All Co-operative Group articles – Page 33
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OpinionComment: Consumers will reward ethical retailers
There has been a toxic mixture of corporate, financial and personal failings at the Co-op, but how has the corporate brand suffered?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Ten ways grocery retail will change for good
From the death of loyalty cards to double-decker stores, the food sector is facing new challenges to combat the discounters that continue to thrive.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on The Co-op, Game, Whistles and footfall
Retail news round-up on May 19, 2014: Longest-standing Co-op director steps down, Game shoppers to receive ‘virtual loyalty shares’, Whistles to open Bloomingdales concessions.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Retailers draw the battle lines in the grocery price war
The relentless growth of discounters Aldi and Lidl has prompted other supermarkets to take action to retain and win custom.
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NewsCo-operative Group reforms backed unanimously at special general meeting
Proposals to radically reform governance at the under-pressure Co-operative Group were unanimously backed at a special general meeting this afternoon.
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NewsAlliance Boots bids for up-for-sale Co-op Pharmacy chain
Pharmaceutical giant Alliance Boots has emerged as one of a number of bidders battling it out to buy the Co-op’s pharmacy chain.
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NewsCo-op scandals put top customers off shopping there, ICM poll reveals
The Co-op’s most frequent food shoppers are now less likely to shop there, as a result of the recent scandals that have engulfed the group.
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OpinionComment: The Co-operative Group needs to get back to its roots
The news that investors have backed the Co-operative Bank’s latest capital raising round gives me mixed feelings.
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NewsThe Co-op is seriously damaged and will not recover, says ex-boss
The Co-operative Group is so seriously damaged it won’t return to its glory days, former chief executive Sir Graham Melmoth has said.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Amazon, JD Sports, the Co-op and more
Retail news round-up on May 14, 2014: Amazon launches dress store, Co-op board member exits, Card Factory cuts IPO price and more.
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NewsCo-op chair urges members unsure of reform vote to speak to her
Co-op chair Ursula Lidbetter has urged anyone unready to back Lord Myners’ reforms to speak to her as Midcounties vows to back plan.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on retail sales, The Co-op, Asda and more
Retail news round-up on May 13, 2014: Easter boosts retail sales, Midcounties Co-op backs reform plan, Asda ecommerce boss moves to Walmart and discounter grocers gain ground in Ireland.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Wiggle, Justin King, the Co-op and more
Retail news round-up on May 12, 2014: Wiggle seeking a possible IPO, Sainsbury’s Justin King sells shares, Co-op to reduce stake in Co-op to 20%, Sir Philip Green enters pure play market and Mamas and Papas founders in talks to sell
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OpinionComment: Can the Co-op brand recover from a year of scandal?
The Co-op brand has been constructed on a simple and powerful idea: ethical business. Its dilemma now is that the scandals of the past year stand in total opposition to that core brand idea.
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NewsMidcounties Co-op boss hits back at Myners over 'personal' criticism
The boss of the UK’s biggest independent co-operative has hit back at Lord Myners over his attack on him and other Co-op board members.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on the Co-op, shop vacancy rates and Bershka
Retail news round-up on May 9, 2014: Midcounties Co-operative boss hits back at Myners; Shop vacancy rates drop to lowest rate in almost four years; Bershka mulls Oxford Street flagship exit.
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AnalysisInfographic: Co-op's proposed new company structure, according to Lord Myners
Lord Myners outlined his proposals to reform The Co-operative Group structure this week after slamming it as “not fit for purpose”.
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OpinionComment: Lord Myners – radical action needed to save the Co-op my mother loved
When I was a child growing up in Truro, Cornwall, my mother told me that I should always try to spend my pocket money in the Co-op in Kenwyn Street.
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NewsCo-op board failures have left it unprepared for grocery price war, Lord Myners warns
The Co-operative Group’s outmoded governance structure has left it utterly unprepared for a grocery price war, reform champion Lord Myners has warned.
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NewsCo-op must instil radical change if it is to be saved, says Lord Myners
The Co-operative Group has been slammed for its “deplorable governance failures” that have led to “near-collapse” in a review by Lord Myners.