All Grocery articles – Page 359
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Lidl, Made.com, Tesco and more
Retail news round-up on July 23, 2014: Lidl paid ‘over £25m’ in tax, Made.com launches social network platform, Shareholders question Philip Clarke’s pay-off, and more.
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Analysis
Analysis: The story of the late Aldi co-founder Karl Albrecht
Karl Albrecht, the reclusive German co-founder of Aldi, died last Wednesday (July 16) at the age of 94.
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Aldi to spend £600m on UK expansion with 60 shops to open next year
Aldi is to pump £600m into beefing up its presence in the UK with plans to launch 60 new stores next year, revamp its existing shops and open a new regional distribution hub.
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Interview
Q&A: McColl’s boss James Lancaster on its results and competition
McColl’s reported operating profit up 14.6% to £10m in the six months to May 25. Retail Week speaks to the retailer’s chief executive James Lancaster.
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Opinion
Comment: Digital wallets can turn high street challenges into opportunity
As one in five high street shops potentially face closure by 2018, could digital wallets prove to be the tonic town centres need?
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Opinion
Carrefour benefits from its pan-European trolley dash
Carrefour boss Georges Plassat has filled the grocer’s coffers over the past two years thanks to a rationalisation of its international assets, allied with improved performance in a number of markets.
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Opinion
Comment: How long will the City give Dave Lewis at Tesco?
The sudden, although perhaps not entirely surprising, departure from Tesco of chief executive Phil Clarke divided opinion.
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News
Fortnum & Mason prepares to jet into Heathrow Terminal 5
Fortnum & Mason is gearing up to open its first standalone airport store and bar at Heathrow Terminal 5 in October.
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McColl's posts operating profit up 14.6% as it appoints new chairman
McColl’s posted operating profit up 14.6% in its half year, as the convenience retailer promoted deputy chair John Coleman to chairman.
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New Tesco boss in bid to breathe new life into the grocer's brand
New chief executive, Dave Lewis, is expected to undertake a root and branch review of the Tesco brand in a bid to re-engage customers.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on White Stuff, McColl's, New Look and Matalan
Retail news round-up on July 22, 2014: White stuff posts ‘strong’ full-year peformance, McColl’s posts half-year profits dip, Two New Look directors depart, Matalan to open its first ever Oxford Street store.
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Dixons hires Sainsbury's director Philip Bell-Brown as property director
Sainsbury’s director of property development Philip Bell-Brown has been poached by Dixons to assist with merging its stores with Carphone Warehouse.
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News
Aldi co-founder Karl Albrecht dies aged 94
Karl Albrecht, the German entrepreneur who co-founded Aldi in the 1960s alongside his brother Theo, died last Wednesday at the age of 94.
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Timeline: The big moments during Philip Clarke's Tesco leadership years
As Philip Clarke’s three years as Tesco chief executive come to an end, Retail Week pinpoints the seminal moments of his tenure.
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Live blog: Reaction to Tesco boss Philip Clarke's departure
Follow the reaction to Tesco boss Philip Clarke’s departure and his replacement Dave Lewis – Unilever’s former personal care president.
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Analysis
In the news: Tesco's new boss Dave Lewis profiled
Dave Lewis has a huge job on his hands - not only is he taking the helm at the UK’s biggest retailer, he is inheriting a business struggling to turn itself around in the face of the most challenging conditions grocers have faced for 40 years.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco's new boss inherits a grocer bereft of identity
Phil Clarke’s departure from Tesco, while perhaps no great surprise, suggests that the retailer is further in the mire than we might have realised.
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Analysis
Philip Clarke's departure from Tesco: What the analysts say
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke is stepping down after a profit warning and will be replaced by Unilever personal care global president Dave Lewis. Retail Week takes a look at what the analysts say.
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News
Tesco chairman on grocer's new chief executive: 'We needed a fresh perspective'
Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent said that the grocer needed a “fresh perspective” to move forward and that incoming chief executive Dave Lewis will build on what Philip Clarke has started.
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Asda Income Tracker shows rise in disposable spend to £171 per week
Disposable income rose last month but there has not yet been a full economic recovery, Asda’s Income Tracker for June showed.