All Iceland articles
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NewsGrocery giants make rates plea to chancellor in bid to tame inflation
Leading grocers have written to chancellor Rachel Reeves, setting out the case for excluding shops from the planned business rates surtax.
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NewsIceland boss says private equity firms causing ‘death of the high street’
Iceland boss Richard Walker has said private equity ownership in the UK has caused more damage to retail than any other entity.
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AnalysisWhy even the mighty Amazon couldn’t crack the UK grocery market
Amazon has called time on Fresh, its bricks-and-mortar grocery c-store chain. Retail Week analyses why the format never caught on in the UK and what it means for Amazon’s grocery ambitions in one of the world’s most competitive markets.
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NewsAmazon to shutter all Fresh stores putting hundreds of jobs at risk
Retail giant Amazon is set to close all 19 of its UK grocery Fresh stores putting some 250 jobs into consultation, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsIceland rebrands bonus card in new loyalty push
Iceland and The Food Warehouse have rebranded their Bonus Card loyalty scheme and launched a new Mega Deals Event for customers on over 500 products.
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GalleryStore gallery: Iceland makes Beijing debut with first store in Asia-Pacific
Iceland Foods has taken the first step on its Asia-Pacific expansion journey, with the opening of its new store in Beijing, China.
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Opinion‘While some will strike it rich, not all will be lucky in retail media gold rush’
As retailers rush to establish themselves as retail media players, the most successful companies have shown it takes serious investment and data sophistication, observes George MacDonald
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NewsIceland relaunches retail media proposition
Food retailer Iceland has relaunched its retail media business as it seeks to bolster its position in the fast-growing market.
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NewsIceland to double petrol forecourt presence with EG Group tie-up
Frozen food specialist Iceland will double its forecourt presence through a new partnership with EG on the Move.
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NewsSpring statement brings no new pain for retail – but no relief either
While today’s spring statement did not have any more unexpected tax rises in-store for retail, it also did not deliver any relief for a sector still coming to terms with the October Budget.
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NewsIceland pushes further into retail media with new dedicated team
Iceland Foods is planning a big push into retail media and has set up its first-ever in-house team dedicated to the drive.
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NewsGrocery inflation holds steady as shoppers seek out discount deals
Grocery inflation was unchanged last month, according to the latest figures from Kantar.
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NewsIceland throws jobs lifeline to those being let go by Sainsbury’s and Morrisons
Frozen food specialist Iceland has invited those at risk of redundancy at both Sainsbury’s and Morrisons to apply for one of 600 roles it currently has vacant.
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FeatureSecond chances: will hiring ex-offenders ever be mainstream in retail?
Multiple high street retailers are scaling up recruitment programmes that proactively recruit from the pool of 14 million people in the UK with a criminal record.
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NewsIceland is launching 800 new lines as part of its ‘latest innovation push’
Iceland and The Food Warehouse are launching over 800 new products as part of the grocers’ “latest innovation push”.
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NewsIceland chair calls for change to ‘stupid’ retail crime laws
Iceland chair Richard Walker has called on the government to change “stupid” laws that prohibit retailers from sharing CCTV footage of shoplifters online, The Times has reported.
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NewsIceland has posted record profits as shoppers devoured its £1 range
Iceland has posted record profits as shoppers devoured its £1 range.
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NewsExclusive: Iceland has slammed illigitimate ads framing it as zero hours contract employer
A spate of illegitimate Iceland zero-hour contract job ads threaten to embarrass the retailer’s boss and Labour supporter Richard Walker, in the same week the new government pledged a ban on the contracts.
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NewsAirport retailers could see a boost in sales if global IT outage continues
Retailers operating in airports could end up receiving a boost in sales and footfall if the IT outage causing havoc around the world continues.
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NewsIceland is ramping up its Food Warehouse store expansion
Frozen food specialist Iceland is looking to double the number of its Food Warehouse stores.