All Grocery articles – Page 663
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Retailers ramp up pre-Christmas Sales
Retailers have stepped up their discounting dramatically in recent weeks, with three quarters of the UK's leading chains offering discounts in the run-up to Christmas.
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Morrisons to buy 38 Co-op stores as sales soar
Morrisons has revealed like-for-like sales excluding fuel climbed 8.1 per cent in the 13 weeks to November 2, and said it has entered into a conditional agreement with Co-operative Group to buy 38 of its stores.
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Waitrose rethinks staff scheduling
Waitrose is to replace its staff planning system to maximise customer service.
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Whittard relaunches site as it pursues online sales
Whittard of Chelsea has gone live with a replacement transactional web site following a soft launch in October.
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M&S confirms second one-day Sale
Marks & Spencer has confirmed it will hold a second one-day Sale on Thursday.
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Park Group pre-tax losses narrow
Christmas hamper specialist Park Group has reduced its pre-tax losses by 17 per cent to 3.2 million in the six months to September 30.
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Tesco Discounter range hits UK sales
Tesco has reported UK sales growth halved in its third quarter as its Discounter range hit its performance.
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Retail failures up 17 per cent
More than a thousand retail businesses have hit the buffers in the past year, with more failures expected due to poor Christmas trading.
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Tesco expected to report lowest UK sales growth for a decade
Tesco is set to reveal its worst UK sales results in more than a decade, as the slowdown continues to take its toll on retailers.
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Opinion
Woolworths' fall is an opportunity for grocers
The supermarkets' move into general merchandise played a role in accelerating Woolworths' downfall. They are also sure to play a big part in what happens next.
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CBI survey: Retailers fear dire Christmas
Retailers are expecting a lacklustre Christmas after reporting a decline in high street sales in November, according to the CBI's Distributive Trades Survey.
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Wal-Mart overseas chief to take helm after Scott
Wal-Mart’s board of directors has elected head of overseas operations Mike Duke to succeed Lee Scott as president and chief executive in a move that signals its intention to continue with its overseas expansion programme.
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NewsWoolworths circled by potential buyers
Potential buyers have come flooding in for both Woolworths’ stores and for the business as a whole.
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Analysis
Asda: In good company
Celebrating long-serving staff is great for morale and keeping staff turnover down. Jennifer Creevy finds out how they do it at Asda.
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Analysis
Christmas TV ads: Will christmas ads woo the shoppers?
Retailers are spending huge amounts on Christmas advertising this year, but is it money down the drain? Charlotte Hardie and Saatchi & Saatchi’s Richard Huntington tune in to this year’s festive campaigns.
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Pre-Christmas discounting: Can you cut it?
High street retailers are slashing prices in the Christmas run-up, but is it the answer to their problems, asks Charlotte Hardie
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Ocado harnesses SMS to improve customer service and staffing
Ocado has been able to improve its customer service and human resource planning using a text-messaging service integrated with its existing technologies.
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Green and Rose lead talks as retailers scramble to deliver VAT cut
Sir Philip Green and Sir Stuart Rose have led discussions among retailers scrambling to deliver the cut in VAT by the time it comes into force on Monday.
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Supermarkets up ad spend
Supermarkets have upped their ad spend while most other major retailers have slashed theirs in response to the economic crisis.
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VAT cut expected in pre-Budget report
Chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to cut VAT to 15 per cent in today's pre-Budget report as part of a raft of measures designed to stimulate the economy.