All Grocery articles – Page 689
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News
Thorntons celebrates sales rise
Upmarket confectioner Thorntons has bucked the tough trading trend to deliver its sixth consecutive quarter of growth.
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Co-op slams Soil Association labelling system
The Co-operative Group has clashed with the Soil Association over the importance placed on the distance food has travelled by air in a new labelling system.
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GallerySainsbury's Sydenham
This refurbished store was a former SavaCentre and at 90,000 sq ft, is now the largest outlet in the grocer’s portfolio.
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GalleryMarks & Spencer – Bournemouth
This is the first fully fledged example of the eco-store format that M&S hopes will help it achieve its Plan A objectives by 2012.
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M&S agrees India deal
Marks & Spencer this afternoon confirmed plans to open at least 50 stores in India over the next five years through a joint venture with Reliance Retail
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Opinion
Co-op is right to bid for Somerfield
The Co-operative Group confirmed the grocery sector’s worst-kept secret this week, when it said it was in talks to acquire 900-store local grocery chain Somerfield.
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French threaten LVMH boycott in China row
LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault threw his support behind Beijing as concerns grow in France over Chinese calls for a boycott of French goods.
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John Lewis sales ‘defiant’
John Lewis has reported a “defiant” week of trading, but remains cautious as it braces itself to come up against tough comparatives from last year.
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Analysis
Retail Barcelona!
Barcelona was a fitting location for the World Retail Congress, offering retail experiences ranging from dead pigs to contemporary stores. John Ryan takes a look around Spain’s second city
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Musgrave celebrates ninth year of growth
Londis and Budgens franchise operator Musgrave has increased pre-tax profits 16 per cent in the year to December 31, 2007, as it commits to further UK investment.
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Analysis
Finding light in dark times
Retail is getting tougher in the developed world and this year’s World Retail Congress discussed the challenges facing retailers. Tim Danaher and Katie Kilgallen report from Barcelona
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Co-op boss aims to land Somerfield by summer
Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks has said the retailer hopes to complete its acquisition of rival Somerfield by the summer, as he revealed bumper sales and profits.
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Liberty commercial chief exits amid sale confusion
Liberty commercial director James Crespo has left the luxury retailer. His departure comes as confusion mounts over a potential sale of the business.
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Wal-Mart director voices concern for its future
Wal-Mart director Jack Shewmaker – the retailer’s former chief financial officer and founder Sam Walton’s right-hand man – has warned that it must accelerate change to safeguard success.
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X5 ups hypermarket share with grocery chain Karusel
X5 Retail, Russia’s largest grocer, has acquired the hypermarket chain Karusel, as the country gears up for an upsurge in retail consolidation.
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OpinionWhy must we punish success?
Customers decide where to shop, so it’s time to call an end to all the competition inquiries.
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Morrisons poaches Otto buyer to beef up expansion of non-food
Supermarket group Morrisons has hired a new non-food executive as it gears up to expand non-food ranges in stores this year.
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Opinion
Just the tip of the iceberg
For a long time, it has been a case of when, not if, Ethel Austin would go under and Baugur would decide to cut its losses with MK One.
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News
Tesco defies critics as it delivers sales jump
Tesco has defied the vicious slowdown in the market to grab market share in non-food on its way to posting record profits and sales.
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Sainsbury’s to cut plastic bag usage by half
Sainsbury’s has launched an initiative to reduce its plastic bag usage by 50 per cent by April 2009.