All Grocery articles – Page 343
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Gallery
Store gallery: Are discounters gaining on supermarkets’ store design?
Discounters and supermarkets still have different approaches to store design, but North London stores show that this divide may be shifting.
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Opinion
Analysis: Never mind the carpets, WHSmith's results show it is doing well
WHSmith may be the butt of sarky humour but there is little doubting the retailer’s prowess after it reported a 9% surge in profits.
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News
Legendary investor Warren Buffett sells 245m Tesco shares
Warren Buffett has sold 245m of his shares in ailing grocer Tesco, leaving the legendary investor’s Berkshire Hathaway firm with a stake of less than 3%.
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News
Tesco 'leaderless' says supplier as accounting scandal creates culture of fear
Tesco’s accounting scandal has created a culture of fear among its buyers and is impeding the running of the business, according to one of its major suppliers.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, eBay, John Lewis, Amazon and more
Retail news round-up on October 15, 2014: Tesco scandal causes buyer uncertainty, eBay lowers sales forecasts, John Lewis seeks virtual reality tech and more.
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News
Sainsbury's to feature WW1 Christmas Day football match in festive campaign
Sainsbury’s will feature the football match that took place between the British and German forces on Christmas Day for this year’s campaign.
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News
East India Company to open in Royal Exchange as it eyes rapid expansion
Luxury food and drink retailer The East India Company is to open a store at London’s Royal Exchange as part of expansion plans.
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News
Waitrose asks customers to sing in its Christmas advert
Upmarket grocer Waitrose is asking customers to record themselves singing for the chance to star in its Christmas advert.
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News
Harris + Hoole boss says Tesco scandal has had no impact on relationship
The boss of Harris + Hoole has said new Tesco chief Dave Lewis has been supportive of its plans for the coffee chain despite the turmoil at the grocer.
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News
Waitrose to launch Hiku home scanner as part of new incubator programme
Waitrose’s Hot Ideas incubator programme will trial retail innovations and the first product to market will be a home scanning device called Hiku.
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News
Halloween to provide £240m boost to retailers this year, says Mintel
Retailers are expected to benefit from £240m worth of Halloween-related sales this year, according to forecasts from Mintel.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on M&S, Mulberry, inflation and more
Retail news round-up on October 15, 2014: Inflation slows to five-year low; New boss at Signet Jewelers; M&S asked to phase-out chillers; and more.
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Analysis
Analysis: September Retail Sales Monitor, sector by sector
Like-for-like sales in September decreased by 2.1% in the weakest performance since December 2008 as weather played havoc with demand.
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News
Tesco suspends another three executives but no more thought likely
Tesco has suspended a further three executives as it delves deeper into the investigation into the £250m profits overstatement.
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News
Business rates to increase 2.3% next year as RPI inflation rate unveiled
Business rates are poised to increase by 2.3% in 2015/16 after the Office for National Statistics released its RPI inflation figures for September.
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News
Sainsbury’s slashes Nectar reward points for customers
From next year Sainsbury’s is to halve the number of Nectar reward points it offers members of the loyalty scheme.
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News
Tesco director draws up list of possible successors to chairman
A Tesco director is understood to be drawing up a list of possible successors to chairman Sir Richard Broadbent following its accounting crisis.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Amazon and Tesco
Retail news round-up on October 14, 2014: Amazon to recruit 1,000 new staff, Tesco expected to suspend more senior staff, and Tesco director compiles list of successors to chairman.
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News
UK retail like-for-likes down 2.1% in September, fashion reports record declines
UK retail sales were down 2.1% like-for-like in September compared with the same month in 2013 while fashion reported record declines.
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Analysis
International analysis: Can BIM make a sucess of the supermarket format?
Can Turkish hard discount giant and market leader BIM make a success of its forthcoming supermarket format?