All Grocery articles – Page 669
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Analysis
Charity begins on the high street
Working with charities isn’t just part of being a good corporate citizen – done the right way it can motivate staff and generate free PR.
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Analysis
Plastic bags: Has the problem been exaggerated?
With a target of reducing plastic bag usage by 70 per cent by next spring, retailers are doing all they can to minimise their waste, but has the problem been exaggerated? Liz Morrell sorts fact from fiction
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Opinion
Gavin George: UK retailers are right to press on overseas
Reflecting on the past year’s advisory work, it’s clear that the retail sector is predominantly seeking support in just three areas – operational improvement, in its broadest sense, financial restructuring and international expansion.
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News
Shoprite embarks on African growth drive
South African supermarket group Shoprite has unveiled ambitious plans to invest R400 million ( 28.8 million) to expand across Africa. The retailer intends to enter new markets, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, before the end of next year and wants to open 50 stores in Nigeria, where it has ...
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News
Discount retail's meteoric rise expected to continue
The growth of discount retail is set to continue unabated, with global sales in the discount grocery sector on course to rise 65 per cent by 2012.
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Marks & Spencer Italian food launch is its biggest ever
Marks & Spencer has unveiled its new Italian food offer in stores – the retailer’s biggest ever food range launch.
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Wal-Mart chief executive: Tesco's Fresh & Easy will succeed
The success of Tesco’s fledgling US venture, Fresh & Easy, has been endorsed by the most unlikely of advocates – bitter rival Wal-Mart’s chief executive, Lee Scott.
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Casino targets UK with discount e-tail site
French retail giant Casino is to debut in the UK with the launch of its non-food discount web site Cdiscount.com.
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Asda: George revamp to target AB customers
Asda’s clothing brand George aims to draw in AB shoppers with its refreshed image, as consumers rein in their spending.
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New season of negative updates gives retail analysts little reassurance
Retail had regained favour in the run-up to the reporting season, but the first set of updates brought a slew of bad news.
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News
Thorntons defies downturn with profits and sales surge
Confectioner Thorntons expects the trend for shoppers to focus on quality rather than quantity to help it ride out the economic storm and revealed gloom-busting preliminary results.
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News
Waitrose challenges Aldi prices
Waitrose boss Mark Price has thrown down the gauntlet to the discounters, claiming the upmarket grocer is cheaper than Aldi on its entry price points in five out of 25 product categories.
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News
John Lewis Partnership profits crash
John Lewis Partnership pre-tax profits have tumbled in the first half as it is hit by the crisis in consumer confidence and the stalling retail and housing market.
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News
Morrisons’ value stance brings profit surge
Supermarket group Morrisons has reported a surge in first half profits, as it benefits from business improvements and its value credentials.
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Tesco speeds up basket and loss analysis
Tesco has replaced a system at its data centre in order to improve both the basket analysis and stock wastage analysis it runs.
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Thorntons defies gloom with profit jump
Thorntons has bucked the high street gloom to report a pre-tax profit boost of 19.6 per cent to 8.5 million in its preliminary results.
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Thresher to expand in time for Christmas
Drinks retailer Thresher Group is to open 15 stores before December to ramp up its portfolio for the key Christmas trading period.
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Asda to demolish building to avoid empty property tax
Asda is demolishing one of its former call centres to avoid empty property rates.
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Grocers are hiking prices above costs
Supermarkets are increasing food prices at a faster rate than their costs are rising.
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Asda to scrap celebrities for new-look George ads
Asda has ditched Coleen Rooney as the face of its clothing label George.