All Supermarkets articles – Page 274
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NewsDavid Cameron says Government can learn from the supermarkets
Conservative leader David Cameron has said that the Government should look to the business models of Tesco and Sainsbury’s to run things more effectively during difficult times.
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NewsSainsbury’s launches non-food online to rival Tesco and Asda
Sainsbury’s this week locked horns with rivals Tesco and Asda as it launched its non-food online offer.
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Loblaw to acquire T&T Supermarket
Grocer Loblaw is to acquire Canada’s largest Asian food retailer, T&T Supermarket, comprising 17 stores and four distribution centres.The retailer will add about C$500m (£280.1m) in sales to Loblaw’s business, which is paying C$225m (£126m) for the deal, which is expected to complete before the year end.Like-for-likes at Loblaw rose ...
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NewsAndy Bond warns of long road to recovery
Despite a better than expected trading outlook for the rest of this year, the road to recovery for UK retailers will be long and hard, Asda chief executive Andy Bond has suggested.
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NewsWaitrose and Duchy Originals in deal talks
Duchy Originals and Waitrose are discussing a deal that would integrate Prince Charles’s food products into the upscale supermarket chain’s mainstream operation, according to The Times.
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OpinionDigital screens - retail has seen it all before
Asda’s newly opened future store in Keighley, Bradford, is trialling a digital signage system from Amscreen that has been designed to influence purchase decisions at the point of sale.In Amscreen’s promotion of the deal, which includes a video of the system it’s posted on its website, it describes the system ...
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NewsAsda trials signage system from Amscreen
Asda is trialling a digital signage system from Sir Alan Sugar’s Amscreen in its new Keighley store.
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NewsTesco under fire over 'misleading' adverts
Tesco has been accused of making misleading claims in its adverts that stated 1.2m of its baskets were cheaper than at Asda.
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NewsSainsbury’s launches its non-food online offer
Sainsbury’s launched its online non-food offer at the weekend, initially stocking 4,500 products from toys to kitchenware and luggage.
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OpinionCould Marc Bolland be the answer to Marks & Spencer’s prayers?
Morrisons chief executive Marc Bolland has become a darling of the City, so could he be the man for Marks & Spencer?
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Casino reports a 1.9 per cent fall in Q2 sales
Supermarket group Casino reported a 1.9 per cent fall in second-quarter sales, broadly in line with market expectations. Sales were weighed down by lower petrol prices and declines at its French hypermarkets.Second-quarter sales fell to €6.82bn (£5.87bn). The retailer said that underlying sales excluding petrol and calendar effects rose 1.1 ...
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Carrefour sales fall
Carrefour, the world’s second-biggest retailer, said second-quarter sales fell 1.2 percent, hurt by weaker western European markets, lower petrol prices and exchange rates.The drop to €23.4bn (£20.1bn) was slightly less than some analysts’ forecasts. Half-year sales were €46.2bn (£39.8bn). Carrefour group chief executive Lars Olofsson described half-year sales as “resilient”, ...
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AnalysisNeed to know...The competition test
The controversial competition test has divided the grocers. This week it moved a step closer to being introduced, so how has the news been received and what does it mean?
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OpinionIt’s a crime not to be responsible
17 people are convicted every day for carrying a knife. More worrying, the majority are children.
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NewsMorrisons confident it will beat full-year expectations
Morrisons has reported that it is confident its full-year results will be ahead of earlier expectations as it has achieved strong trading in its first and second quarters.
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NewsTesco mulls separate credit rating for banking arm
Tesco is considering a separate credit rating for its financial services arm as it seeks to step up its banking operation.
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NewsAsda unveils blueprint for future store model
Asda opened a mould-breaking store on Monday, which will be a blueprint for wide-ranging changes in other shops if successful.
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Carrefour and El Corte Inglés ask staff to delay summer holidays
Carrefour and El Corte Inglés are asking their staff to delay their summer holidays in order to avoid hiring temporary staff over the busy summer months.French retail giant Carrefour wants staff to opt to take holiday in October and November, according to trade union sources.Spanish department store El Corte Inglés ...
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NewsWaitrose sales outpace Marks & Spencer food for first time
Waitrose managing director Mark Price has revealed that the grocer has overtaken Marks & Spencer in food sales for the first time in its 105-year history.
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OpinionTables could turn in grocery
Auctioning off a 25lb pork pie could only have happened at a Marks & Spencer AGM, and it could only have been fronted by the showman himself Sir Stuart Rose.