All Tesco articles – Page 230

  • Analysis

    An Easter battle come rain or shine

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Recent unpredictable weather has only heightened pressures on the DIY sector and an Easter washout could spell disaster. Nicola Harrison looks at retailers’ fightbacks and asks if the looming price war will help

  • Analysis

    Retailers prepare to tap World Cup fever

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Retailers were said to have coined in £1.25bn from the 2006 World Cup but will recession-hit shoppers have football fever this time?

  • Easter
    News

    Food price war erupts as retailers target family-focused Easter spend

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Waitrose’s Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal-inspired recipe campaign has sparked an early Easter price war among the grocers as the supermarket chains attempt to capitalise on family meal sales over the long weekend.Waitrose confirmed that it sold as much rhubarb in one weekend as it would expect to sell in ...

  • Homebase
    News

    Homebase: ‘Less well off still think green’

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Homebase is to develop and market energy efficiency services such as installation of cavity wall insulation after discovering that consumer appetite for green products is greater than originally thought.

  • New Look
    News

    New Look vows to become top multichannel fashion retailer

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    New Look has thrown down the gauntlet to Asos and Next and said it wants to topple its rivals to become the number one multichannel fashion retailer within three years.

  • Michael Poynor
    Opinion

    Retail’s best are coming from FMCG marketing

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Many retail executives with initial FMCG careers can establish their credentials as brand marketers turned super-marketers.

  • Halfords
    Analysis

    Branching out into services

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Banking, energy and car servicing are just some of the services retailers are extending their brands into - but it’s not without risks, says Liz Morrell

  • News

    Trius appointed Carrefour Europe executive director

    2010-03-23T16:00:00Z

    Vicente Trius has been appointed Carrefour executive director for Europe.Taking responsibility for Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland, Greece, Cyprus and Romania, the 52-year-old Spaniard will start work on May 3.Trius has previously spent 15 years working at Walmart, where he was vice-president of international operations for Latin America.James McCann, the former ...

  • Tim Danaher
    Opinion

    Why Superdry boss will need 2020 vision

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    An unscientific survey admittedly, but an analysis of the branded hoodies on a flight back from the French Alps last week revealed that even Abercrombie & Fitch was being left in the wake of Superdry.

  • F&F
    News

    Tesco plots homewares line to propel F&F as global brand

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    New non-food chief Richard Jones will spearhead project to add homewares range to F&F label

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    Analysis

    Capital Shopping Centres opens Eldon Square extension

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Capital Shopping Centres may not be a high profile developer but it owns more of the UK’s top 30 centres than any other landlord.

  • Richard Jones
    Analysis

    Richard Jones: Can he make Tesco the clothing leader?

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Having put non-food on the map at Sainsbury’s, Terry Green’s successor Richard Jones is to head clothing and home at Tesco. Can he make it clothing market leader?

  • Analysis

    Work Experience

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Work experience placements offer retailers a way of drawing in new talent and promote careers in the industry

  • Opinion

    Off your Marks

    2010-03-16T17:25:00Z

    Back from the slopes now, fortunately in one piece, and it seems like there’s been a lot going on. Terry Green’s departure from Tesco was always inevitable, but he held on there for longer than I and many others expected. He’s rubbed plenty of people up the wrong way down the years, but I rather like him - retail needs its larger than life characters and he’s certainly one of them.

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    Analysis

    Retailers must make their own luck in 2010

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    There won’t be a double-dip recession, Retail Week Conference delegates heard, but this year will be bumpy.

  • Andy Clarke
    News

    Grocers pledge jobs and training to address youth unemployment

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Grocers Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda have vowed to create more jobs, invest in more training and called on the Government to improve education.

  • News

    Tesco muscles in on the growing bicycle market

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has quietly opened “bike shops” in eight of its stores, muscling in on specialists such as Halfords and Evans.

  • News

    Encouraging BRC data helps lift retail shares

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    A rally late last week and evidence from the BRC February sales data that non-food sales recovered after January’s snow hit helped general retailers rise above the All-Share index.

  • Jennifer Creevy
    Opinion

    Tesco’s dotcom model

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Tesco is widely thought to be the only grocer to make a profit from its dotcom operation. And judging by the reaction from the City after analysts visited its dotcom-only store in Aylesford, Kent, on Friday, the grocer looks poised to widen the gap on its competitors.

  • News

    Tesco MasterCard to hit retailers with higher interchange fees

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Retailers face higher interchange fees after retail giant Tesco’s bank switched its Finest Platinum MasterCard to World MasterCard.