All Grocery articles – Page 695
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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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News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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.
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NewsSomerfield tests mobile scanning
Somerfield is piloting a mobile scanning system from Datalogic Scanning with a view to rolling it out at its convenience-led stores.
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Carrefour boss says Halley move will not affect strategy
Jos Luis Duran, chief executive of French supermarket group Carrefour, has said that the end of the Halley family’s reign as the company’s largest shareholder will not have any impact on strategy.
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News
Tesco delivers strong profits and sales
Tesco has delivered bumper full-year profits and sales, and has mounted a robust defence of the performance of its fledgling US chain Fresh & Easy.
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News
Retail sales fall for first time in two years
Retailers' like-for-like sales fell for the first time in two years in March, with clothing and footwear sales their worst for eight years.
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Tesco to offer educational qualification
Tesco is to offer a qualification in retail management, according to The Sunday Times .
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OpinionConvenience sector is the long-term favourite
Tesco is understood to want to open at least 150 Tesco Express stores in the next 12 months, as revealed in this week’s issue of Retail Week (April 11).
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News
Shewmaker: Wal-Mart is underestimating competition
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, faces “really big challenges” if it is to maintain its success, former chief financial officer Jack Shewmaker has warned.
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M&S in line for £3.5m cake-tax refund
Marks & Spencer is poised to receive a substantial VAT refund over a 13-and-a-half year legal battle over chocolate teacakes.
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News
John Lewis sales rise but Waitrose struggles
John Lewis delivered a solid sales performance in the week to April 5, but stablemate supermarket chain Waitrose’s weekly sales plummeted by more than 10 per cent.
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Guardian boss resigns from Tesco board
Guardian Media Group (GMG) chief executive Carolyn McCall has resigned from the Tesco board over the legal dispute between the publisher and the supermarket giant.