All Sainsbury's articles – Page 154
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OpinionPharmacies: convenience or community?
Supermarkets keep broadening their offer and time- and cash-strapped shoppers are only too happy take advantage. But when it comes to health and pharmaceuticals, can the supermarkets’ convenience trump the specialists’ customer care?
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NewsReassuring updates propel retail shares again
Once again, the only way was up for store stocks as the general retailers’ rally maintained momentum following a raft of reassuring updates and results.
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AnalysisRetail finance directors: More than just number crunchers
No longer just bean counters in ivory towers, the role of the finance chief has evolved, and those who can marry the maths with commercial nous are in high demand.
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NewsGrocers still in line for non-food growth
Supermarkets’ non-food sales growth has slackened but the grocers are still well positioned to steal share from traditional general merchandise rivals, according to a Mintel report.
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NewsSainsbury’s gains market share as Easter promotions pay off
Sainsbury’s has grown market share and its growth rate has exceeded those of the other top supermarkets in the 12 weeks to April 19.
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AnalysisOcado ups ante as online food battle hots up
With soaring sales and a price campaign taking on Waitrose and Tesco, Ocado’s confidence is growing. Jennifer Creevy meets co-founder Jason Gissing
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NewsSainsbury's to lift PoS signage with new system
Sainsbury’s is to improve promotional signage and labelling in its stores with the consolidation of the systems it uses to produce point-of-sale material.The project, which will bring together multiple applications under a unified signage system provided by Episys, is part of a larger initiative called The Simple Programme, which has ...
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NewsOpening date set for Bath's Southgate scheme
Multi Development has confirmed the opening date for the first phase of its Southgate project in Bath.
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OpinionOcado has carved itself a niche
Ocado has had a tough first few years setting up and competing with the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury’s but the e-tailer is starting to see the light.
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NewsSainsbury’s to improve product availability with new supply chain systems
Sainsbury’s is to transform the management of its supply chain to improve stock availability through a five-year deal with IBM.IBM will introduce new systems to help Sainsbury’s and its 4,000 suppliers find smarter ways of managing the supply chain and support continued growth in the grocer’s business.Sainsbury’s will use an ...
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OpinionHunger for food stocks sated
General retailers’ popularity has been growing of late. At the end of last week some big names rose again, at the expense of the food giants.Although food stocks are often popular for their defensive qualities during tough times, the big grocers were not the flavour of the week. Last Friday ...
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AnalysisThe price of going private
In recession, it might be expected that an increasing number of retailers would turn to private label to ease their burdens. But what are shoppers’ perceptions of such ranges, asks John Ryan
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NewsM&S rounds off good week for retail stocks
Marks & Spencer spearheaded an advance by retail shares on Tuesday, when its fourth-quarter numbers defied downbeat expectations.The retail sector rose 6 per cent on the day, when there was also the successful refinancing of Clinton Cards and placings of Debenhams and Sainsbury’s shares. Improving sentiment towards retailers helped the ...
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Kaupthing Sainsbury's shares sold
Around 27 million Sainsbury’s shares once owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing were placed in the market yesterday.
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OpinionTesco faces stiff competition
Sainsbury’s is well and truly on the up. Its fourth-quarter like-for-like sales, excluding petrol, were up 6.2 per cent and it is continuing to win new customers.
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Value-hungry shoppers power Q4 sales gains at Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King said the grocer is catering better for customers than some rivals as he revealed strong fourth-quarter sales.
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Sainsbury's like-for-likes up 6.2% in fourth quarter
Sainsbury’s has revealed like-for-like sales up 6.2 per cent, excluding petrol, in its fourth quarter as its “universal appeal” continues to draw in customers.
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AnalysisJustin King: Making life taste better for everyone
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King talks exclusively to Jennifer Creevy about defying critics and the grocer’s ‘universal appeal’.
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NewsJustin King: Sainsbury's keen to debunk recession 'myths'
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has opened the Retail Week Conference by debunking what he says are three of the biggest myths of the current recession.
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Opinion
Life tastes good at Sainsbury’s
In two weeks’ time it’s Sainsbury’s turn to update, when the grocer issues its fourth-quarter figures.