All Grocery articles – Page 362
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Opinion
Comment: Retailers should embrace the new world of digital sharing
Smart retailers have begun to realise that they need to change their strategy for engaging with customers.
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News
London’s Regent Street to be transformed for Summer Streets festival
The Summer Streets festival starts this Sunday at Regent Street and will celebrate Magnum’s 25th birthday with food, fashion and ice cream.
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News
Tesco’s Philip Clarke welcomes all questions and petty grievances
Tesco’s AGM was a chance for shareholders to grill Philip Clarke on everything from self-services machines to South African fruit.
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News
Infographic: John Lewis sales rise 8.1% as shoppers snap up Sale bargains
John Lewis sales rose 8.1% to £87.27m in the week to June 28 as customers snapped up bargains in its clearance Sale.
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News
Morrisons rolls out updated cafe format to new and existing stores
Morrisons launched a new cafe concept in its Crawley store this week, which will be rolled out to a number of its shops.
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Analysis
Analysis: The top seven examples of mobile technology
As Starbucks emerges as a mobile leader, a new book by Forrester analysts spotlights the best developments in mobile customer experience.
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News
Asda unveils radical restructure: 1,360 redundancies, 5,670 new roles created
Asda has pushed the button on proposals to “radically” restructure its store management teams that are likely to result in 1,360 redundancies.
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Opinion
Comment: M&S’s reshuffle raises questions on succession
Marks & Spencer perhaps flagged the shape of things to come for retail more widely when it rejigged top management responsibilities this week.
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Analysis
In the news: Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent profiled
The Tesco chairman faced harsh words at the grocer’s AGM last week, but he remains committed to a considered, long-term approach.
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News
Thorntons expects to hit profit targets as it agrees refinancing
Chocolatier Thorntons remains confident it will hit its profit targets for the year as it unveils a new refinancing agreement.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Mothercare
Retail news round-up on July 3, 2014:M&S and Sainsbury’s face investor revolt over pay policies in boardroom, Mothercare recalls two sizes of luxury cot mattresses
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News
Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent meets with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma
Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent has flown out to Burma meet with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Sports Direct, Greggs and the IoD
Retail news round-up on July 2, 2014: Sports Direct boss on Adidas, Greggs expects profit and IoD concerned about bonus proposal.
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Analysis
Analysis: How Ramadan has become an important sales period for UK retailers
As wealthy Middle Eastern tourists flock to the UK’s shopping districts, Ramadan has become an important occasion for some British retailers.
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Analysis
Ocado’s first half results: What the analysts say
Find out what the analysts make of Ocado’s move into the black by generating £7.5m pre-tax profit before exceptionals in its first half.
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News
Grocery inflation falls to lowest level in eight years, says Kantar
Grocery inflation fell to its lowest level since October 2006 over the last quarter as Morrisons and Tesco share continued to fall.
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Opinion
Comment: Recovery in sight for general retailers but life’s still tough for grocers
Dixons boss Seb James said last week that he sees “the early glimmers of a consumer recovery”.
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News
Ocado trials lockers as it aims to extend multichannel reach
Online grocer Ocado is trialling its first physical offer through lockers at its head office before it expands the initiative to external locations, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Ocado makes profit in its first half as sales and EBITDA soar
Online grocer Ocado has moved into the black in its first half, generating £7.5m pre-tax profit before exceptionals from a loss last year.
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Analysis
Infographic: The rise of convenience, discounters and online in grocery by 2019
For the first time, sales from convenience, discounters and online will overtake hypermarkets and superstores by April 2019, according to data from IGD.