All Grocery articles – Page 422
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News
Scott Weavers-Wright to step back from Morrisons role
Morrisons chief architect for food Scott Weavers-Wright is to step back from his day-to-day role in the business following the grocer’s tie-up with Ocado, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Tesco promotes Blinkbox founder to become group digital boss
Tesco has promoted the founder of its Blinkbox video-on-demand service, Michael Comish, to the new role of group digital officer.
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Opinion
Comment: Bentonville buzzes as Walmart shareholders meet ignites town
If Cheshunt, Leeds, Holborn and Bradford are the strongholds of British grocery, harbouring the headquarters of the UK’s four largest food retailers, then Bentonville, Arkansas is the grocery capital of the world.
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Gallery
In pictures: Tesco unveils “super convenience” trial store in Chelmsford
Tesco has unveiled a trial store format that provides urban dwellers with an outsize convenience offer in place of a standard supermarket.
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News
Infographic: Promotions boost John Lewis sales
John Lewis sales jumped 8.4% in the week to June 1, against tough comparativen, driven by increased promotional activity.
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News
Iceland posts profit rise after strong second half performance
Iceland has notched up a profits rise after staff responded to a rallying cry from bosses when it seemed earnings could slip back.
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News
M&S boss Bolland misses out on potential bonus
Marks & Spencer chief executive Marc Bolland missed out on more than half of his potential annual bonus last year but his reward package still totalled £2.14m.
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Opinion
Nick Bubb’s Verdict: The message from Waitrose's Milton Keynes store
Milton Keynes is famous - or infamous - for all its roundabouts, but it is also the location of Waitrose’s latest thinking on store design.
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News
Aldi outpaces grocery market while Sainsbury's leads the big four
Sainsbury’s was the only grocer among the big four to grow share in the four weeks to May 25, while Aldi recorded the strongest sales growth in the sector.
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News
Profile: Richard Pennycook, permanent chief executive of the Co-operative Group
Richard Pennycook has today (September 4) been named permanent chief executive of the Co-operative group after taking on the role on an interim basis in March. Retail Week profiled him when he joined as finance director in 2013.
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News
Tesco to scale back on DIY, toys and electricals in-store
Tesco is to scale back DIY products, car accessories, small home appliances, and toys in store as the grocer’s non-food categories pulled down performance in its first quarter.
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News
Booths hires former Best Buy exec as retail director
Booths has appointed the former retail director of the failed UK arm of electricals giant Best Buy to the same role at the upmarket northern grocer.
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News
Fortnum & Mason to open first new UK standalone store in 306 years
Fortnum & Mason has revealed plans to open a 2,000 sq ft store at London’s King’s Cross St Pancras station.
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News
Shop prices deflate for the first time in more than three years in May
Annual shop price inflation in May slipped 0.1% from a 0.4% increase in April, the first time it has deflated for more than three and a half years.
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News
Tesco first quarter results: What the analysts say
Tesco UK like-for-likes dropped 1% in its first quarter, as its general merchandise division had “held back sales in the UK”. Retail Week summarises the City’s reaction.
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News
Tesco UK like-for-likes fall as general merchandise hinders performance
Tesco UK like-for-likes excluding VAT and petrol fell 1% in its first quarter as its general merchandise arm pulled down performance.
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News
In focus: May retail sales figures from the BRC
UK retail like-for-like sales rose 1.8% in May, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KMPG Retail Sales Monitor. Retail Week drills down into how each of the individual categories performed.
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News
May like-for-likes up 1.8% helped by strong furniture and flooring sales
May retail like-for-like sales jumped 1.8% year on year boosted by the improved weather and strong sales in furniture and flooring.
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Analysis
In numbers: The retail sector's contribution to the UK's public purse
Retailers have been hit by surging tax bills driven by increasing corporation and property taxes, according to the PwC survey of the Hundred Group of the UK’s largest businesses.
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News
Hotel Chocolat eyes international growth as stake sale talks progress
Upmarket chocolatier Hotel Chocolat is eyeing international expansion as talks progress over a potential stake sale to fund its “next stage of growth”.