All Fresh & Easy articles
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Opinion
Opinion: Don’t write off Lidl’s US expansion just yet
There is very often a perverse sense of glee when a foreign entrant into a retail sector stumbles, or even falls entirely.
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Analysis
Analysis: Secrets of success from the top 30 international retailers
Our Top 30 International Retailers report reveals which businesses are achieving success overseas and their international strategies.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on River Island, Fresh & Easy and more
Retail round-up: River Island hires Nicholas Tahir, Fresh & Easy could have succeeded in US, ex-Tesco marketer says, and Yoox Net-a-Porter's soaring sales
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Video
The Retail Week: Mike Coupe sentenced, Home Retail results and Poundland
Executive editor George MacDonald and content editor Nicola Harrison pick through the big stories from the past seven days.
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Analysis
Analysis: Will Tesco's US folly have a Fresh & Easy future?
Fresh & Easy proved to be a misstep for Tesco when it launched in the US in 2007, but will the grocer fare better under new ownership?
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers looking to expand should think internationally
Go east, west, north and south young man. The case for UK retailers to expand overseas is currently strong.
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News
Fresh & Easy shakes things up this Easter with earthquake kit offer
As Easter approaches, retailers have been pushing the usual chocolate eggs and Easter bunnies, but Fresh & Easy are promoting something rather different.
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News
Tesco completes sale of US arm Fresh & Easy to Yucaipa
Tesco has completed the sale of its loss-making US business Fresh & Easy to Ron Burkle’s investment firm Yucaipa.
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Opinion
Comment: Technology can't replace retail basics
What a weird and wonderful retail world we inhabit. Retail Week’s September Technology supplement talked about the blurring of the boundaries between the virtual and physical space.
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News
Tesco US arm Fresh & Easy files for backruptcy
Tesco has put its US arm Fresh & Easy into backruptcy as it plans to sell the majority of its 167-store portfolio.
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Analysis
In the news: Fresh & Easy's new owner Ron Burkle profiled
Private investment firm Yucaipa acquired Tesco’s US operations Fresh & Easy last week. Retail Week profiles Yucaipa’s billionaire owner Ron Burkle.
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Opinion
Blog: Tesco's US deal is a further step in repositioning its international arm
The sale of Tesco’s Fresh & Easy business marks another step in boss Phil Clarke’s bid to reposition its international operations.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco's US exit puts an end to a distracting money-pit
Possibly the first and last time that I belong in the same sentence as Sir Terry Leahy, but it would appear that we both have a large amount of egg on our faces this morning.
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Opinion
Comment: There are international opportunities out there for retail
If you happen to be a libertarian socialist, ex-miner or of a misogynistic nature, I would advise that you stop reading this column now.
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News
Tesco faces £1bn bill to quit loss-making US arm Fresh & Easy
Tesco is facing a bill of around £1bn to exit the US after chief executive Philip Clarke decided to call time on its Fresh & Easy business.
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Analysis
Analysis: Tesco calls time on US venture Fresh & Easy
Tesco boss Philip Clarke has drawn the curtain on US business Fresh & Easy, part of his predecessor’s legacy.
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Opinion
Blog: Tesco's boss isn't licking his wounds
Philip Clarke hasn’t sat around licking his wounds since calling time on Tesco’s US business last week.
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Analysis
Tesco: What the analysts say
Tesco revealed today it is to conduct a strategic review of its lossmaking US chain Fresh & Easy as its third quarter sales slowed in the US and the UK. The City remained cautious over the company’s prospects.
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Opinion
Comment: Not Tesco's finest hour, but possibly not its worst
So, Tesco’s Fresh & Easy misadventure in the US is drawing to a close.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco boss Philip Clarke blogs on the Fresh & Easy strategic review
Today I’ve announced Tesco’s decision to begin a strategic review of Fresh & Easy, our business in the US.