All Grocery articles – Page 144
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NewsMorrisons sales up as second quarter hits nine-year high
Morrisons’ like for likes rose over its half year with the grocer reporting its best second quarter in nearly a decade.
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NewsJohn Lewis profits crash 99% despite sales rise
John Lewis Partnership’s profits have crashed 98.8% despite rising sales in the “most promotional market in almost a decade”.
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VideoWatch: Spoon Guru's Stripf on personalisation in grocery
Markus Stripf, co-founder and chief executive of Spoon Guru, discusses how personalisation and AI are changing shoppers’ habits and what is going to happen next.
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AnalysisData: Top 20 retailers by profit growth
Only a third of the UK’s largest retailers generated earnings growth in their last financial year, according to new Retail Week research.
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NewsTesco expected to launch discount chain next week
Tesco is poised to launch its new discount chain next week as Britain’s biggest grocer goes head to head with Aldi and Lidl.
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AnalysisWhy Amazon, Ocado and Asda are going to university
As the new academic year begins, we look at why retail goliaths are increasingly turning to universities for more than just new talent.
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NewsM&S Food launches 'biggest ever' social media campaign
Marks & Spencer has kicked off its new digital food campaign, drafting in celebrities Amanda Holden, Rochelle Humes, Paddy McGuinness and Emma Willis.
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NewsTesco drafts in Jamie Oliver to drive healthier eating
Tesco has teamed up with Jamie Oliver in a bid to make it easier and more affordable for shoppers to make healthier food choices.
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AnalysisMove of the week: A surprisingly busy end to summer
We work in a frenetic industry, so welcome back to everybody who enjoyed a well-deserved holiday last month (and commiserations to those who didn’t).
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Footasylum run ragged
Patrick Blower’s take on Footasylum’s second profit in three months, despite sales rising.
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NewsAugust retail sales increase driven by groceries
Retail sales edged up in August as inflation-driven increases in grocery sales were largely offset by falling non-food revenues.
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AnalysisNickolds and Collins on John Lewis and Waitrose's rebrand
John Lewis and Waitrose have unveiled some of the biggest changes to their businesses in decades, including a rebrand. Here, their managing directors write exclusively for Retail Week about positioning for success in a shifting retail landscape.
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AnalysisJD.com: Inside retail's global giants
In the first of Retail Week’s series looking at the new forces in global retail, we look inside JD.com, the Chinese online giant that has 292 million customers, turns over £42.4bn a year and has the UK in its sights.
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NewsAgenda: Halfords, McColl’s and Dixons Carphone
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Dixons Carphone, Halfords and McColl’s.
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CartoonRetail cartoon: Take a rain check on grocery prices
Patrick Blower’s take on the news that this year’s extreme weather – from the ‘beast from the east’ to summer heatwaves – is having a knock-on effect on food prices.
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NewsShop prices rise for the first time in five years
For the first time since May 2013, shop prices increased in August, driven by rising grocery costs and slowing non-food deflation.
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OpinionRetailers putting plastic genie back in its bottle
That Sir David Attenborough is a living legend is beyond any reasonable doubt. But I think everyone has perhaps been a little surprised by the long-lasting impact of Blue Planet, which documented the damage inflicted by plastics on the oceans and its inhabitants.
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NewsBrexit: Warnings over higher card costs and more red tape
The Government has published the first technical notices for businesses on what will happen if no deal can be struck on Brexit with the EU.
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NewsSainsbury's-Asda: CMA kicks off investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has begun its investigation into the mega-merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda.
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NewsCo-op sales soar as hot weather boosts grocery
The Co-op achieved its best sales growth in almost seven years as grocers generally benefited from the summer heatwave.