All Grocery articles – Page 663
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Aldi gears up for festive food fight
Discount grocer Aldi will launch its largest Christmas range to date this year as it gears up to take advantage of the popularity of low-priced food.
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Asda to expand online offers after Daily Deals drive traffic
Asda is to make its daily non-food special online offers a permanent fixture after a trial over the summer helped push traffic on its site up 25 per cent.
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Sainsbury's launches campaign for 'ugly' fruit
Sainsbury’s is lobbying the Government and the European Commission in an effort to relax strict specifications that limit its ability to sell unusually shaped fresh produce.
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Anglia Co-op launches online furniture shop
Anglia Regional Co-operative Society made its first foray into e-commerce this week with the launch of a furniture web site.
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Tesco tests shopper feedback initiative
Tesco is inviting its customers to provide feedback on any aspect of their shopping experience that they want to discuss.
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Tesco cuts sales growth expectations
Tesco has cut its UK sales growth guidance for the first time in years, reflecting how tough the retail environment has become.
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Tesco extends non-food supplier payment terms
Tesco is understood to be asking all its non-food suppliers to wait an extra 30 days for payment as it seeks to free up cash for the critical Christmas trading period.
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Opinion
Asda’s George growth bodes well for Christmas
Anthony Thompson, managing director of Asda’s clothing brand George, said this week that Christmas was going to be “tough, late, and a bit of a rollercoaster”.
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Carrefour and Ahold post resilient third-quarter sales
French retailer Carrefour and Dutch grocer Ahold posted resilient third-quarter trading updates.
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John Lewis suffers another tough week
Department store group John Lewis has suffered another tough week, with sales down 7.6 per cent as customers continue to rein in spending.
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Grocers fire new salvo in petrol price wars
Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco today ratcheted up the price war by dropping the price of fuel to the lowest levels for more than a year.
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Retailers turn on the screams for Halloween
Sales of Halloween paraphernalia are expected to top 195 million this year, although growth is forecast to slow because of the downturn.
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George's online operation to be top shop
Asda’s clothing brand George expects its online operation to become its biggest selling store early next year as the brand continues to take market share.
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Retail crime headed for a ‘rapid rise’
Retailers are bracing themselves for a rise in retail crime as the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned that the credit crunch will “wipe out” falling statistics recorded over the last year.
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Booths posts profits jump but stays wary
Upmarket grocer Booths has reported a 32 per cent jump in pre-tax profits to 6.9 million in its full-year results but warned of a “tightening economy”.
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Coles and Delhaize launch cut-price formats
Grocers Coles and Delhaize are to launch discount formats as the trend for budget food shopping grows with the deepening global downturn.
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Analysis
Iceland: The show must go on
There was precious little talk of economic woes at Iceland’s Store Managers’ Conference last week – apart from how they are benefiting the retailer. Jennifer Creevy went to find out more.
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Retail sales growth slows further
Retail sales volume growth has continued to slow in the three months to September, rising only 0.1 per cent.
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Wal-Mart's supplier standards drive could hit profits
Wal-Mart has admitted that its profits could be dented by plans to force Chinese suppliers to meet new quality and environmental standards or risk losing its business.
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Verdict: Retailers facing dismal Christmas
Retailers are facing the “toughest trading environment ever” this Christmas according to research company Verdict, which is predicting the second lowest consumer spending growth in a fourth quarter for 20 years.