All Tesco articles – Page 151
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AnalysisTesco's first-half results: What the analysts say
Tesco today reported a 7.6% drop in group trading profits in its first half as problems in its overseas arm. Retail Week rounds up the City’s reaction.
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NewsTesco reports 7.6% profits drop in first half and confirms JV in China
Tesco has reported a 7.6% drop in group trading profits in its first half as it continues to face significant challenges in Europe.
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NewsBurger brand Muddy Boots to open butchers after rejecting Tesco deal
Upmarket burger brand Muddy Boots is on the hunt for standalone stores after it turned down a deal with Tesco to launch in its stores.
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NewsTesco US arm Fresh & Easy files for backruptcy
Tesco has put its US arm Fresh & Easy into backruptcy as it plans to sell the majority of its 167-store portfolio.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Six reasons Aldi is winning shopper spend
Aldi today reported a 41% rocket in sales in 2012 after it stole more than 1 million shoppers from rivals last year. Retail Week takes a look at the elements of Aldi’s offer turning heads.
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NewsTesco urges suppliers to aid new product drive
Tesco has rallied suppliers to get behind an innovation drive to introduce a raft of new products over the next three years.
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NewsAldi profits rocket as it grabs shoppers from big four rivals
Profits at discounter Aldi rocketed after the retailer took more than 1 million customers from larger rivals last year.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Ikea, Dixons, Harrods and Tesco
Retail news round-up September 30, 2013: Ikea to sell solar panels, Dixons to create 3,000 Christmas temp jobs, Tesco poised to reveal profit fall, Harrods to undergo revamp and Topshop hires creative design consultant.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Legacy systems and start-ups at Retail Week's Technology Summit
This year’s technology summit touched on everything from legacy systems to today’s most exciting start-ups, highlighting just how challenging a chief information officer’s job has become.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What will the retail board of the future look like?
Marks & Spencer digital boss Laura Wade-Gery has warned about the dearth of multichannel positions on retail boards, but businesses will likely have to update other top roles too.
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OpinionComment: Supermarkets - the new innovation leaders
Somebody said recently that if you want to see innovation in retail go to a supermarket.
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OpinionComment: Retailers must evolve with the times to remain customer-centred
I’m sure that, like me, you’ve been glued to the recent BBC2 series Robert Peston Goes Shopping. The series provided a concise but definitive history of retailing in the UK.
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NewsTesco launches speed dating event for starts-ups
Tesco has launched a speed dating-style event for start-ups in a bid to help introduce more new ideas to the business.
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AnalysisDealing with product controversies: What do retailers need to know?
Asda and Tesco have been forced to withdraw costumes from sale after complaints that they were offensive to the mentally ill. Retail Week takes a look at how retailers should handle such a situation.
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NewsMarks & Spencer records rise in food sales
Marks & Spencer has enjoyed strong sales at its food business as shoppers flocked to buy premium groceries.
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OpinionComment: Tesco's Hudl taps into new routes to market
Of all the technology-driven announcements from retailers in the past fortnight, the unveiling of Tesco’s own-brand tablet Hudl is the most indicative of the changing face of UK retail.
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NewsTesco-owned Dunnhumby invests in consumer data start-ups
Dunnhumby, the Tesco-owned data insight company, has launched its own venture capital arm to fund retail-focused data start-ups.
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OpinionComment: Argos' tie-up with eBay could be a game-changer
Argos’ pilot with online giant eBay, enabling customers of 50 sellers on the marketplace to collect orders from 150 stores, looks inspired.
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NewsCompetition fierce among big four as Waitrose and discounters thrive
The big four grocers are competing over an “ever-smaller middle ground” as Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose steal market share from larger rivals at the discount and premium ends of the market, Kantar Worldpanel reports.
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OpinionComment: Tesco marketing boss on the grocer's Hudl tablet launch
Over the past few years we’ve witnessed a profound and rapid change in the way our customers are living their lives.