All articles by Luke Tugby – Page 163
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AnalysisTesco will take heart from sales volumes, but analysts urge caution
Tesco is expected to take heart from a rise in sales volumes across some of its key categories when it unveils its first-quarter sales on Friday.
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NewsDiscounters outpace supermarket and convenience store growth
Discount retailers have opened stores at a faster rate than supermarkets and convenience stores over the past five years.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Aldi and Lidl’s growth starting to plateau?
Discounters Aldi and Lidl have sent shockwaves through UK grocery, but recent data shows the German duo’s growth might be starting to wane.
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NewsHMV to launch concessions in 80 Tesco Ireland stores
HMV has penned a major deal with Tesco that will see it open concessions in dozens of the grocer’s Irish stores by the end of the year.
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NewsHouse of Fraser sales jump as online continues to build momentum
House of Fraser’s like-for-like sales rose 8.1% in its first quarter, as its ecommerce platform gained further momentum.
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VideoThe Retail Week: Waitrose 'Pick Your Own’, Poundland and Aldi Shmaldi
News editor James Wilmore and grocery reporter Luke Tugby examine the most interesting stories from the past seven days.
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NewsRevamp of Nottingham's Intu Broadmarsh shopping centre gets green light
Intu’s proposed redevelopment of the Broadmarsh shopping centre in Nottingham has been given the go-ahead by council leaders.
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NewsWaitrose boss Mark Price: Supermarket price war will end this year
Waitrose managing director Mark Price believes the ferocious price war that has gripped the grocery market will come to an end later this year.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership bolsters its senior management team
John Lewis Partnership has unveiled a raft of changes to its senior management team, including the appointment three new finance directors.
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NewsWaitrose personalised loyalty offers up the ante in grocery price war
Waitrose has raised the stakes in the battle for custom amid the ferocious price war that is reshaping the food retail landscape.
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NewsRetail sales volumes rise 4.6% in May as prices continue to fall
Retail sales volumes increased for the 26th consecutive month in May as prices fell and household goods continued their resurgence.
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NewsWaitrose unveils 'game-changing' scheme that allows shoppers to pick offers
Waitrose has unveiled a “game-changing” personalised marketing initiative as part of the latest move in the supermarket price war.
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NewsBooker appoints Stewart Gilliland as non-executive chairman
Food supplier and retailer Booker has appointed Stewart Gilliland as its new non-executive chairman to replace the outgoing Richard Rose.
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NewsRetail administrations led to 735 shop closures and 5,000 job losses in 2014
More than 700 shops were shuttered and almost 5,000 jobs lost as a result of high street retailers falling into administration last year.
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NewsCo-op fires latest grocery price salvo with £125m investment
The Co-op has fired the latest salvo in the grocery price war after investing £125m into slashing prices of more than 100 products.
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NewsMorrisons loses another director as HR boss Emily Lawson departs
Morrisons has lost another member of its executive board after group human resources director Emily Lawson left the grocer.
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NewsUK bounces back into inflation in May after just one month of deflation
The UK economy has edged back into inflation, just one month after falling into deflation for the first time since records began.
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NewsH&M sales beat forecasts in May as second-quarter revenues rise 21%
Swedish fashion giant H&M has posted a bigger-than-expected jump in sales for May, driven by a weak krone against other currencies.
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NewsMade.com bids to rival Ikea with expansion into Germany
Online furniture retailer Made.com has launched a bid to rival Ikea across Europe after revealing plans to break into Germany.
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NewsRetail footfall drops again but retail parks continue resurgence
Retail footfall dropped for the second month in a row in May but out-of-town shopping locations bucked the overall trend.