All Sainsbury's articles – Page 158
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Opinion
King might have to look overseas
Sainsbury’s will provide an update on its third quarter trading on January 10, but some in the sector are looking way beyond next week to gauge the power of its recovery.
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Retailers’ woes deepen as new year gloom tarnishes prospects
Analysts took their red pencils to the sector, as uncertainty about next year’s outlook continued to undermine sentiment.
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Supermarkets increase e-tail share
Supermarkets have increased their share of online retail by 50 per cent in the past two years.
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Fears for new year take shine off upbeat week for general retailers
General retailers were the week’s beneficiaries as they outperformed their food peers and the FTSE. Lower interest rates were welcomed, but analysts remained downbeat about prospects.
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OpinionReasons to be cheerful
Profit warnings are coming in thick and fast, consumer confidence is falling and most store groups are only increasing sales by hefty discounting.
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OFT fines Sainsbury's and Asda for milk price fixing
Two of the big four grocers and certain dairy processors have agreed to pay combined fines of more than 116 million after they admitted involvement in fixing milk and cheese prices.
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AnalysisChristmas ads: Let battle commence
Compelling Christmas ads can make or break a retailer’s festive season. Katie Kilgallen and Saatchi & Saatchi’s Bobby Hui settle in front of the TV to analyse this year’s efforts
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Analysis
Old store new tricks
Sainsbury’s new London Colney store has ditched the standard edge-of-town format. John Ryan says it has combined style with a shopfit that can be deployed elsewhere
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Sainsbury's to ban unsustainable palm oil
In an effort to preserve rain forests, Sainsbury’s has announced that it will phase out the use of palm oil from unsustainable sources in its own-brand products.
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Analysis
Social networking: Retailers’ community challenge
The popularity of social networking is soaring and retailers want a slice of the action. Katie Kilgallen assesses the benefits
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News
Delta Two enters talks with Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s pension trustees have entered into formal talks with Delta Two, the Qatari-backed investment vehicle
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NewsSainsbury’s store managers stand to clean up in Delta Two deal
Sainsbury’s fears an exodus of store managers if it is taken private by the Qatari-backed investment fund Delta Two.
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Cine-UK set for Didcot
Cine-UK, the country’s fastest expanding cinema operator, has signed up to open a 5-screen multiplex as part of the £45 million Orchard Centre development at Didcot town centre, Oxfordshire.
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Shoppers hunt for Nectar
Nectar users can now locate participating retailers’ stores on the scheme’s Web site.
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Sainsbury’s counts the cost of IT strategy in poor sales report
Sainsbury’s fourth-quarter trading statement gives an inkling of how its business transformation programme has taken hold so far.
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Junction takes Herculian stake in Glasgow park
The Junction limited partnership, the specialist out-of-town fund run by Capital Regional, has paid its rival Hercules Property Unit Trust£53 million for the Great Western Retail Park at Drumchapel, Glasgow. The Great Western Retail Park is situated seven miles northwest of Glasgow city centre. It provides 178,500 sq ...
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Sainsbury’s chief fleshes out 10-year Accenture IT agenda
In an exclusive interview with Retail Week, Sainsbury’s chief information officer Maggie Miller explained the reasons behind the three-year extension of the retailer’s outsourcing deal with Accenture to 10 years.
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SAS takes Marketmax
German software giant SAS has bought retail supply chain specialist Marketmax.