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AmazonFresh enters London, steps up pressure on UK supermarkets
Amazon has launched a British version of its US AmazonFresh food delivery service in central and east London, raising pressure on Britain’s already under-pressure “Big Four” supermarkets.
Its touted as a long-anticipated move by the world's largest online retailer to...
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Sainsbury’s transactional mobile site goes live
Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its non-grocery, order-and-collect website, and plans to add groceries to the service "soon".The site adds to Sainsbury's existing order-and-collect app aimed at mobile users, which has been available for iPhone, Android and...
Retail
Morrisons in convenience ‘store wars’
CONVENIENCE ‘store wars’ have broken out in Yorkshire as regionally-based supermarket chain Morrisons launches its own small store chain to challenge its rivals.Britain’s major supermarket chains, including Sainsbury, the Co-op and Tesco, are battling for their slice of the...
Retail
Retailers taking risks in quest for growth
Retailers have always been cyclical, hostage to swings in consumer spending. Now, many feel compelled to seek new growth avenues outside their sluggish main markets, taking a step into the unknown.The outlook for most U.S. and western European store...
Retail
Waitrose raises sights on convenience shops
Upmarket British grocer Waitrose is raising its sights on the number of convenience stores it expects to have by the end of this decade following strong results from early openings, its managing director said.Mark Price told the Reuters Consumer...
Retail
Asda on expansion spree
Asda is set to open 168 stores in 2011, adding 1.8m sq ft of retail food space in, the largest single year of growth in its history. The additional space is a combination of planned organic growth and the...
Retail
Morrisons announces senior management appointments
Morrisons has announced four senior management appointments, three to newly created roles and one internal promotion. The move strengthens the strategic and commercial capabilities of the senior team.Belinda Youngs is appointed to the role of own brand director. She...
Retail
TESCO recognised as top retailer on climate change
Tesco has been named as the top retailer in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)’s 2010 UK FTSE 350 report. The report recognises major UK companies for their environmental work including Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons. Tesco is also...
Retail
‘M&S emerges as top global retailer’
According to an analysis by Havas Media, which was presented at the 2010 World Retail Congress in Berlin, Marks & Spencer (UK) has emerged as the top global retailer. Other retailers to find place in the Top 10 list...
Retail
Tesco posts robust sales
The supermarket chain Tesco’s UK sales rose 4.3 per cent like-for-like, with an additional 2.8 per cent coming from new stores and Tesco Personal Finance adding a further 2.2 per cent, bringing total UK growth to 9.3 per cent.
The...
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The Luxottica report card for 2022
A look at how the world’s largest eyewear company fared in terms of revenue growth in key regions across...
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