All Tesco articles – Page 248
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Opinion
A forgotten age
In all the clamour to convince shoppers that they are the cheapest grocer, some supermarkets have forgotten one demographic group relatively unscathed by the credit crunch – the silver surfers.
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News
Tesco withdraws site from eco-towns project
Tesco has pulled one of its developments from the Government’s “eco-towns” scheme, which has dealt a blow to the flagship environmental programme.
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News
Tesco supplier in US reported to employment tribunal
One of Tesco’s suppliers in the US has been reported by America’s biggest food workers’ union in the latest spat between the two organisations.
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Opinion
Investment market lives on
There aren't many retailers in the nice position of being able to sell a £605 million property portfolio but still own the bulk of their freeholds.
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News
Tesco local sourcing sales to reach £500m
Tesco is on course to generate more than 500 million from the sale of locally sourced food and drink sales this year, according to The Times .
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AnalysisDo stars still sell?
With marketing budgets feeling the pinch, retailers may be thinking twice about signing celebrities to front their brand. Charlotte Hardie asks when they’re worth it and how they can be put to best use
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News
Tesco goes live with online opticians
Tesco has launched an online optical prescription service to take advantage of the fast-growing eyecare market.
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News
Tesco price ads banned
Tesco has been rapped over the knuckles by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for misleading the public in two of its ads comparing prices with Asda and Morrisons.
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News
Discounters triumph as shoppers trade down
Asda, Morrisons and the discount food retailers are experiencing a mini sales boom, as rising commodity prices, shoppers trading down and supermarket price wars combine to drive sales, according to two sets of figures from market analysts TNS Worldpanel and Nielsen.
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News
Tesco lines up property deals worth £500m
Tesco is seeking to continue its sale-and-leaseback programme with a wave of deals that could be worth 500 million to the retailer.
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Opinion
Retailers are landlords too
Whether it be monthly rents or upward-only rent reviews, there are always tensions between landlords and retailers. What tends to be forgotten is that retailers are often landlords too.
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Opinion
The grocers shouldn’t rely on price alone
Supermarkets Tesco and Asda will be fighting tooth and nail this weekend to make sure customers choose to visit their stores to do the weekly shop.
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News
Tesco caught up in Turkish bribe scandal
Tesco has unwittingly found itself in the centre of a political scandal in Turkey.
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News
Tesco’s Dunnhumby seals deal with Macy's
Tesco’s consumer insight company Dunnhumby has signed a deal with US department store retailer Macy’s.
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News
Sainsbury’s and Tesco face High Court battle
Sainsbury’s has won the right to a judicial review in a battle with Tesco over plans to build a large supermarket in the West Midlands.
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News
Tesco signs India deal
Tesco is to launch a wholesale cash-and-carry business in India and has signed a deal with conglomerate Tata to develop its hypermarket business.
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News
Tesco introduces price-busting milk brand
Tesco has today launched a brand of semi-skimmed milk in stores that costs just 1.06 for a two-litre carton.
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Opinion
Cheap and cheerful?
Back to school used to involve a few sacred things – making sure you had a new pencil case to fit your protractor and compass, having your feet sized in Clarks for your new shoes and going to the specialist school uniform shop to get kitted out.
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News
Music and DVD sales continue to slide
The number of shoppers who buy music and DVD products regularly has fallen for the fourth year in a row, according to Verdict Research.
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News
Tesco completes acquisition of Dobbies
In a stock exchange announcement today, the grocer announced that Tesco Holdings has bought 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Dobbies.
