to around 10,000 items by the end of this year.New product ranges will include electronics, DIY and furniture. The site will also feature innovations such ...
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NewsHenderson Group to improve store replenishment
Henderson Group, the owner of symbol group Spar in Northern Ireland, is to automate store replenishment in an attempt to improve product availability and cash flow.The wholesale and retail group is to deploy software from Aldata to its 72 stores and there is potential to extend the roll-out to the ...
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OpinionIT spending for success
Despite the recession and general budget belt-tightening, the results announcements from several retailers this week show just how busy IT departments are being kept.Buried in Tesco’s results is the nugget that the grocer is beavering away on migrating the systems used by Tesco Personal Finance to its own computing platforms. ...
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NewsThorntons reveals strong post-Christmas growth
Thorntons has revealed like-for-like growth of 3.3 per cent in the 14 week period to April 18 as it benefited from a longer selling season ahead of Easter than last year.
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Opinion
Food retailers are missing a trick
While money may be in relatively short supply, there are still plenty of affluent neighbourhoods in our larger cities where foodies are shopping in small, deli-style stores.
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NewsTesco to ramp up telecoms shops
Tesco is to double the number of in-store telecoms shops in its supermarkets by the end of the year.
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OpinionWhy Tesco's short-term mistakes could end up being long-term triumphs
Tesco has come in for plenty of stick lately, but the grocer came out of the last recession strongly, so who’s to say it doesn’t know what it is doing this time around?
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NewsCarrefour reports ‘stable’ first quarter
International retail giant Carrefour has reported “stable” sales of €22.7bn for the first quarter of this year.
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NewsBRC demands credit insurance redress at Budget
Half of large retailers say the reduction or withdrawal of trade credit insurance has undermined their ability to trade.According to the British Retail Consortium’s Credit Conditions Survey, 40 per cent of small and medium-sized retailers also say the reduction or withdrawal has undermined their position.Two thirds of larger retailers believe ...
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AnalysisOcado ups ante as online food battle hots up
With soaring sales and a price campaign taking on Waitrose and Tesco, Ocado’s confidence is growing. Jennifer Creevy meets co-founder Jason Gissing
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NewsFresh & Easy introduces review section to website
Tesco’s US Fresh & Easy operation has introduced a product review section on its website to increase interactivity with its customer base.When shoppers sample a product in stores through the US grocer’s Kitchen Table tasting area, they can then review it online.A Tesco spokesman said: “This launch forms part of ...
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NewsSpar to use eco-store elements in Nottingham Eurospar
Spar will use elements of its store of the future in Northern Ireland in the first Eurospar to open on the mainland next month.
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OpinionFacing the fear factor
It is vital to encourage spending and stop consumer confidence sliding, says Andy Clarke
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NewsSainsbury's to lift PoS signage with new system
Sainsbury’s is to improve promotional signage and labelling in its stores with the consolidation of the systems it uses to produce point-of-sale material.The project, which will bring together multiple applications under a unified signage system provided by Episys, is part of a larger initiative called The Simple Programme, which has ...
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NewsCo-op server estate virtualisation almost complete
Co-operative Group is about three quarters of the way through a project to virtualise its server estate and improve the levels of service the IT function provides to the rest of the business. The project kicked off early last year.The new HP computing platform will also be suitable to move ...
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OpinionOcado has carved itself a niche
Ocado has had a tough first few years setting up and competing with the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury’s but the e-tailer is starting to see the light.
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NewsSainsbury’s to improve product availability with new supply chain systems
Sainsbury’s is to transform the management of its supply chain to improve stock availability through a five-year deal with IBM.IBM will introduce new systems to help Sainsbury’s and its 4,000 suppliers find smarter ways of managing the supply chain and support continued growth in the grocer’s business.Sainsbury’s will use an ...