All Tesco articles – Page 219
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News
Tesco denies claims it let town centre decline to secure regeneration plans
Tesco has hit back at claims that it allowed a town centre to become derelict to give it a stronger case for securing approval for a development of its own.
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Analysis
How the plus-size market is becoming a big deal
With mainstream retailers targeting plus-size and specialists ramping up their offers, how is this expanding market best exploited, asks Joanne Ellul
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Analysis
Carrier bag usage
UK retailers are succeeding on their own initiative in reducing carrier bag usage, so why is compulsory legislation needed to ban them?
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Analysis
Back to school for retail’s rising stars
The Oxford Summer School may be steeped in tradition but it is moving with the retail times
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Opinion
Time for Argos to help itself
What has almost 1,000 pages and sells everything from air beds to yoga mats? It’s not Argos’s latest big book, but Tesco’s.
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Opinion
Tesco brings drive-though shopping across the Pond
Tesco’s drive-through shopping service comes as no surprise - Tesco is a great innovator (or very good at borrowing ideas from elsewhere) and we as a nation are following our chums across the Atlantic in expressing a liking for doing things in our cars.
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Ocado shares up by 5% ahead of update
General store stocks improved compared with their recent weak showing but the sector remains well down over the year in comparison with food groups and the All-Share index.
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Tesco joins auction for Carrefour’s Asian shops
Food and hypermarkets giant Tesco is among the 10 bidders for French counterpart Carrefour’s south-east Asian assets.
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Tesco faces further planning accusations
Tesco is facing further accusations that it is using its financial clout to win approval for new stores.
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Opinion
Dereliction of duty?
The controversy which follows it everywhere means Tesco needs to be whiter than white with its property affairs
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Tesco rolls out schoolwear embroidery service
Tesco is this week rolling out its schoolwear embroidery service nationwide following a trial earlier this year.
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Tesco bought town centre and allowed it to become derelict, newspaper alleges
Tesco bought a town centre through a front company and allowed it to become derelict as it tried to secure a regeneration deal, a report in today’s Times claims.
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Tesco ramps up promotional music campaign
Tesco is to ramp up the promotional campaign behind its exclusive Faithless album with a £100,000 push to put CDs into 420 of its petrol stations for the first time.
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M&S makes tracks for rail distribution first
Marks & Spencer is to open its first distribution centre with a rail terminal as it proceeds with its 2020 business improvement strategy and Plan A sustainability programme.
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Analysis
Back to school
With competition in back to school heating up on both price and quality, and the total value of the market falling, which of the key players will go to the top of the class?
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Appetite for grocers up despite FTSE 100 woes
As the FTSE 100 took a hit on renewed fears of a double-dip recession, investor appetite for food retailers was keener than for general merchandise groups.
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Tesco to open drive-through supermarket
Tesco will this week launch the UK’s first drive-through supermarket in Baldock in Hertfordshire.
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Analysis
Social media helps retail opportunities to pop up
Kellogg’s is the latest brand to make the transition into retail with the launch of its Pop-Tarts World in New York last week. The opening of a 3,000 sq ft store selling customised toaster pastries is certainly a novelty, even by Manhattan standards.
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Morrisons and Sainsbury’s defy poor week for shares
General retail shares suffered another bad week when they once again underperformed the All Share index.
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Grocers face end to restrictive property deals
Grocers will face a clampdown on restrictive covenants under the Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order 2010, which came into force last week.