All articles by Jennifer Creevy – Page 98
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Berghaus to open second UK store
Outdoor specialist Berghaus is to open a second store in the UK and has laid out plans to enter the Chinese market next year.
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Sainsbury's embarks on own-brand drive
Sainsbury’s has launched a multimillion-pound campaign to drive sales of its own-brand products.
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Charity shops post profit rises
Charity shops have recorded profits up 7.4 per cent this year as shoppers try to manage their budgets in the face of the economic downturn.
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Opinion
A forgotten age
In all the clamour to convince shoppers that they are the cheapest grocer, some supermarkets have forgotten one demographic group relatively unscathed by the credit crunch – the silver surfers.
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John Lewis sales dip
Department store group John Lewis reported a fall in weekly sales of 2.4 per cent as continued uncertainty in the economy and the poor weather hit trade.
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M&S revises redundancy proposals
Marks & Spencer is understood to have amended planned changes to redundancy terms after feedback from staff.
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Bid rumour bumps up Sainsbury’s shares
Shares in Sainsbury’s rose more than 8 per cent yesterday as speculation mounted about a potential takeover bid.
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Walker awaits Woolies talks as doubts emerge
Retail entrepreneur Malcolm Walker’s consortium is keen to start discussions with the Woolworths board about the possible acquisition of its retail arm, but doubts that a deal can be struck started to creep in.
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Aldi reaches tipping point as discount enters mainstream
Shoppers unlikely to desert value grocers even when economy picks up as snobbery is ditched.
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Boots pilots drive-through model as it shakes up team
Boots UK opened its first drive-through pharmacy last week, as managing director Alex Gourlay rejigged his top team to accelerate the integration of the former Boots the Chemists and Alliance Pharmacy businesses.
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AnalysisAldi: Flavour of the year
The discounters are the biggest story in retail right now, but Aldi boss Paul Foley doesn’t want to be bracketed with Lidl and Netto. Jennifer Creevy meets him and finds out why.
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Sainsbury's chops fruit and veg prices
Sainsbury’s has slashed the price of packs of basic fruit and vegetables to just 40p and will add a selection of “aesthetically challenged” items to its range that would normally not make it onto supermarket shelves.
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Opinion
Are discount grocers the new black?
Aldi and Lidl are no longer dirty words for the majority of consumers. In the same way that Primark was once sneered at, discount grocers are becoming fashionable. The question is, how long can it be sustained?
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Debenhams winter fashion sales rocket
Debenhams has revealed that sales of winter clothes are booming as the wet summer continues and shoppers prepare for high winter fuel bills.
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Mamas & Papas bucks gloom with soaring sales
Mamas & Papas is to open four stores after bucking the high street downturn with a 46 per cent year on year uplift in fashion sales for the spring/summer period.
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John Lewis sales slide
John Lewis blamed the summer exam results and the Olympics as a distraction for its customers as it suffered a 4.2 per cent drop in sales for the week to August 16.
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Lidl pushes into convenience with Express format
German discount grocer Lidl has entered the fiercely competitive convenience store arena with the launch of a new format, Lidl Express.
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Walker’s back to basics vision for Woolworths
Retail entrepreneur Malcolm Walker will take Woolworths back to basics and restore its appeal as a traditional variety store if he succeeds in buying it.
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Analysis
On a health kick
Lloydspharmacy managing director Richard Smith believes that high street pharmacists have a growing role supporting the NHS. Jennifer Creevy meets him.
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Retail sales up in July
Retail sales volume unexpectedly jumped in July by 0.8 per cent, giving some respite to the UK’s struggling high street.