All Tesco articles – Page 111
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Analysis
Analysis: Why are retailers so keen to deliver through transport hubs?
Transport hubs are increasingly important for fulfilment strategies at retailers including John Lewis and Asda, as they seek to make the last mile cheaper.
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News
Tesco’s Welsh fiasco as cash point gets lost in translation
Tesco’s unlucky streak continues as a Welsh cash point intended to read “free cash withdrawals” is woefully mistranslated.
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News
Tesco’s Brixton store is pranked with a ‘profit inflator’ pump
Tesco’s Brixton store recently had a phoney Tesco Value pump slipped amongst its merchandise that was labelled a ‘profit inflator’.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Netto, Tesco, John Lewis and Asda
Retail news round-up on November 6, 2014: Netto retruns to UK, Vince Cable raises concerns over Tesco’s treatment of suppliers, John Lewis and Asda unveil new Christmas ad campaigns
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Opinion
Comment: Trading challenges will slow the Christmas rush
As Christmas approaches, unseasonable weather and a looming grocery price war have confounded predictions of a vintage retail year.
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Opinion
Comment: What do M&S’s results mean for CEO Marc Bolland?
A year ago the Marks & Spencer interims on November 5 were a damp squib, but today the shares have taken off like a rocket.
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News
Retail Week Shop conference: 'Supermarkets should work with independents'
Retailers need to overhaul the way they create stores and plan their expansions, according to design critic Jonathan Glancey.
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Opinion
Comment: What to expect from Sainsbury’s strategic review
Hot on the heels of Netto’s touchdown again in the UK Sainsbury’s, a joint venture partner of the Danish discounter, will update next week.
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News
Tesco has lost touch with its core customer, says Sir Terry Leahy
Former Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy has said that the UK’s largest retailer has lost touch with its core customers and loyal shoppers.
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News
Tesco eyes partial sale of banking arm as part of £1bn flotation
Tesco is considering the sale of a stake of its banking arm to raise money as it battles to turnaround the business after an accounting scandal.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, Selfridges and Ikea
Retail news round-up on November 3, 2014: Tesco explores partial float of Tesco Bank; Selfridges profits soar; Ikea to launch biggest price cuts drive; and Blackcircles rules out stock market listing.
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Analysis
Analysis: Best of a bad bunch? Morrisons trumps Tesco according to Moody’s
Tesco and Morrisons are both battling to turn themselves around in the face of an extraordinary structural shift in grocery.
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News
Sainsbury's launches first TV ad in support of Poppy Appeal
Sainsbury’s is launching an animated TV ad supporting The Royal British Legion to mark its 20 years backing the charity.
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Cartoon
Blower’s retail cartoon: Tesco’s little shop of horrors
Retail Week’s cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on Dave Lewis’ nightmare Halloween, with accounting errors and discounter ghouls.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can IBM’s Watson supercomputer improve retail?
IBM’s Watson supercomputer has won a game show and helped diagnose and treat cancer patients. Now it’s being put to work in retail.
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Opinion
Comment: How will the Christmas weather forecast impact retail sales?
As the Christmas shopping season nears, retailers will rely on the weather for a significant portion of their festive trading.
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News
Gem of an idea for as Gerald Ratner is linked to Tesco chairman role
As speculation over who will take over as Tesco chairman reaches fever pitch, one unlikely candidate has emerged.
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News
Government confirms business rates revaluation date
The Government has said that business rates assessments from 2017 onwards will be based on a property’s rental value on April 1, 2015.
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News
Serious Fraud Office to investigate Tesco accounting scandal
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched a criminal probe into accounting irregularities that resulted in Tesco’s overstatement of profits.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco’s Lewis must be allowed time to succeed
Tesco was dumped in the remainder bin by the City after new boss Dave Lewis lifted the lid on results delayed by the grocer’s accounting scandal.