All Whole Foods Market articles – Page 4
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NewsRetail Diary: Intu’s new Menace and bakers help retail dough rise
Dennis the Menace is running riot at Intu centres, the Great British Bake Off sparks a sales rise and Whole Foods get embroiled in Asparagusgate.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Ocado, Sports Direct and Whole Foods
Retail news round-up on May 8, 2015: Ocado may use robots to pick and pack groceries, Sports Direct HQ raided by police and Whole Foods
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AnalysisAnalysis: How food offers are transforming retail destinations
Retail destinations are being transformed by new food and beverage outlets. Retail Week asks whether food really can serve up more retail sales.
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NewsWhole Foods' UK business posts losses of £14.2m despite sales rise
Whole Foods’ UK business posted widening losses of £14.2m last year, despite a surge in sales.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on Whole Foods, Sainsbury's, footfall and shop prices
Retail news round-up on July 9, 2014: Whole Foods losses increase; Sainsbury’s chief steps down; shop prices and footfall drop.
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AnalysisWhole Foods Market undergoes store design revamp
Richmond is the latest chapter in the developing story of US food retailer Whole Foods Market’s UK odyssey. John Ryan takes a look.
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GalleryStore gallery: Retailers carve out Halloween windows to win spooky sales
Halloween is this week and retailers have been rolling out pumpkins and witches’ hats to conjure up business.
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OpinionComment: Watch and learn from the best retailers
We’re exposed to a mountain of visual stimuli every day. The power of observation is a great gift and I love walking
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OpinionComment: Traditional markets still have the visual merchandising edge
Grocers are working hard to make fresh produce look appealing, but there are still many lessons they could learn from creative market traders.
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AnalysisRetail Week's 25th anniversary: The stores that transformed the retail landscape
The past 25 years brought constant innovation of stores. John Ryan looks at some of the most groundbreaking formats during the period.
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Whole Foods Market to build commercial-scale greenhouse
Whole Foods Market is to build a commercial-scale greenhouse on top of one of its stores.The retailer will build a 20,000 sq ft rooftop greenhouse above its new store in the Gowanus neighbourhood in Brooklyn, New York. The project will be in partnership with urban greenhouse specialist Gotham Greens.Produce grown ...
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Sales increase at organic grocer Whole Foods Market
Sales at organic grocer Whole Foods Market in the first quarter were up 14% to $3.9bn (£2.5bn), and like-for-like sales rose 7.2%.EBITDA rose 19% to $337m (£217.8m) and net income advanced 24% to $146m (£94.4m).Co-chief executive officer Walter Robb said that a record 10 stores opened during the quarter, and ...
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GalleryStore gallery: Whole Foods Market branches out to Cheltenham retail park
The majority of Whole Foods Market stores in this country are, with the exception of the leviathan flagship on Kensington High Street, modestly sized and in affluent metropolitan locations.
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Whole Foods Market chief executive John Mackey faces backlash from customers
Whole Foods Market chief executive John Mackey faced a backlash from customers after he likened President Obama’s health care reforms to fascism.The comment was made during an interview to promote his new book when Mackey was asked about a 2009 article in the Wall Street Journal in which he had ...
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Whole Foods Market launches travel company
Organic grocery retailer Whole Foods Market has launched a travel company aimed at active food lovers who want to experience “what travel should taste like”.The venture, called Whole Journeys, offers 11 itineraries in Europe, China and the US and will run trips from April next year.Tours, which last from five ...
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AnalysisAnalysis: What ails the health food market?
It was a double blow for the health food industry this week when confectionary retailer Julian Graves fell into administration and the UK arm of Whole Foods reported widening losses.
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OpinionComment: UK health food market fails to capture consumer interest
The UK arm of the US health food retailer Whole Foods Market’s has reported that its losses have widened in the UK.
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NewsWhole Foods UK losses widen
Whole Foods Market’s losses widened in the UK in its year to September 25, 2011.
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OpinionComment: Why retailers should give things away
Logic would say that freebies are the shortest route to falling margins, but shoppers look kindly on those who offer them.
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GalleryStore of the week: Whole Foods Market, Glasshouse Street
For years, people have scratched their heads about the Whole Foods Market on Kensington High Street.