All Supermarkets articles – Page 196
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Lidl “first and fastest” to open on Sundays
Schwarz Group’s Lidl has begun opening on Sundays in anticipation of changed legislation in Denmark.As of last week, all Danish Lidl stores were open on Sundays, the retailer has said, adding that it has been the “first and fastest” to do so.The new laws on store opening hours that will ...
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Supermarket operator Zielpunkt to introduce ‘innovation shelf’
Supermarket operator Zielpunkt is to introduce an ‘innovation shelf’ in stores to try new products and reduce the risk of a product launch failure. The retailer will test the idea at 40 supermarkets in and around Vienna.The shelf will be used to test sales of product innovations from the retailer’s ...
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NewsCostcutter sales edge up as it speeds up Kwiksave roll-out
Sales at Costcutter have edged up in the first six months of the year while it has revised its target for new Kwiksave stores upward.
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NewsBooths kickstarts roll-out of new look stores
Booths in investing £2m in a roll out of its revamped new look stores first trialled at the BBC’s new studios in Salford Quays.
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NewsTesco faces fines after border agency raid
Tesco has been raided by the UK Border Agency which has discovered the grocer has been employing people for longer hours than their visa allowed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ocado price war threat
Ocado chief executive Tim Steiner has revealed plans to challenge the online grocer’s competitors on prices in the next two to three years - an initiaitive described by some as a price war threat. But the question is, can he make good on his word?
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OpinionComment: No place for class divides today
Imagine getting an email from the bank saying that, as you’ve only got £50 in your account, it’s not worth showing you its full range of services. Or a train company deciding that, because you paid the lowest fare, it won’t tell you what’s in the dining car.
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NewsOlympics boosts John Lewis sales 14.9%
Department store John Lewis sales surged 14.9% to £60.8m last week as Olympic fever once again boosted sales.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Co-op’s battle continues as new era dawns
With its boss stepping down amid challenging market conditions and falling sales, can the Co-op reverse its decline and continue to compete against the big four?
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Real appoints chief executive for domestic and international business
Metro Group-owned hypermarket chain Real has appointed Didier Fleury as its new chief executive for domestic and international business, Lebensmittel Zeitung has reported.Fleury was previously chief operating officer at the company. The former banner director for Real Germany, Roland Neuwald, remains with the company as sales director, replacing Bernd Mediger ...
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OpinionComment: Sunday trading may not be the road to retail gold
As the Olympic flag passed from London to Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and the nation began reflecting on the athletic and cultural success the Olympic Games have proven to be, attention soon turned to sustaining that momentum and building on the legacy left behind by London 2012.
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OpinionBlog: Asda's Andy Clarke is a good sport
Asda boss Andy Clarke was man of the match today while reporting his team’s thrashing of the competition at its quarterly results.
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NewsAsda blasts 'gimmick' promotions by rivals
Asda chiefs have issued a broadside against the grocer’s main rivals over “gimmick” price promotions.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Asda outstripping the competition?
Asda reported an edge up in like-for-like sales today. Retail Week takes a look at where Asda sits against its rivals.
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NewsAsda posts 0.7% increase in like-for-likes
Asda revealed like-for-likes, excluding fuel and VAT, edged up 0.7% as it increased market share in its second quarter to June 30.
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NewsShoppers shed voucher 'stigma' to save on grocery shop
The majority of shoppers are buying more of their groceries on promotion while the “stigma associated with coupons is eroding”, according to the latest IGD ShopperVista research.
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Woolworths launches drive-through supermarket
Australian retailer Woolworths has launched the nation’s first drive-through supermarket. Customers are able to collect an order placed online without having to leave their car. The free service is being offered at the Warringah Mall in Sydney.
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NewsOcado insists it will not breach banking covenants
Ocado has defended itself against speculation it could breach its banking covenants and has emphasised it is able to fund its second distribution centre.
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OpinionComment: The humble barcode is the future for m-commerce
The consumerisation of technology is bound to drive innovations in shopping, but nothing yet has had the same kind of potential as the increasing ubiquity of smartphones.
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NewsVideo: David Beckham to star in new Sainsbury's Paralympic advert
Sainsbury’s will debut a new TV advert featuring footballer David Beckham in celebration of the London 2012 Paralympic Games tomorrow.