All Grocery articles – Page 661
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Marks & Spencer to anchor Wolverhampton scheme
Marks & Spencer has signed to anchor Multi Development’s Summer Row scheme in Wolverhampton.
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Asda cuts petrol prices
Asda has cut the price of unleaded petrol for the ninth time since July by a further 2p per litre.
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John Lewis Partnership agrees new Ocado deal
The John Lewis Partnership has agreed to a five-year brand and sourcing agreement with Ocado and transferred its stake in the online grocer to its pension fund.
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Sainsbury's Justin King is a man of the people
For a while, retailers didn’t want to mention the R word. But now we’ve officially been told we’re moving into a recession, it seems many retailers are having to think about the other R word – redundancies.
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Sales pick up at John Lewis
Sales have begun to improve at John Lewis, down just 1.3 per cent last week, helped by the cold snap in the weather.
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Sainsbury's King defends food imports
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King will defend the importing of food despite concerns over food miles.
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Interest rate cut met with caution by analysts
The Bank of England’s shock decision to slash interest rates to 3 per cent will help heavily indebted retailers, but analysts remain cautious about the immediate impact on consumers.
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Retail’s elite toast festive West End traffic-free day
London Mayor Boris Johnson joined retail’s elite this week to promote Oxford Street’s traffic-free day, which will fall on Saturday December 6.
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Tesco to build Discounter range after stellar start
Grocer to bring in non-food range and cheaper clothing as drive for value hots up.
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Asda reports strong clothing and grocery sales in October
Asda's comparable store sales last month were strongest in grocery and clothing, parent company Wal-Mart’s October results have revealed.
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Wal-Mart to home in on overseas openings
Wal-Mart is to limit expansion in its home market and invest in its international operation as it seeks to focus on capital efficiency and improved return on investment.
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Opinion
Could Hadrian’s wall be getting taller?
OK, it isn’t quite the border but I’m concerned that next time I’m in Scotland I’ll discover they now take the euro, drive on the other side of the road and the time zone’s different.
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OpinionEnsure your offer’s built to last
Only longer-lasting products offering real value will move shoppers to spend as recession bites.
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Interest rate slashed to 3%
The Bank of England has cut the interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to 3 per cent in a move that has been welcomed by retailers.
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John Lewis to open first overseas store in Dublin
John Lewis has confirmed plans to open its first store outside the UK in the Republic of Ireland.
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Sainsbury's to offer GCSE-level training
Sainsbury’s is to become the first retailer to offer its entire workforce the chance to gain GCSE-level equivalent qualifications.
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Tesco tests PC tool to increase shopper interaction
Tesco has created a computer application in an attempt to further embed itself into customers’ daily lives.
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Food inflation slows in October
Food inflation has finally started to fall, down to 7.5 per cent in October from 9.1 per cent the previous month.
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Asda profits hit by OFT fines
Asda’s pre-tax profits have been hit by provisions for fines and legal costs arising from the Office of Fair Trading investigations in to allegations of price-fixing.