All Supermarkets articles – Page 178
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Sainsbury's records strong growth as Morrisons loses share, says Kantar
Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Waitrose have continued their strong recent growth at the expense of Morrisons and The Co-operative, according to the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Video: Asda launches Christmas TV advert
Asda is to launch its Christmas TV advertising campaign on Sunday.
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Cora to expand in Romanian cities
Belgian grocer Louis Delhaize’s hypermarket store chain Cora is to expand in Romanian cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, Capital reports.The retailer is to open its ninth hypermarket in the country on November 8 and plans another outlet in Bucharest by the end of the year. It is investing E60m ...
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Video: Waitrose changes tack for this year’s Christmas ads
Waitrose has shunned the expensive Christmas TV adverts typical of the festive period in favour of a stripped back campaign emphasising the season of goodwill.
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Campaign of the week: Tesco, £5-off promotion
Responding to declining profits and shoppers fleeing to supermarket and discount rivals, Tesco handed its £110m advertising account in July to agency Wieden + Kennedy to recharge its campaign strategy.
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Video: Tesco launches Christmas TV ad campaign
Tesco has launched the first of a series of Christmas TV adverts.
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Sainsbury's grabs entertainment share from rivals
Sainsbury’s has taken market share from Tesco, Asda, Game and HMV in entertainment after investing in the category.
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Video: Full Monty director creates The Co-op's Christmas campaign
The Co-operative Food has ditched its ‘Good with Food’ strapline for its Christmas advertising campaign created by the director of The Full Monty.
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Analysis: Leading the way online
Standing still is not an option for retailers with online ambitions, as the pace of digital development offers increasingly lucrative opportunities.
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Morrisons to personalise new wine site
Morrisons is to personalise its new wine website by analysing customers’ palates and offering linked recipes.
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In numbers: Halloween's forecasted boost to retail this year
Halloween is not such a scary time for retailers, with sales continuing to surge year after year. Retail Week looks at what impact the celebration will have on store groups this year.
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Grocer Kroger to test shopper reward app
Grocer Kroger will test an app from software company Earn & Play that rewards shoppers with cash and discounts for playing games during grocery store visits. Customers will be able to open the app when they go shopping and select a particular aisle or product. The app will then ask ...
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Ocado to offer compensation after cancelling orders
Ocado has apologised to customers and promised compensation after it was forced it to cancel thousands of deliveries due to a systems outage.
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Retail sales volumes up 'strongly' in October
Retailers reported a “strong” increase in sales volumes in October, the second consecutive month of growth.
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International analysis: Carrefour agrees sale of stores as it exits Colombia
French retailer Carrefour is to sell its Colombian operations to Chile-based Cencosud for E2bn (£1.63bn), including debt, by the end of the year.
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Sainsbury's makes play for mobile market with new shop-in-shops
Sainsbury’s is to open mobile phone shops in its supermarkets as it makes a play for the lucrative market which, among the grocers, is dominated by archrival Tesco.
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Coles Group abandons My5 grocery discount
Coles Group has abandoned its My5 grocery discounts in order to target more offers to its customers.My5 was introduced in April as part of the relaunch of the FlyBuys loyalty scheme and offered daily discounts of 10% off five grocery items when shoppers spent more than Aus$50 (£32.21). Coles said ...
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Morrisons lags rivals ahead of crunch Christmas
Morrisons has been outstripped by its rivals as competition remains intense among the grocers in the run up to Christmas.
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Tesco kick-starts hunt for new central Europe boss
Tesco is on the lookout for a new chief executive for central Europe after revealing Gordon Fryett is to retire in just over a year.
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Vester sells hypermarkets to Lenta and Magnit
Kaliningrad grocer Vester has sold its hypermarkets in European Russia to Lenta and Magnit, having been unable to find a single buyer.Lenta bought four stores in Yaroslav, Voronezh and Orenburg, while Magnit acquired three stores in Voronezh and Belgorod.Vester, which is owned by its creditor Sberbank Capital, will keep its ...