All Sainsbury's articles – Page 33
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News
Move of the week: Asda’s management reshuffle
One of the benefits of having a long succession plan is that the incoming chief executive can formulate his strategy well in advance of actually taking the job.
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Analysis
Infographic: Christmas ad costs and Pre-tax profits
Words and numbers, November 17, 2017: John Lewis’ Christmas ad cost, Archie Norman on M&S’ new focus, plus Mary Portas’ failed high street campaign, and New Look.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: The battle of the Christmas ads
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on John Lewis and Marks & Spencer battling to win this year’s Christmas advert crown.
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News
Sainsbury’s to 'take on Domino's' with pizza-to-go
Sainsbury’s is trialling a new pizza takeaway ordering service – an initiative that, if successful, could be rolled out across stores nationwide.
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News
Data: Tesco outpaces rivals, grocery sales growth slows
Tesco has surpassed its big four rivals for sales growth for the eighth consecutive month, Nielsen said, as grocery sector sales recorded a “slight slowdown”.
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Interview
Retail Week Live: John Rogers on how to beat Amazon
Sainsbury’s pulled off the biggest retail acquisition of the year in 2016 when it snapped up Argos owner Home Retail Group in a £1.4bn deal.
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Video
Watch: Sainsbury's launches ‘Every Bit of Christmas’ ad
Sainsbury’s has extended its ‘Living Well’ campaign in its festive advertising as the grocer highlights how it can help families celebrate “every bit of Christmas”.
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Video
The Retail Week: M&S, Sainsbury's and retail sales
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories from the week, including M&S and Sainsbury’s interim results and October’s retail sales figures.
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Analysis
Analysis: Closing the gender pay gap in retail
On Equal Pay Day, Retail Week looks into what impact the requirement to report on the gender pay gap will have when it comes into force next year.
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Opinion
Opinion: Sainsbury’s – one step forward, one step back
With headwinds from the second half of its 2016/17 financial year, the first half of 2017/18 was always going to result in a decline in year-on-year profitability from Sainsbury’s.
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News
Sainsbury’s Coupe allays Christmas slowdown fears
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe has played down fears of a shopper spending slowdown this Christmas, but admitted the golden quarter will be “difficult to predict”.
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News
Sainsbury's profits drop as investment hits bottom line
Sainsbury’s has suffered a slump in half-year profitability as investments in price, increasing labour costs and Argos losses hit its bottom line.
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News
Dixons and Sainsbury’s pledge support to Be Inspired
Dixons Carphone and Sainsbury’s have pledged to support Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign, with both businesses signing up as retail partners.
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News
Argos beefs up Fast Track with new fulfilment centres
Argos is taking its Fast Track proposition up a gear with the opening of two new regional fulfilment centres in time for the Christmas peak.
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Opinion
Sainsbury's lights right fuses, but don't expect fireworks
Bonfire night may be just around the corner, but don’t expect too many fireworks from Sainsbury’s when it updates the market this week.
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Opinion
Asda: Shopfloor voices were key to Clarke’s turnaround
A great story is told about when Justin King joined Sainsbury’s as chief executive.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Sainsbury’s formal menswear
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Sainsbury’s launching its first formal menswear range, including £130 Harris Tweed jackets and wool suits costing £160.
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Data
Data: The UK's top 10 retailers by staff efficiency
Increases in staff costs to sales ratio across the retail sector have been accelerating as the national living wage starts to bite.
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News
Sainsbury’s launches formal menswear range
Sainsbury’s has thrown down the gauntlet to the likes of Moss Bros, Reiss and Ted Baker by launching its first formal menswear range.
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Video
The Retail Week: Sainsbury’s job cuts, Asos and Topshop
The Retail Week team discuss the biggest stories from the past week including Sainsbury’s job cuts, Asos’ profits and Topshop’s store ‘reset’ programme.