All Grocery articles – Page 346
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Ocado boss Steiner: Online will account for 40% of grocery sales in next 10 years
Ocado boss Tim Steiner believes online will account for 40% of grocery sales in the next 10 years and said it will not be expanding its food business overseas.
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Opinion
Comment: Is Sainsbury’s succession a hospital pass or fantastic opportunity?
Although it looks as if Justin King left Mike Coupe in the lurch, hasn’t Sainsbury got a great opportunity to exploit the turmoil at Tesco?
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Waitrose launches standalone pet product website
Waitrose is launching a standalone pet product website selling over 9,000 products that will be supported by a telephone advice service.
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Boots poaches Waitrose ecommerce director Robin Phillips
Waitrose ecommerce director Robin Phillips has been appointed by Boots as the health and beauty giant’s director of multichannel.
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Opinion
Comment: Royal Ahold's history proves there is light at end of tunnel for Tesco
Tesco’s woes appear unprecedented but there are lessons we can draw from the crisis that engulfed Dutch-based Royal Ahold ten years ago.
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Analysis
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe and chief financial officer John Rogers on…
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe and finance director John Rogers discuss the issues facing the grocery sector today after revealing a 2.8% fall in Q2 like-for-likes.
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Tesco execs ordered to hit shop floor by Dave Lewis to boost morale
Tesco boss Dave Lewis is ordering head office staff to spend one day a fortnight working at stores as part of a morale-boosting exercise.
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Analysis
Sainsbury's second quarter: What the analysts say
Sainsbury’s has revealed a 2.8% drop in like-for-like sales in its first trading update under new chief executive Mike Coupe. Retail Week takes a look at what the analysts say.
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Tesco puts video-streaming business Blinkbox up for sale
Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis has put its loss-making video-streaming business Blinkbox up for sale.
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Sainsbury's reports Q2 like-for-likes down 2.8% and warns on second half
Sainsbury’s has reported like-for-like sales excluding petrol down 2.8% for its second quarter, as boss Mike Coupe warns the second half is likely to be as tough.
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Financial Conduct Authority investigates Tesco's profit overstatement
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has kicked off a full investigation into Tesco’s profit overstatement of £250m.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on eBay, Forever 21 and Tesco
Retail news round-up on October 1, 2014: eBay and PayPal to split next year; Forever 21 UK narrows full-year losses; Supermarket suppliers watchdog weighs into Tesco crisis.
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John Lewis scoops omnichannel retailer of the year at World Retail Awards
John Lewis scooped the Omnichannel Retailer of the Year gong at the World Retail Awards as Net-a-Porter’s bosses took home the Outstanding Leadership award.
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Whittard of Chelsea poised to launch new store concept as EBITDA grows
Whittard of Chelsea has revealed plans to launch a new store concept as the tea and coffee specialist reported record EBITDA growth in its full year results.
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Sainsbury's issues '50p challenge' to staff to encourage customers to spend more
Sainsbury’s has issued a ‘50p challenge’ to its staff, urging them to encourage customers to spend an extra 50p per shopping trip until the year-end.
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Consumer confidence in stasis as growth in GDP fails to rub off
Consumer confidence has dropped in September as people failed to feel better off despite the UK’s growth in GDP, according to GfK.
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Walmart appoints Instagram founder Kevin Systrom to board
Walmart has appointed Instagram founder Kevin Systrom to its board to tap into his “entrepreneurial background and digital expertise”.
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Tesco lines up £2.5bn war chest to protect it from ratings downgrades
Tesco has secured a £2.5bn revolving credit facility to protect it against the impact of possible ratings downgrades, following last week’s profits crisis.
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Analysis
Analysis: Seven ways to change company culture following Tesco crisis
Following Tesco boss Dave Lewis’s email to staff calling for a “change in our culture”, Retail Week speaks to experts about what the grocer needs to do.
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Former Morrisons treasurer Paul Coyle charged with insider trading
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has charged Morrisons’ former group treasurer and head of tax Paul Coyle with insider trading.