Waitrose

Paving the Way for Growth and Modernisation Facilitating Thought Leadership Applauding Achievers, Innovators & Go-Getters The seventh edition of Food and Grocery Forum India (FGFI) 2014 was all about ideas, innovations, growth strategies being adopted in Modern Trade, and discovering new opportunities...

Waitrose moves into fashion for the first time and it reveals a new format store that combines food, home and fashion. The flagship store is due to open in London’s Canary Wharf in September. The grocer could not confirm...

The UK department store John Lewis has scrapped plans to expand in the Middle East and has quit talks with Dubai's Al-Futtaim Group to manage its brand in the region.The reversal comes amid a high-street crisis in the UK,...

In the past three months, Morrisons was the only big four supermarket to grow ahead of the market. The discounters again performed strongly.Sales at Aldi were up by 20 per cent and at Lidl by almost 16 per cent...

Waitrose is to accelerate its move into the convenience sector, starting with the opening of 20 'Little Waitrose' stores within the M25 by the end of 2012.The sub-brand, designed to help shoppers differentiate between its convenience format and its...

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...

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...