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Harry Potter sells a million
The top three supermarkets have sold more than one million copies between them of the sixth instalment of JK Rowling’s boy wizard series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, attracting shoppers with their cut-price offers.Tesco, which cut...
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Online service still lagging
Asda has a long way to go if it is to challenge Tesco’s dominance of online grocery, according to The Grocer’s latest online shopping survey.The number two retailer is currently investing heavily in its online offer in a bid to double its...
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Tesco sets style for denim
Tesco is relaunching its denim range as part of a major drive to increase its clothing offer by almost 30% this autumn, while Sainsbury is making a play for the back-to-school market with its first own-label kidswear range.Tesco’s new range,...
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Farmers picket co-op factory
Angry milk producers this week blockaded a farmer-owned dairy factory for the first time, closing it down for several hours at a reported cost of £10,000/hour.Previous pickets have targeted only factories owned by the plc dairy...
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Strike threat looms
Morrisons has been branded “pig-headed” as the threat of a national depot workers’ strike looms. All union depot workers in Scotland and England will be balloted for industrial action after formal notification is sent to Morrisons next week.The...
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Star order:Tesco
>>easy ordering; spot-on deliveryOnline retailing is becoming the next great battleground for grocery giants hell-bent on realising untapped growth potential. Our summer shopping survey reveals that attention to detail,...
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Summer shopping: performance of grocery online services
>> HOW THE STORES COMPARED ON KEY ASPECTS OF THEIR ONLINE SERVICEOnline retailing has become an increasingly competitive battleground for the major supermarket chains. Indeed, since our Easter shopping survey, Iceland has...
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Reasons to be confident
Things are starting to look up for Morrisons, says Ronan HegartyThis week came the first signs that things are looking up for the beleaguered Morrisons as it reported like-for-like sales excluding fuel up 2.6% for the six months to...
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Waitrose offers spa treat
Waitrose has teamed up with posh London spa The Sanctuary to launch a special offer on its own-label fresh fruit salad packs.Customers buying the packs will be able to purchase a day of pampering at the women-only spa for £99, a saving of 30%....
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Tesco moves to find where retail price initiative money ended up
Tesco has called in its two liquid milk suppliers – Arla Foods and Robert Wiseman Dairies – to carry out an audit on where the retail price initiative money has ended up, according to reports.Sources in the farming sector claimed the move...
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Sainsbury set to stay sweet on Nectar
Sainsbury is finally getting value for money out of its relationship with the Nectar loyalty card. Improvements to the way it uses data are set to deliver a 10-fold increase in incremental sales generated from the scheme in 2005 compared with just...
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End of M&S teacake row draws near
The European Court of Justice is to put an end to a 10-year row into whether Marks and Spencer should receive a VAT rebate for its chocolate-covered teacakes.In 1995 M&S claimed that between April 1973 and October 1994 it had wrongly...
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Mixed reaction to Morrisons update
Analysts remain divided as to whether Morrisons latest trading update revealed yesterday was good news for the supermarket group.Morrisons said that total like-for-like sales for the continuing business for the half-year to end July 24 had...
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Dangers of multiples’ stranglehold
from Nigel Dowdney, c-store manager, Stalham, NorfolkSir; A report in the Eastern Daily Press detailed the detrimental effect of the building of a Tesco in Stalham. It focuses on the demise of two shops in nearby Hickling because of...
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Mace steps up NI store roll-out
J&J Haslett, which operates the Mace symbol in Northern Ireland, is set to step up the roll-out of its new Mace Express format.It is planning to open 50 Mace Express stores in the province over the next three years. The first store was...
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Budgens backs UK food
Budgens is to sponsor the British Food Fortnight, for the second year running, from September 24 to October 9.Stephanie Rice, Budgens head of marketing, said: “We are really proud to be associated with British Food Fortnight. Local sourcing is...
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Morrisons’ bid to woo south
Shoppers in the south are to be wooed by Morrisons, which is planning a major marketing campaign extolling the virtues of its stores and ranges. Morrisons is expected to launch a full-on media blitz in the south east towards the end of summer –...
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Asda distribution staff set to strike next week
Asda distribution workers have voted to go on a three-day strike next week over pay issues.Two thirds of GMB members at the Washington distribution centre voted to take strike action from Wednesday, July 27, after rejecting Asda’s pay offer....
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Tesco to invest in sports sites
Tesco has vowed to invest significantly in improving local sporting facilities across the country in areas where its new store developments eat into playing fields.Tesco property spokesman Andrew Slight said although it always tried to avoid...