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All Grocery articles – Page 630
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News
Somerfield posts strong Christmas
Grocery chain Somerfield performed well over the Christmas period, with like-for-likes excluding fuel jumping 3.7 per cent in the 3 weeks to January 3.
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News
Sainsbury's jobs to go in head office restructuring
Sainsbury’s is to restructure its London head office which could lead to up to 300 jobs being cut.
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News
Spar buys 11 former Somerfield stores
Symbol group Spar has bought 11 former Somerfield stores, following the Co-operative Group’s acquisition.
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News
Inflation falls to 3.1 per cent
Inflation fell to 3.1 per cent in December, down from 4.1 per cent in November, the Consumer Prices Index showed.
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News
Retailer critical list grows
Retailers are set to face further distress in 2009 after the number of companies facing bankruptcy soared 81 per cent in the final quarter of 2008, according to a survey.
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News
Tesco to invest £19m slashing clothing prices
Tesco will invest 19m lowering its clothing prices and has begun by slashing prices on over 700 key clothing lines.
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Worst Christmas sales growth in London since 2004
London retailers experienced their worst like-for-like growth this Christmas since 2004. December sales in the capital were 0.7 per cent lower than a year ago on a like-for-like basis.
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Analysis
Supply Chain: Reverse psychology
Returns can be a costly burden, yet retailers’ supply chains are often ill-equipped to deal with them. Charlotte Hardie asks where savings can be made as unwanted gifts fly back to stores.
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Gallery
Store of the week: Oil & Vinegar, Newcastle
To judge from what’s happening in the wider economy, you might think that being a niche retailer is not the finest thing in the world at the moment.
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News
Bargain Booze to expand after sales jump
Drinks and convenience group Bargain Booze is to ramp up its expansion plans after bucking the high street gloom to report strong Christmas trade.
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News
Kwik Save’s Spanish revival
Discount grocer Kwik Save, which went into administration in July 2007, has been resurrected on the Costa del Sol.
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Opinion
Don’t discount Tesco’s success
Tesco has posted its worst Christmas performance since the recession of the early 1990s – evidence that as the downturn bites the UK’s top grocer is losing its touch and has been knocked by rivals.
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News
Retail stocks languish as dismal Christmas fails to lift confidence
Hard-pressed retailers outperformed the All Share index as the first week of trading updates brought few nasty surprises.
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News
Waitrose launches online magazine
Waitrose has this week launched an online interactive magazine in a bid to attract new customers.
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Opinion
A new era for grocery chiefs
As Co-op's merger with Somerfield draws near, chief executive Peter Marks should look at how his competitors' businesses are run to emerge as a grocery favourite.
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News
Co-op gets green light for Somerfield deal
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said it will not refer Co-operative Group’s acquisition of Somerfield to the Competition Commission.
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Asda merchandising team to up efficiency
Asda has revealed it is to create a merchandising department to drive efficiencies in its non-food business.
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News
Grocers fear shoppers’ job worries
Grocers Sainsbury’s and Tesco have warned that the fear of job losses will be one of the biggest challenges facing UK retailers this year.
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Opinion
Pre-pack abuse needs to end
Retailers face many injustices, some real, others perceived. But they don’t come much bigger than this. One of your biggest rivals – which has been in administration and then bought out – has a store on a major high street. And you’re paying their rent.
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News
Aldi breaks into flower delivery market
Discount supermarket chain Aldi has this week launched a flower delivery website as it seeks to widen its offer in 2009.