All Grocery articles – Page 156
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NewsBargain Booze owner Conviviality hit by cash crisis
Bargain Booze owner Conviviality is facing a cash squeeze after discovering it must pay HMRC £30m by the end of this month.
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NewsJohn Lewis sales buoyed by early Mother’s Day
John Lewis sales blossomed last week, as Mother’s Day gave the retailer’s clothing and gifting categories a lift.
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OpinionJohn Lewis’ profit challenge applies across retail
John Lewis’ results showed that today in retail you need to run to have the slightest hope of even standing still, never mind advancing.
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NewsMajor retailers back sustainability and equality drive
A swathe of top retailers including John Lewis, M&S and Sainsbury’s have signed up to an action plan aimed at driving sustainability, development and equality.
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NewsCo-op acts over supplier mistreatment claims
The Co-op has acknowledged poor treatment of some suppliers and is acting to address the issue.
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NewsAgenda: Morrisons, French Connection and Eve Sleep
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, with updates from Morrisons, French Connection and Eve Sleep on the agenda.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How will John Lewis weather the storm ahead?
John Lewis revealed that its profits plummeted last year with pre-tax profits in freefall and the lowest partnership bonus given since 1954.
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NewsConviviality warns on profits after forecasting error
Conviviality has issued a profit warning after uncovering “a material error” in its financial forecasts.
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NewsVitabiotics boss: We need a retailer-supplier reboot
Vitabiotics chief executive and Dragons Den star Tej Lalvani has called for a “retailer-supplier relationship reboot”.
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NewsStore gallery: Morrisons' future vision in St Ives
The UK’s fourth-largest grocer has opened a fresh-looking store in Cambridgeshire’s St Ives that points to an optimistic new era.
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NewsM&S boss Steve Rowe on its digital transformation
Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe admitted the retailer has “been behind” on its digital transformation, but insisted it is changing “rapidly”.
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NewsJohn Lewis profits tank as bonus lowest since 1954
John Lewis Partnership’s full-year profits plummeted as its department store was hit by restructuring costs due to redundancies.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Tesco’s Tarry shrugs off D2C threat
Tesco chief product officer Jason Tarry has shrugged off the threat that the emerging direct-to-consumer trend could pose to grocery retailers.
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NewsSainsbury's Argos boss targets £2bn m-commerce sales
Sainsbury’s Argos boss John Rogers says the retailer is on track to hit £2bn of m-commerce sales by the end of its current financial year.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Tesco completes Booker deal
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the likely impact of Tesco and Booker’s £3.7bn mega-merger on the UK retail sector.
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NewsCo-op trials mobile payment app to cut down queues
Co-op is trialling a ‘scan and go’ app for shoppers in one of its Manchester stores, allowing shoppers to buy in-store purchases with their smartphones.
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NewsJohn Lewis hit by snow as fashion and home sales sink
Sales at John Lewis dropped sharply last week as freezing weather conditions across the UK deterred shoppers.
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NewsTesco and Morrisons top buoyant grocery market
Tesco and Morrisons outpaced the other big four rivals in February, when overall grocery sales grew by more than 3% for the 12th consecutive month.
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NewsSainsbury's to hike staff pay amid contract changes
Sainsbury’s is hiking hourly rates of pay for shopfloor staff as part of sweeping contract changes designed to “simplify the business”.
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NewsSales inch up in February amid retail's ‘perfect storm’
Retail sales edged up in February despite the ‘perfect storm’ of softening consumer demand, rising costs and structural changes within the industry.