All Grocery articles – Page 676
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News
OFT invites comments on Co-op’s Somerfield buy-out
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has invited interested parties to lodge comments about the Co-operative Group’s 1.57 billion acquisition of Somerfield.
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Asda slashes petrol prices again
Asda has charged ahead in the petrol price war, slashing its prices by 2p for unleaded petrol and 4p for diesel across all of its forecourts with effect from tomorrow.
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Asda extends use of Odin brand management tool to non-food
Asda has rolled out Odin’s brand management software to non-food.
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Tesco given deadline for decision over Guardian libel action
Tesco must decide by September 15 whether to accept an apology and damages from The Guardian , following the newspaper’s incorrect tax avoidance story, a judge has ruled.
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Government responds to grocery inquiry
The Government has responded to the Competition Commission’s inquiry into the UK grocery sector, saying that it will consider establishing an ombudsman itself if the body cannot come to an agreement with grocers.
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Wal-Mart crowned world’s largest retailer for 10th year
Wal-Mart has been ranked the world’s largest retailer for the 10th year running, with Tesco named the third biggest, in a report by Planet Retail.
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July sales volumes plummet
The Summer Sales have bought no respite for beleaguered retailers as they reported plummeting sales volumes in July.
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Government threatens to call time on free plastic bags
Supermarkets have been warned that they must cut the number of plastic bags they distribute by 70 per cent by spring 2009 or be forced to start charging for them.
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Qataris raise Sainsbury's stake again
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has raised its stake in Sainsbury’s for the third time in a month.
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Tesco buys out RBS in £950 million deal
Tesco has taken full ownership of its Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) financial services, in a move that it says will generate 1 billion in profit from retailing services.
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Waitrose opens third market town store
Waitrose opened its latest market town store last week at Brackley in Northamptonshire.
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Opinion
Discounters have a chance to turn shoppers for good
Shoppers are voting with their feet and figures released this week show that consumer spend in discount supermarkets has reached record levels.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – July 25, 2008
The retail market may be volatile at the moment, but this doesn’t explain the extraordinary ups and downs in the official retail sales figures produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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News
Rose’s dual role under fire again
The backlash over Sir Stuart Rose’s dual role of chief executive and executive chairman at Marks & Spencer faces renewed opposition, this time from the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF).
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John Lewis Sale drives trade
Department store chain John Lewis’s sales were in positive territory for the second week running, helped by the clearance of Sale items.
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M&S victorious in stolen laptop data protection row
Marks & Spencer has avoided a courtroom showdown and substantial fine after winning an appeal against the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over a data leak.
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Price war hots up as Netto slashes staples
Danish discount supermarket Netto has waded into the UK’s grocery price war by slashing the price of key staple items.
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Share bounce does little to ease pressure as City remains bullish
Retailers rallied after the misery of the past few weeks, but the mood among many sector analysts remained resolutely downbeat.
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Analysis
Let the festivities begin
Christmas will be here before we know it and retailers are gearing up to make the most of what is normally their most profitable time of year. But with a recession looming, what can retailers do to ensure they don’t get left out in the cold, asks Katie Kilgallen.