All Grocery articles – Page 683
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News
Thorntons: the city view
Thorntons will open five new-format stores next month after posting a like-for-like sales increase of 3.6 per cent for the 10 weeks to June 28, writes Jennifer Creevy.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – July 18, 2008
Kingfisher chief executive Ian Cheshire has pulled off a real coup with the final additions to his top team charged with turning around the DIY giant.
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News
John Lewis Sale puts retailer back on course
John Lewis has ended its falling sales trend with a strong week for its clearance Sale, recording sales up 5.9 per cent for the week to July 12.
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News
Asda launches price-cuts weekend
Asda is to slash the price of a dozen core groceries this weekend as shoppers start to feel the pinch towards the end of the month.
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Opinion
A marriage of convenience
On the face of it, Co-op and Somerfield is the most unlikely pairing since Lembit Opik shacked up with a Cheeky Girl.
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News
Co-op chief: Somerfield integration will be easy
Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks has insisted the retailer’s integration of Somerfield will be smooth and without culture clashes.
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News
Waitrose to wow foodies with new store design
Waitrose is investing 6 million in a fresh design for its stores in an effort to strengthen its foodie credentials.
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Asda pencils in September relaunch date for George
Asda will relaunch its George clothing brand in September as it seeks to make the label the UK’s biggest-selling fashion brand by volume before the end of 2011.
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News
Thorntons like-for-likes climb
Confectionary retailer Thorntons’s like-for-likes rose 3.6 per cent for the 10 weeks to June 28, 2008.
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News
Co-op buys Somerfield for £1.56bn
The Co-operative Group has sealed its long-awaited 1.56 billion deal to buy Somerfield.
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News
Food prices drive inflation in June
Soaring food and fuel prices pushed the benchmark Consumer Prices Index up 3.8 per cent in June compared with 3.3 per cent in May – almost double the Bank of England’s inflation target.
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News
Retailers fined over tobacco price fixing
Five retailers and a tobacco manufacturer have agreed to pay the biggest collective penalty ever imposed by the Office of Fair Trading after admitting their role in cigarette price fixing.
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News
Co-op poised to complete Somerfield takeover
The Co-operative Group is this week expected to complete its 1.6 billion takeover of rival chain Somerfield.
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News
Waitrose to spotlight promos in value push
Waitrose is to ramp up its in-store promotional displays in a bid to change shoppers’ perceptions that it is more expensive than its rivals.
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Opinion
Rose is still M&S’s best bet
Sir Stuart Rose may have been under pressure this week, but you’d never have known it.
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News
Asda non-food chief to leave
Asda non-food trading director Peter Pritchard is to leave the grocer, as chief executive Andy Bond reshuffles the management team.
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Analysis
Can M&S claw back food sales?
Marks & Spencer’s food offer has gone from hero to zero. Chief executive Sir Stuart Rose is determined to regain the initiative, but faces big problems. George MacDonald investigates
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News
Waitrose to spotlight promos in value push
Waitrose is to ramp up its in-store promotional displays in a bid to change shoppers’ perceptions that it is more expensive than its rivals.
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News
Tesco takes on Argos with first catalogue shop launch
Tesco has launched its first Argos-style shop-in-shop at its Homeplus store in Bristol, which opened this week.
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News
Iceland attacks ‘barmy’ CC’s Ombudsman fee
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker has hit out against the Competition Commission (CC) Ombudsman fee, arguing that there should be a sliding scale of payments according to a grocer’s turnover.