All Grocery articles – Page 692

  • Analysis

    Olympic hopefuls

    2008-08-14T09:20:49Z

    As the London 2012 Olympics nears, British retailers need to prepare themselves for a once in a lifetime opportunity. Lisa Berwin reports.

  • News

    M&S food fast improving under new chief

    2008-08-14T09:18:46Z

    New Marks & Spencer food boss John Dixon has visibly improved the retailer’s food offer just five weeks into the job, in-store changes suggest.

  • News

    Tesco’s Dunnhumby seals deal with Macy's

    2008-08-14T08:43:46Z

    Tesco’s consumer insight company Dunnhumby has signed a deal with US department store retailer Macy’s.

  • News

    Small retailers get funding to push fruit and veg

    2008-08-13T08:52:41Z

    Corner shops in economically deprived areas of England are to be given money to increase sales of fruit and vegetables.

  • News

    Inflation hits 4.4 per cent

    2008-08-12T10:00:35Z

    Inflation has hit 4.4 per cent, more than twice the Government’s 2 per cent target and up by the highest amount since the Consumer Prices Index began in 1997.

  • News

    Sainsbury’s and Tesco face High Court battle

    2008-08-12T09:28:49Z

    Sainsbury’s has won the right to a judicial review in a battle with Tesco over plans to build a large supermarket in the West Midlands.

  • News

    Co-op to sell 107 Somerfield stores

    2008-08-12T09:28:18Z

    The Co-operative Group is understood to have appointed Credit Suisse to manage the sale process of 107 Somerfield stores.

  • News

    UK retail sales slip further

    2008-08-12T08:28:18Z

    UK like-for-like retail sales fell 0.9 per cent in July compared with the same month last year.

  • News

    Whittard coffee sales to overtake tea

    2008-08-11T08:58:33Z

    Whittard of Chelsea’s coffee sales are set to outstrip those of tea for the first time as hard-pressed consumers opt to make their own rather than buy from coffee shops.

  • News

    Tesco introduces price-busting milk brand

    2008-08-11T08:25:28Z

    Tesco has today launched a brand of semi-skimmed milk in stores that costs just 1.06 for a two-litre carton.

  • Opinion

    Cheap and cheerful?

    2008-08-08T11:56:53Z

    Back to school used to involve a few sacred things – making sure you had a new pencil case to fit your protractor and compass, having your feet sized in Clarks for your new shoes and going to the specialist school uniform shop to get kitted out.

  • News

    Wal-Mart lays out Marketside plans

    2008-08-08T10:59:10Z

    Wal-Mart could expand its small-format Marketside grocery chain to more than 1,000 stores, delivering annual sales of US$10 billion-plus.

  • News

    John Lewis sales revive

    2008-08-08T09:20:17Z

    John Lewis delivered some good news to the sector as it posted a strong start to its new half with sales up 3.7 per cent last week.

  • News

    Wellcome Trust emerges as mystery M&S stakebuilder

    2008-08-08T08:05:28Z

    The UK’s largest charity, The Wellcome Trust, has emerged as the mystery company that has been stakebuilding in Marks & Spencer.

  • News

    Asda tests new logo as George relaunch approaches

    2008-08-07T11:52:12Z

    Asda has been quietly testing a revamped logo for clothing giant George as it gears up to relaunch the brand in September.

  • News

    Netto mulls online in £1bn UK vision

    2008-08-07T11:17:21Z

    Discount supermarket chain Netto is considering launching a limited online offer within two years as part of plans to create a 1 billion UK business.

  • News

    Surprise results lift shares of European grocers

    2008-08-07T10:00:05Z

    European grocery giants Metro, Delhaize and Ahold have bucked the retail gloom as better than expected second quarter sales lifted shares.

  • Analysis

    Tuned in

    2008-08-07T09:29:29Z

    If you think music in stores is merely background pleasantry, think again. It affects the way shoppers move, think and spend, as Charlotte Hardie discovers.

  • Opinion

    Stick to what you are good at

    2008-08-07T09:16:06Z

    Drastic quick fixes to drive sales may be tempting, but you risk alienating core customers.

  • Spot the difference:
    Analysis

    Netto effects: discounters boom in credit crunch

    2008-08-07T09:11:00Z

    The credit crunch is turning out to be the coming of age for hard discounters in the UK. Jennifer Creevy tours Netto’s latest store with managing director Richard Lancaster.