All Tesco articles – Page 145
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Analysis
Analysis: Is dynamic pricing about to take off in retail?
Retailers looking for new ways to update prices are rethinking an older technology. Rebecca Thomson reports on the latest initiatives.
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News
Asda slashes budget for Christmas campaign to invest in price
Asda has slashed investment in its Christmas advertising campaign and blasted rivals’ “celebrity filled” ads.
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Opinion
Comment: Christmas comes early as retailers display festive stock
When I worked in stores, Christmas wasn’t the festive two days in December alone. It started in August when the tins of sweets arrived and ended in early January.
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Analysis
Video: Tesco shoppers on its face scanning scheme
Tesco’s scheme to scan customers’ faces at the till to determine their age and sex for advertisers has split opinion.
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Opinion
Comment: Tesco’s face scanners do not go far enough
Tesco’s plan to use face scanners to target advertising at customers certainly comes as a surprise.
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Opinion
Comment: The grocery battle heats up as Lidl and Aldi target more affluent customers
Discount supermarket chain Lidl has launched its first television advertising campaign in the UK in its latest attempt to grab middle class shoppers from the likes of Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why Ebay's Shutl purchase is only part of the fulfilment story
EBay’s purchase of Shutl is the latest in a long list of delivery innovations and launches in retail this year. Rebecca Thomson takes a look at how this crucial battleground is developing.
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Opinion
Comment: Technology can't replace retail basics
What a weird and wonderful retail world we inhabit. Retail Week’s September Technology supplement talked about the blurring of the boundaries between the virtual and physical space.
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Analysis
Analysis: Why technology innovation is becoming as important as product innovation
Technological innovation is radically changing shopping and retailers have realised they can’t be passive observers in this process. Rebecca Thomson finds out what they are doing.
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News
Aldi’s march unstoppable as it steals share from big four
Aldi’s relentless quest to tempt middle-class palates gained added bite this week as new data revealed the extent of custom it has swallowed up from the big four.
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Opinion
Comment: Sainsbury's Mike Coupe on picking a fight with Tesco
We’ve all got rather used to supermarket price wars. But there’s a new fight we’re going to pick.
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News
Asda mulls small stores stores for London grocery market push
Asda is weighing up options to take advantage of the rapidly growing London grocery market which could include a step into convenience stores.
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Argos, Ann Summers and Tesco
Retail news round-up October 30, 2013: Argos advert banned by the ASA; Ann Summers hires Propaganda to widen appeal; Tesco awards Amscreen contract for dynamic screens
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Analysis
Analysis: How are etailers investing and innovating to rip down barriers to online shopping?
The quest to make online shopping as quick and convenient as possible has accelerated this year as retailers excelled themselves with slick fulfilment and innovative partnerships.
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News
Sainsbury's takes ASA ruling over Tesco's Price Promise to judicial review
Sainsbury’s is to take the Advertising Standards Authority’s ruling over Tesco’s Price Promise to judicial review after claiming its own-label products are better quality than the competition.
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Opinion
Comment: A robust supply chain is vital for international expansion
International expansion has become an established route to generating revenue growth for UK retailers, but the logistics of moving products across the globe can often put a strain on efficiency and profits.
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Gallery
In pictures: Tesco and Dobbies open first joint store in Kings Lynn
Tesco has opened its first joint Tesco Extra and Dobbies garden centre store at Kings Lynn’s Hardwick Park.
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Opinion
Comment: Does Leahy still have the clout needed to float B&M Bargains?
Sir Terry Leahy is poised to return to the public market as chairman of rapidly growing value retailer B&M Bargains, but a cloud may hang over the Liverpudlian’s head.
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Opinion
Comment: Is it a good time to open a new store?
There has been a rash of new store openings lately, but is this evidence of a new dawn for retail?
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News
Breakfast briefing: Retail news on Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Asda
Retail news round-up October 28, 2013: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Helena Bonham Carter to star in M&S Christmas ad; Tesco plans click-and-collect in Thailand and Sainsbury’s overtakes Asda.