All Tesco articles – Page 245
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OpinionWhy Tesco's short-term mistakes could end up being long-term triumphs
Tesco has come in for plenty of stick lately, but the grocer came out of the last recession strongly, so who’s to say it doesn’t know what it is doing this time around?
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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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NewsBrokers unmoved by surging retail stocks
Rocketing store shares prompted open-jawed amazement on the part of some analysts, who are convinced the market has got ahead of itself.Fresh back from his holidays, Pali’s Nick Bubb clocked the “astonishing” surge of the past few weeks but maintained his bear stance.“Green shoots can quickly shrivel and we are ...
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NewsFresh & Easy introduces review section to website
Tesco’s US Fresh & Easy operation has introduced a product review section on its website to increase interactivity with its customer base.When shoppers sample a product in stores through the US grocer’s Kitchen Table tasting area, they can then review it online.A Tesco spokesman said: “This launch forms part of ...
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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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NewsTesco ramps up technical support with pre-sales advice operation
Tesco-owned technical support firm Tesco Tech Support is to provide shoppers with pre-sales advice on its home technology range.
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OpinionThe good, the bad and the ugly
Have the past 10 years’ big changes been good for the industry? Simon Burke gives his view
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NewsTesco’s management incentives ‘best in class’
Tesco’s management incentive scheme is the most likely among those of the big grocers to encourage strong performance, broker Bernstein has concluded.The broker said executive compensation structures are broadly similar at all three quoted grocers, combining basic salary, bonus and various long-term incentives.However, at Tesco and Sainsbury’s there is a ...
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AnalysisEvery little helps the nation’s favourite
Knocking Tesco can seem like a national sport but it remains top of shoppers’ lists. Charlotte Hardie considers why the UK’s biggest grocer continues to be Britain’s favourite retail brand
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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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NewsTesco to create 800 jobs at Middlesbrough distribution centre
Tesco will create more than 800 jobs when it opens a distribution centre in Middlesbrough in August. The £130m Teesport Distribution Centre is the retailer’s first purpose-built import storage facility. It will replace its existing non-food distribution centre in Coventry. The 910,000 sq ft Teesport centre means that goods can ...
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Tesco gears up for in-store banking
Tesco is to install private consul-tation rooms in its banks as it prepares to open 30 branches in stores by the end of this year.The grocer will have representatives at its banks to talk customers through finance offers. A spokeswoman said the consultation rooms will “give customers privacy” as they ...
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NewsRetailers unconvinced rate deferral is enough
Darling’s 11th-hour move only grants temporary relief, top retailers argue
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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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Tesco trials packaging scheme
Tesco is trialling a scheme to give customers a chance to remove and leave excess packaging in store after they have purchased goods.
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Shoppers lap up Tesco's increased local produce
Tesco has revealed sales of locally sourced products have soared 30 per cent in the calendar year to date.
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Opinion
Tesco will find its feet again
With the grocers’ reporting season well under way, all eyes will be on Tesco next month when it reveals its preliminary results.
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GalleryTesco MyLiberec – Liberec, Czech Republic
My Liberec is the first instance of Tesco’s new department store format in the Czech Republic.
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Opinion
So what is a great retail brand?
Today sees the publication of a survey that purports to reveal “The Best Retail Brands”. Assembled by branding consultancy Interbrand, the top five European players, perhaps unsurprisingly, are H&M, Carrefour, Ikea, Tesco and Zara, in that order.