All articles by Jennifer Creevy – Page 103
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Focus raises curtain on new store format
Focus has opened its first new-look store since it was bought by Cerberus for 1 last June.
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Opinion
Damned if you do, damned if you don't
It’s hard to know who will get the most attention at Tesco’s AGM today. It could be the chicken campaigners, the Barack Obama-supported US union or the Unite protesters presenting chief executive Sir Terry Leahy with a “golden loo”.
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Carrefour to rebrand French stores
Carrefour Group is to convert all its supermarket formats in France to its Carrefour and Carrefour Market fascias.
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Wal-Mart unveils Marketside web site
US grocery giant Wal-Mart has unveiled a web site for its new-launch smaller format stores, Marketside.
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Kesa warns on consumer confidence
Electricals giant Kesa has reported a 3.1 per cent increase in group retail profit to 141.3 million for its new financial year, but warned of difficult trading ahead.
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Sainsbury's non-food boss defects to Tesco
Sainsbury’s head of non-food Richard Jones is quitting the grocer to take a top job at competitor Tesco.
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Tesco under fire for planning application
Tesco is under fire after it was revealed that it used a local retailer to front a planning application for a development in Barnstaple, Devon.
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Superdrug launches rival to Boots' anti-ageing range
Superdrug has launched a rival to Boots’ popular anti-aging cream Perfect & Protect Beauty Serum.
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Waitrose to sponsor Reading FC
Waitrose has signed up to sponsor Reading Football Club, marking the first time a food retailer in Britain has sponsored a major football club.
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Opinion
Advertising blast
When anyone – retailer or non-retailer – gets into a conversation about food shopping, they always point out that they have seen an increase in their bills.
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News
Summer Fair to host Mary Portas
TV celebrity and retail branding expert Mary Portas is gearing up to speak at the Summer Fair, which starts this Sunday.
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Sainsbury's growth slows
Sales growth at grocer Sainsbury’s has slowed in the past three months as the “challenging economic environment continued throughout the quarter”, the company said.
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Consumer inflation hits 3.3 per cent
Rising food and fuel prices have pushed UK consumer inflation up to 3.3 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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EBTM profits soar
Multichannel music retailer EBTM has increased its revenue 401 per cent to 6.7 million in its full-year results, driven by acquisitions it made last year.
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Average price of grocery basket up 21 per cent
The price of a shopping basket containing 24 staple items of food has increased by an average of 21 per cent year on year, according to online price comparison site Mysupermarket.co.uk.
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Instore bidder emerges
The owner of Crown Crest Group, a Leicester cash-and-carry and wholesale company, has emerged as the likely bidder for discount variety chain Instore.
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Land of Leather and ScS review finances
Furniture retailers Land of Leather and ScS Upholstery have this morning confirmed that they are both examining the structure of their businesses.
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London like-for-likes sparkle in May
London retail like-for-like sales last month were 8.2 per cent higher than a year earlier, as shoppers came out with the sunshine.
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News
Fresh look for Fresh & Easy
Tesco rethinks format to create a ‘warmer’ feel as it prepares to press on with US store openings
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News
Tesco combines school and club voucher schemes
Tesco is to merge its two voucher schemes to create one bumper offer, following feedback from participating schools and clubs.