All Waitrose & Partners articles – Page 49
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NewsUPDATE: Retail Week quiz: So you think you know your supermarkets?
So you think you know your grocery stores? Try our quiz and see if you can guess which stores these pictures have been taken in.
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OpinionComment: Is store design coming to an end in a discount nation?
As market share continues to be snatched from the ‘big four’, does the success of discount food retail spell the end of store design, or is it something else?
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis sales surge 14.9% thanks to price match activity
John Lewis sales surged 14.9% to £80.2m in the week to September 27 as its price matching activity drove strong trade.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Sports Direct, Debenhams, John Lewis Partnership and Ted Baker
Retail news round-up on October 3, 2014: Sports Direct ups Debs stake, John Lewis’ sales surge, Dunelm sales soar, Ted Baker expands into tall and cycling clothes.
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AnalysisSecrets of success: Leading retailers reveal what got them to the top
Chief executives from Waitrose, Asda and Shop Direct tell Retail Week about the people and experiences that got them where they are today.
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NewsWaitrose launches standalone pet product website
Waitrose is launching a standalone pet product website selling over 9,000 products that will be supported by a telephone advice service.
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NewsBoots poaches Waitrose ecommerce director Robin Phillips
Waitrose ecommerce director Robin Phillips has been appointed by Boots as the health and beauty giant’s director of multichannel.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Will click-and-collect be retail’s next Christmas battleground?
Click-and-collect promises to be in huge demand this Christmas and retailers are working tirelessly to deliver a seamless fulfilment service.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Breaking down the barriers of online retail
Recent research shows that a familiar set of barriers are preventing more consumers from embracing online retailing.
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InterviewInterview: Aldi bosses on how the discounter is shaking up UK grocery
Aldi’s disruptive model has led to an historic structural shift in grocery. And it’s only just getting started.
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NewsSupermarkets face 'harsh reality' as spend drops 1.6%, Nielsen reports
Spend at the UK’s five biggest supermarkets fell 1.6% year on year in September as Tesco recorded the biggest fall in sales in the last 12 weeks, according to Nielsen.
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NewsAt John Lewis there ain’t no party like a partners party
As many Retail Week readers will know, department store group John Lewis marked its 150th birthday this year.
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NewsInfographic: Fashion sales fall at John Lewis as weather puts off shoppers
Department store John Lewis’s clothing sales plunged 6.9% last week as the warm weather put people off buying autumn stock.
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NewsAsda maintains share growth as Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons suffer declines
Asda remains the only one of the big four grocers to have grown its market share as Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s suffered falls.
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NewsInfographic: John Lewis blames warm weather on weekly sales slump
John Lewis blamed the unseasonably warm weather for its sales fall last week, as Waitrose benefitted from it, recording an increase in sales.
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AnalysisFood hall review: Selfridges Vs John Lewis
Nick Ward, head of creative strategy at Cubo compares the luxuriant offerings of Selfridges and John Lewis’s respective Oxford Street food halls.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How retailers are embracing the developer’s mindset
As shoppers continue to migrate online, retailers are thinking like developers about how best to utilise their empty store space.
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NewsNursery range growth and vacuum cleaner panic-buying lift John Lewis sales
John Lewis’s sales were boosted by a strong performance from its nursery range and people panic-buying vacuum cleaners during the week to September 6.
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NewsPrices could rise if Scotland votes 'Yes', warns John Lewis Partnership boss
John Lewis Partnership chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield has warned that a ‘Yes’ vote for Scottish independence could lead to higher prices in the country.
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership sales and profits up despite earnings fall at Waitrose
The John Lewis Partnership has revealed profit and sales up in its half year, despite a profit fall at Waitrose. Sales also jumped in the second half.