All articles by Jennifer Creevy – Page 89
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Carrefour loses out to rivals with weak Q4 sales growth
Carrefour has posted its slowest quarterly sales growth in five years and been outperformed by its European counterparts.
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Sainsbury's jobs to go in head office restructuring
Sainsbury’s is to restructure its London head office which could lead to up to 300 jobs being cut.
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Superdrug launches price campaign
Health and beauty retailer Superdrug has today launched a price campaign to help save customers in excess of 3m every month.
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Spar buys 11 former Somerfield stores
Symbol group Spar has bought 11 former Somerfield stores, following the Co-operative Group’s acquisition.
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Opinion
A new era for grocery chiefs
As Co-op's merger with Somerfield draws near, chief executive Peter Marks should look at how his competitors' businesses are run to emerge as a grocery favourite.
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John Lewis weekly sales up 3.5 per cent
John Lewis has reported another week of solid trading, with sales up 3.5 per cent.
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Co-op gets green light for Somerfield deal
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said it will not refer Co-operative Group’s acquisition of Somerfield to the Competition Commission.
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Instore festive sales hit by Woolworths discounting
Value retailer Instore has reported like-for-like sales down 1.9 per cent for the five weeks to January 3 as it was hit by the heavy discounting at Woolworths in the run-up to Christmas.
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Asda merchandising team to up efficiency
Asda has revealed it is to create a merchandising department to drive efficiencies in its non-food business.
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Waitrose to open 22 stores in 2009
Waitrose has bought a package of stores from The Co-operative Group and will create 4,000 jobs this year.
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Boots UK celebrates record Christmas
Health and beauty giant Boots UK enjoyed record Christmas sales up 3 per cent like for like in December, although like-for-like retail sales fell 1.7 per cent for the quarter.
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Alliance Boots and Co-op eyeing Rowlands stores
Alliance Boots and The Co-operative Group are understood to be considering buying some of the 500 stores of UK pharmacy chain Rowlands, which was put up for sale following the death of German business tycoon Adolf Merckle.
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Morrisons to hire 5,000 extra staff in 2009
Morrisons is to create more than 5,000 jobs this year as part of its ongoing store expansion plans.
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Opinion
Grocers are bucking the jobs gloom
As Retail Week launches its Backing UK Retail campaign, grocers including Sainsbury's, Asda, Tesco and Morrisons are likely to play a huge part in staff recruitment.
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Nisa-Today's notches up record Christmas week
Symbol group Nisa-Today's notched up record sales in the week leading up to Christmas despite the “challenging economic environment”.
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John Lewis sales rocket 27%
John Lewis has delivered a barnstorming start to its clearance with weekly sales soaring 27.4 per cent on the previous year.
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Jessops festive like-for-likes up 3.1%
Jessops has reported a strong performance over Christmas despite the “challenging market conditions”.
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JD Sports reports strong Christmas
JD Sports posted strong growth over the Christmas period as it held its nerve and only went on Sale on Boxing Day.
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Iceland sales growth tops 14 per cent
Frozen food chain Iceland stormed ahead of market averages in the 12 weeks to December 27 with sales growth in excess of 14 per cent.
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Sofa Workshop on brink of administration
Sofa Workshop is teetering on the brink of administration as it faces financial difficulties in the tough economic climate.