All Co-operative Group articles – Page 51
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OpinionBaptism of fire awaits the new grocery chiefs
Falling inflation isn’t the only reason why it feels a golden age of grocery retailing is coming to an end. Three of the big four are either under new chief executives or soon will be.
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NewsCo-op share payout tops £50.4m
The Co-operative is to pay out £50.4m to its members in a share payout.
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NewsCo-op tests electricals range in food stores
The Co-operative Group has begun trialling electricals goods in its food stores as the retailer looks to expand its lucrative online electrical business.
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NewsCo-op hires independent directors to bolster food board
The Co-operative Group has appointed two independent directors to bolster the board of its food subsidiary.
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NewsCo-op chairman backs Peter Marks
The Co-operative Group chairman has publicly backed chief executive Peter Marks amid claims of a boardroom bust up.
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Opinion
Marks and Marks (and Marcs)
I’ve heard the names Peter Marks and Sir Ken Morrison used in the same breath a few times lately.
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NewsCo-op’s Somerfield crisis
Confidential board report reveals plummeting sales in ex-Somerfield stores following 2009 deal
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NewsAsda lags behind the market
Asda is still under-performing the market with year-on-year growth well behind the growth of the other major retailers, according to Kantar Worldpanel.
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AnalysisChina is not the only new retail market to investigate
While the volcanic ash cloud and the ensuing chaos may have blown over by the time this appears, the disruption to international trade once again highlights the weaknesses in our increasingly globalised economy.
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NewsRetailers among firms fined £225m for tobacco price fixing
Nine retailers are among 12 businesses fined £225m by the Office of Fair Trading for collusion on tobacco prices between 2001 and 2003.
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AnalysisCo-operatives
Co-operative Group has just posted record profits and is now the fifth biggest grocer. What is the appeal of its business model and how is it different?
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NewsSupermarket profile key for thriving Co-op
The Co-operative Group is to focus on building its profile in the small supermarkets sector, after it revealed underlying group operating profit surged 20% to £473m in the year to January 2.
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NewsCo-op reports bumper profits, lifted by Somerfield acquisition
The Co-operative Group has reported underlying operating profits up 20% to £473m, buoyed by its acquisition of Somerfield.
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NewsOracle Retail Week Awards 2010: The Winners
The full list of winners from last night’s Oracle Retail Week Awards.
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AnalysisSupply Chain Summit: The customer is king
The challenges facing supply chains continue, but at the Retail Week Supply Chain Summit retailers agreed the customer is becoming ever more important. Joanna Perry reports
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AnalysisAndy Bond: Asda is ready for battle ahead
Asda hasn’t become ‘boring’ and is approaching 2010 in an aggressive mood with a raft of new initiatives, chief executive Andy Bond tells Jennifer Creevy
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AnalysisIn-store marketing: Get to the point
Retailers are increasingly in favour of decluttering stores, so what’s the future for in-store marketing?
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NewsAsda’s market share growth halted as Tesco hits back
Supermarket group Asda’s market share growth has come to halt after a fightback by Tesco, latest market share data shows.
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GalleryCo-operative Group Oakham, Rutland
It’s not often that a supermarket features as a store of the week, principally because it is in the nature of the sector to attempt to standardise everything from product to store design. This tends to mean that if you’ve seen one, it’s likely that ...
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NewsCo-op Pharmacy invests in new mobile devices
The Co-operative Pharmacy has rolled out hand-held terminals for staff to use with stock-taking and price markdowns in a bid to drive efficiencies.