All Waitrose & Partners articles – Page 45
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales rise as omnichannel model beats snow disruption
Sales at John Lewis department stores rose 4.5% to £68.8m last week despite some areas of the country being hit by snow.
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NewsSupermarkets to challenge business rates on cash machines
Supermarkets are fighting back against local authorities that are making them shell out around £200m in business rates on in-store cash machines.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis ends financial year with 'solid' sales growth
John Lewis sales rose a “solid” 4.8% in the week to January 31, with growth partly driven by new season fashion stock finding favour with shoppers.
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GalleryStore gallery: Budgens’ lab store experiments with visual merchandising
Convenience specialist Budgens has opened a ‘lab’ store in Dorset that shows the way as far as display and merchandising is concerned.
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OpinionComment: Are Waitrose’s January results a sign of things to come?
If Waitrose’s recent results are any guide life in the supermarket industry seems to have got a bit tougher again since Christmas.
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NewsFood prices plunge at steepest rate in eight years amid discounting war
Food prices plunged at the quickest rate in eight years last month as supermarkets continued their discounting war.
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NewsOcado boss Steiner 'confident' of signing international deal this year
Ocado boss Tim Steiner is “confident” the online grocer will pen a deal with an international retailer this year as he bids to create “the biggest retail platform in the world”.
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AnalysisComment: Supermarkets should focus on food, better displayed
The arrival of Argos in larger Sainsbury’s stores seems to make sense, but are there limits to what can soak up surplus supermarket space?
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales rise thanks to spring/summer clothing range
John Lewis sales rose 3% for the week ending January 24 as shoppers rushed to snap up items in the retailer’s new spring and summer range.
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NewsAnalysis: Can partnerships solve the issues created by large store estates?
As Sainsbury’s and Argos team up to make better use of their store estates, Retail Week looks at the deal’s prospects of success.
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NewsWaitrose tells shoppers to buy a ‘treat’ to get free tea in its cafes
Waitrose is changing a free tea and coffee deal in its cafes after customers lingered at tables without buying anything else.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, Waitrose, Asos and Irish retail sales
Retail news round-up on January 29, 2015: Tesco recalls foul smelling drink, Asos founder sells shares, Waitrose changes free coffee scheme, Irish retail sales rise
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OpinionComment: Rewriting Tesco’s history is neither true nor fair
Tesco has undoubtedly struggled in recent years but some of the criticism of the retailer’s previous management has gone too far.
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NewsDavid Cameron accused of U-turn over supermarket fines
The Prime Minister has been accused of trying to “water down” laws that would allow regulators to fine food retailers who squeeze suppliers.
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NewsWaitrose to create 2,000 jobs as part of expansion plans
Waitrose will create 2,000 new jobs this year as part of the upmarket grocer’s ambitious store expansion and opening plan.
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OpinionComment: Retail destinations can’t afford to stay the same
Change is at the heart of high streets that work and the carefully sculpted Marylebone High Street is among the best at embracing it.
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NewsRetail diary: Cross-dressing at PwC and Holland & Barrett's horny goat weed
Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCooper may have a straight-laced reputation but it turns out staff like a double entendre as much as the rest of us.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales growth held back by icy conditions in North
Sales at department store retailer John Lewis edged up 1.1% last week, held back by poor weather in Scotland and the north of England.
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AnalysisRetail Week Live: Dixons Carphone boss to review the changing retail scene
Change will be the central theme of the opening speech by Carphone Warehouse boss Sebastian James at this year’s Retail Week Live event.
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GalleryIn pictures: Morrisons' new 'Format Flex' lab store in Weybridge
The newly opened Morrisons in Weybridge does not feel like a standard Morrisons in spite of the use of its corporate colours.