All Tesco articles – Page 114
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Analysis
Analysis: Is there an international brain drain of UK retail talent?
Many UK retailers have moved abroad in the recent years. Why is UK talent so coveted and what are the pros and cons of an overseas move?
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Opinion
Comment: Morrisons' price match will make waves but it's no silver bullet
As with its online and convenience offer, the Bradford based grocer has launched into price matching and a points based loyalty programme much later than its main rivals
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News
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said investing in Tesco was a 'mistake'
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has said that investing in Tesco was a “huge mistake” after shares slup 45%.
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News
Morrisons to price match Aldi and Lidl in industry first
Morrisons has stepped up its fightback against the discounters with a “game-changing” price-matching scheme that compares prices with Aldi and Lidl.
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Opinion
Comment: How retail’s newcomers can challenge their larger rivals
As retailers Aldi and Hotel Chocolat have shown, smaller retailers can create challenges for large businesses by focusing on customer needs.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Decathlon, Ocado and Sainsbury's
Retail news round-up on October 2, 2014: Decathlon to trial smaller store format; Ocado boss Steiner predicts online will acount for 40% of grocery sales in ten years; and supermarket shares hit 11-year low.
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News
Tesco’s pirate themed party officially walks the plank
Tesco’s cancelled pirate-themed staff party has coincided with a controversy around the retailer overstating its profits by £250m.
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Opinion
Comment: Is Sainsbury’s succession a hospital pass or fantastic opportunity?
Although it looks as if Justin King left Mike Coupe in the lurch, hasn’t Sainsbury got a great opportunity to exploit the turmoil at Tesco?
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Opinion
Comment: Royal Ahold's history proves there is light at end of tunnel for Tesco
Tesco’s woes appear unprecedented but there are lessons we can draw from the crisis that engulfed Dutch-based Royal Ahold ten years ago.
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Analysis
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe and chief financial officer John Rogers on…
Sainsbury’s boss Mike Coupe and finance director John Rogers discuss the issues facing the grocery sector today after revealing a 2.8% fall in Q2 like-for-likes.
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News
Tesco execs ordered to hit shop floor by Dave Lewis to boost morale
Tesco boss Dave Lewis is ordering head office staff to spend one day a fortnight working at stores as part of a morale-boosting exercise.
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News
Tesco puts video-streaming business Blinkbox up for sale
Tesco’s new chief executive Dave Lewis has put its loss-making video-streaming business Blinkbox up for sale.
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News
Sainsbury's reports Q2 like-for-likes down 2.8% and warns on second half
Sainsbury’s has reported like-for-like sales excluding petrol down 2.8% for its second quarter, as boss Mike Coupe warns the second half is likely to be as tough.
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News
Financial Conduct Authority investigates Tesco's profit overstatement
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has kicked off a full investigation into Tesco’s profit overstatement of £250m.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on eBay, Forever 21 and Tesco
Retail news round-up on October 1, 2014: eBay and PayPal to split next year; Forever 21 UK narrows full-year losses; Supermarket suppliers watchdog weighs into Tesco crisis.
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Analysis
Analysis: Tesco tunes into multichannel transformation
As Tesco’s Building Tomorrow’s Tesco project takes off, Vishal Bansal is the engineer transforming the retailer’s multichannel operations.
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Analysis
Analysis: Building operating models for a multichannel future
Some of the UK’s biggest retailers are radically changing the way they run their businesses to ensure they are ready for a multichannel future.
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News
Tesco lines up £2.5bn war chest to protect it from ratings downgrades
Tesco has secured a £2.5bn revolving credit facility to protect it against the impact of possible ratings downgrades, following last week’s profits crisis.
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Analysis
Analysis: Seven ways to change company culture following Tesco crisis
Following Tesco boss Dave Lewis’s email to staff calling for a “change in our culture”, Retail Week speaks to experts about what the grocer needs to do.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on consumer confidence, Tesco and Apple
Retail news round-up on September 30, 2014: Consumer confidence falls in September, Tesco signed £2.5bn credit facility and Apple could be fined for potentially illegal tax deals in Ireland