All Grocery articles – Page 472

  • News

    Multichannel to be centre of strategic plan for Leclerc

    2012-06-13T09:53:00Z

    Hypermarket business Leclerc said multichannel would be at the centre of its strategic plan, ‘Leclerc 2015’.Stores will feature a specialist offer and organise products into departments to support its drive-in stores or pick-up locations. By 2015, Leclerc will develop new product offers: it forecast that non-food, in its present form, ...

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    Grocer ITM reports like-for-like revenue growth

    2012-06-13T09:48:00Z

    Grocery retailer ITM (Intermarché) has, after several years of struggling sales, reported like-for-like revenue growth of 3.1% to e19.2bn (£16.3bn) excluding fuel for the 2011 financial year. Like-for-like sales in the first four months of 2012 rose 7.9%.ITM’s hypermarkets outperformed its supermarkets in 2011, delivering a 3.9% uplift in sales, ...

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    Grocer Migros to roll out self-scanners

    2012-06-13T09:46:00Z

    Grocer Migros is to roll out self-scanning with mobile devices across the country next year. The retailer has been testing mobile scanning with technology from Motorola since 2011, as well as stationary self-checkouts.While mobile self-scanning has been tested at two stores, stationary self-checkouts have been installed at three; both options ...

  • The Co-operative’s electrical sales have rocketed after the mutual lowered prices and revamped a third of its departments
    News

    The Co-operative electrical sales rise sparked by revamp

    2012-06-13T08:59:00Z

    The Co-operative’s electrical sales have rocketed after the mutual lowered prices and revamped a third of its departments.

  • Sainsbury’s recorded a 1.4% uplift in like-for-like sales for the first quarter as Jubilee spending drove sales
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    Sainsbury's sales driven by Jubilee spending

    2012-06-13T08:39:00Z

    Sainsbury’s recorded a 1.4% uplift in like-for-like sales for the first quarter as Jubilee spending drove sales.

  • Morrisons trials Sainsbury's-style voucher scheme
    News

    Morrisons trials Sainsbury's-style voucher scheme

    2012-06-12T14:45:00Z

    Morrisons is trialling a coupon at till offer to rival Sainsbury’s Brand Match scheme.

  • Nespresso's Trafford store
    News

    Nespresso reveals UK expansion plans

    2012-06-12T12:02:00Z

    Premium coffee brand Nespresso is bolstering its business through store growth as it prepares to open two central London sites this summer which it said will put it “on the map”.

  • Nick Bubb has been a leading retailing analyst for over 30 years.
    Opinion

    Comment: Can Tesco be micro-managed?

    2012-06-11T12:10:00Z

    Although “retail is detail”, as the great John Sainsbury famously said in the 1970s, Phil Clarke’s tendency towards micro-management at Tesco is worrying.

  • Tesco reported a 1.5% fall in UK like-for-like sales today
    Analysis

    Tesco: What the analysts say

    2012-06-11T09:47:00Z

    Tesco reported a 1.5% fall in UK like-for-like sales today, in line with market expectation. The City’s reaction was mixed.

  • Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke
    Interview

    Q&A: Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke

    2012-06-11T09:10:00Z

    Tesco recorded a “robust” first quarter as UK like-for-like sales declined for the fourth consecutive quarter and it battled struggling economies across the globe. Chief executive Philip Clarke was grilled by the press over the performance this morning.

  • Tesco described its first quarter performance as “robust” after reporting a 1.5% decline in UK like-for-like sales
    News

    Tesco records first quarter UK sales fall

    2012-06-11T08:15:00Z

    Tesco described its first quarter performance as “robust” after reporting a 1.5% decline in UK like-for-like sales.

  • Whole Foods Market, Glasshouse Street
    Gallery

    Store of the week: Whole Foods Market, Glasshouse Street

    2012-06-11T07:00:00Z

    For years, people have scratched their heads about the Whole Foods Market on Kensington High Street.

  • Shoppers in rain
    News

    Jubilee footfall dampened by wet weather

    2012-06-08T14:59:00Z

    Footfall fell 1.56% in total across the Jubilee bank holiday against the Whitsun bank holiday last year, as the wet weather on Sunday kept shoppers away from the high street.

  • News

    Carrefour to take control of discount supermarket chain Eki

    2012-06-08T07:00:00Z

    Carrefour has got the green light from the Argentine competition authority for the acquisition of discount supermarket chain Eki. Carrefour will take control of the struggling Argentine retailer, which operates 120 stores across the country, while retaining its 2,300 employees. The transfer contract is expected to be signed before July ...

  • Bolland took a bonus cut in the last financial year
    News

    Bolland and King take bonus cut

    2012-06-07T11:27:00Z

    Retail supremos Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland and Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King both took bonus cuts in the last financial year as executive pay in the sector comes under scrutiny.

  • Shoppers
    News

    Warm weather pushes retail like-for-likes up 1.3% in May

    2012-06-07T08:44:00Z

    UK retail like-for-likes in May were up 1.3% as warm weather drove sales, according to British Retail Consortium (BRC) KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.

  • Tesco’s F&F pop-up in Covent Garden
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    Grocers vie for market share in the Southeast

    2012-06-07T07:00:00Z

    Tesco aims to “unlock London” as grocery spend in the Southeast becomes vital in the war for market share.

  • Retailers get Jubilee boost as Brits get into party spirit
    News

    Jubilee boost for retail as Brits get into party spirit

    2012-06-06T17:33:00Z

    The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee provided retailers with a much-needed footfall boost as shoppers got into the party spirit.

  • Footfall rose during the Jubilee weekend
    News

    Diamond Jubilee contributes to weekly footfall surge of 8.6%

    2012-06-06T14:52:00Z

    Footfall surged 8.6% week-on-week in the seven days including the weekend of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, according to footfall data from Experian.

  • News

    Seven & launches recreational store format in Indonesia

    2012-06-06T14:17:00Z

    Japanese grocer Seven & I has launched a recreational store format in the country. The shop blends a small supermarket with inexpensive ready-made food and seating. It is aimed at young people, with 24-hour opening, live bands and free Wi-Fi. The format is in line with the its efforts to ...