All Grocery articles – Page 391
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News
Asda to use further store space for community projects
Asda has urged retailers to use links with the community as a competitive advantage and give over store staff and space to local groups.
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News
Aldi wins discount Christmas as Morrisons sales decline
Aldi and Lidl achieved meteoric sales growth over Christmas at the expense of Morrisons, the only one of the big four grocers to experience slowing sales.
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News
Inflation slows to 2% in December pulled down by food and toy prices
Inflation eased to 2% in December slipping from 2.1% in November as food and toys kept inflation low.
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Convenience store giant McColl's posts strong Christmas sales
Convenience store and newsagents group McColl’s has reported a rise in festive sales as it eyes a float.
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News
Lidl stops selling sweets at checkouts
Lidl is removing sweets and chocolates from tills across its 600-store estate in favour of its ‘Healthy Checkouts’.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Morrisons, Asos, Walmart, HMV and Target
Retail news round-up on January 13, 2014: Morrisons considering sale of upto 10% of properties; Asos expects 35% sales growth over Christmas; Wal-Mart International’s CFO Cathy Smith to depart; World’s largest music shop shuts down as HMV moves out of 150 Oxford Street
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Fortnum & Mason toasts strong Christmas as full year profits surge
Premium food department store Fortnum & Mason has toasted a strong Christmas and posted soaring full-year profits.
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Opinion
Comment: Morrisons’ proposed property sale poses long-term risks
Morrisons’ property review has hit the headlines but is this short-term radical action really sensible in the long run?
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News
Morrisons mulls selling 10% of its estate as shareholders raise concerns
Morrisons is mulling a sale of up to a 10% of its property estate to raise money after a disappointing Christmas performance but shareholders have called the move “incredibly dangerous”.
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Analysis
Analysis: Marks &Spencer technology boss Darrell Stein on the retailer's evolution
Marks & Spencer is taking greater control of its IT systems and development to become more agile.
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Analysis
Analysis: Morrisons online grocery service mystery-shopped by Retail Week
Morrisons today launched its much vaunted online grocery delivery service with the first orders distributed in the Midlands. Retail Week tested out the service.
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Opinion
Comment: Justin King needs to take the discounters seriously
Sainsbury’s boss Justin King said the retailer’s quality outstrips that of the discounters this week, but he is not taking them seriously enough.
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News
Scottish large retailer business rates levy to end next year
A business rates levy on large retailers in Scotland is to end in 2015 after raising a forecast £95m.
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News
Infographic: John Lewis’ Clearance Sale drives revenue boost
John Lewis recorded a 23.6% increase in sales to £113.4m last week as its Clearance Sale enticed shoppers.
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Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Christmas retail sales, JD Sports, Uniqlo and Grafton Group
Retail news round-up on January 10, 2014: Retail sales fail to sparkle over Christmas, JD Sports reports positive Christmas sales, Uniqlo bolsters management and Grafton Group sales rise
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News
Cold Christmas for retail as sales growth stalls
Retailers’ hopes for a winning Christmas have been dashed after food suffered its worst performance for five years and non-food was saved by online.
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Analysis
Campaign of the Week: Sainsbury's provides timely inspiration for shoppers on a budget
Sainsbury’s is aiming to appeal to cash-strapped consumers with a new campaign that provides ideas on how to make the grocery shop go further in the frugal month of January.
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News
Iceland international boss Paul Foley resigns
Iceland international business director Paul Foley has resigned his two directorships at the frozen food retailer a year after taking them on.
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Analysis
Analysis: Where did Morrisons go wrong at Christmas?
Morrisons today surprised the City with an early trading update which warned on profits and reported plunging Christmas sales. Retail Week examines what caused the slump.