All Grocery articles – Page 713
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Asda sales
Asda revealed sales on Christmas Eve were its largest ever, a third higher than its previous biggest Christmas Eve (2004). The grocer completed 21 million transactions in the week before Christmas, with the busiest day being Saturday December 22. Its busiest store (Boldon in the North East) served more than ...
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Christmas spending rises
Spending by UK shoppers in the run-up to Christmas rose 3.8 per cent on last year - the best festive performance for three years, according to one of the first estimates to be published.
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Opinion
Competition Commission inquiry will dominate 2008
The great British public have not yet started tucking into their Christmas turkey and finished buying their booze for New Year's Eve, but most of the grocery sector is already peering over the horizon into 2008.
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Analysis
Nisa Tomorrow
Adding members and fighting back against the supermarkets is top of Nisa Today’s chief executive Neil Turton’s agenda now that the in-fighting is over at the symbol group. James Thompson reports
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M&S stores to open at 6am for Sale
Marks & Spencer will open its doors at 6am on Thursday December 27 for the launch of its Sale, and the promotion will begin online at 12.01am on Christmas Day.
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Tchibo returns to profit as new Great Britain chief is appointed
Tchibo returns to profit as new Great Britain chief is appointed
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Aldi to stimulate growth in Ireland with €100m DC
Aldi plans to open a €100 million ( 71.3 million) regional distribution centre in the south of the Republic of Ireland in an effort to drive growth in the country.
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Julian Graves shakes up board
Julian Graves has reshuffled its board, as parent Baugur strives to reallocate the workload of senior executives and accelerate growth at the health food chain.
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Retailers’ wage rates surge past minimum
Two thirds of retailers are setting starting salaries significantly above the National Minimum Wage (NMW).
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Somerfield to carve a niche with focus on smaller stores
High street grocer Somerfield is to open more smaller stores as it seeks to distance itself further from big supermarkets.
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Supermarkets brace for record Christmas week
Supermarkets without adequate stock to cope with unprecedented consumer demand at Christmas will lose sales to competitors.
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Tesco's menswear sales boom
Tesco has vaulted into the number three position in the menswear market, according to TNS worldpanel.
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Grocers set for second bout of food price inflation
Higher benchmark prices for cereals will come into effect today, leading almost certainly lead to a second wave of food price inflation globally.
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Mason: I will not succeed Leahy
Tim Mason has said he will not succeed Sir Terry Leahy as chief executive of Tesco.
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Opinion
Cheesewright will leave a hole at Asda
Asda was rocked this week by the announcement that its second most senior executive is heading back to Canada to run Wal-Mart’s Canadian business.
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Tesco enters digital battle
Carphone, Comet and DSGi in firing line as grocer unveils PC Guys support service in Cambridge
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Supermarkets increase e-tail share
Supermarkets have increased their share of online retail by 50 per cent in the past two years.
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Analysis
United we stand
When Peter Marks joined the Co-op in 1967 it was the largest grocer in the UK. Times have changed but, as James Thompson finds out, he plans to put Co-operative Group back on top
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Asda takes on Amazon with online book launch
Asda has launched 300,000 book titles online to grab a bigger slice of the Amazon-dominated market.
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Retail Week Conference – Book before this Friday and save up to £150
Speakers confirmed for the event, which is taking place on 12th – 13th March 2008 at the Hilton London Metropole, include John Lewis’ Chairman Charlie Mayfield, Carphone Warehouse’s CEO Charles Dunstone and Alliance Boots’ Chairman Stefano Pessina. The Early Bird deadline for the Retail Week Conference 2008 (RWC08) ends on ...