All Tesco articles – Page 238
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Analysis
Loyal to the last: the right loyalty schemes can pay off
As cash-strapped shoppers chase the best deals and lowest prices some say loyalty has gone out the window. Yet, as Joanna Perry finds, the right loyalty schemes can still be useful to retailers
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News
Fashion Retail Academy awards
Top retailers celebrated a new generation of talent on Tuesday when the Fashion Retail Academy, the shopkeeping school backed by Sir Philip Green, held its awards.
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Opinion
Can Aldi win the taste test?
Hard discounter Aldi has always claimed its quality is as good as the leading brand. Can it really pass the taste test? Or will its ABC1 customers start flocking back to the likes of Waitrose and Marks & Spencer when they have more money in their pockets?
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Analysis
Top 50 retailers: Retail’s premier league
It’s 18 months since Retail Week’s last look at the UK’s top retailers by sales and margins and much has changed in that time. Retail Knowledge Bank senior partner Robert Clark reports
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News
Tesco investors urged to oppose share option changes
Tesco shareholders are being urged to oppose changes to share option schemes at the grocer’s annual general meeting today.
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News
Retailers given chance to feed back on PCIDSS
The PCI Security Standards Council has introduced an online tool to allow retailers to give feedback on the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS).
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Opinion
Asos heads overseas
The subdued share reaction to Asos’s full-year results should be viewed as an opportunity to be seized by investors.
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News
Tesco ‘considers Northern Rock bid’
Tesco is reported to be considering buying nationalised bank Northern Rock ahead of the next General Election.
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News
Tesco refutes global trade union claims
Tesco has refuted claims from an international trade union which criticised the grocer’s employment practices in some of its overseas markets.
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Opinion
The supermarket cyberspace war
Sainsbury’s, Asda and Tesco are all ramping up their grocery websites in an attempt to make them more interactive for customers. Sainsbury’s seems to have the edge, but what will its rivals do to catch up?
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News
Shock Kesa results top poor week for retail sector
Stores underperformed the market despite some impressive recent updates, and Anglo-French electricals group Kesa provided a reminder of how tough conditions remained with shocking results on Wednesday.
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News
Tesco committed to expansion in Thailand
Tesco remains committed to expansion in Thailand despite no clear sign of an economic recovery.The grocer – which trades under the Tesco Lotus banner in Thailand – plans to open five or six hypermarkets and 40 Express outlets in the present financial year.Tesco Lotus chief executive Steve Hammett said ...
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News
Tesco brings touch of Britain to Fresh & Easy
Tesco has introduced some classic British favourites such as Marmite and Heinz baked beans at selected Fresh & Easy stores in the US.
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Analysis
What it’s like to work at…Tesco
The inside opinion from UK operations personnel director Hayley Tatum
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News
Tesco partners with insurer Fortis UK
Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) has struck a deal with Fortis UK for the insurer to provide its motor and household insurance.
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News
Morrisons and Sainsbury’s growth outpaces Aldi, TNS reports
Food shoppers “have started to revert to pre-recession behaviour” and established big grocers are outpacing discount stars such as Aldi, latest TNS Worldpanel grocery data showed.
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Opinion
Do Sainsbury’s expansion plans stack up?
Even though the method chosen by which to do it has prompted some criticism from the City, Sainsbury’s £445m fundraising plans unveiled this week were a big statement of intent by the UK’s third biggest grocer. But do its plans make sense?