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Asda: SMART ideas
Asda aims to have all its stores running Wal-Mart's SMART system by the end of October, after using it successfully in 20 shops. At the heart of the system are Telxon radio frequency hand-held scanners and tiny shelf edge label printers which...
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Multiples: Booker deal delivers for online Iceland
The tie up with Booker has been the "answer to Iceland's e-commerce prayers", said home shopping director Jon Grey this week. As Iceland uses Booker's depots and extended grocery range to "ramp up" its own online offer, Grey said: "Booker has...
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Marks & Spencer: European exit plans denied
Marks & Spencer has emphasised that a "wide ranging review of its business operations at home and abroad" should not be seen as "a precursor to moving out of [continental] Europe". The revival of persistent rumours that the struggling retailer is...
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Multiples: Jeff and George line up for fashion spat
Sainsbury chief executive Sir Peter Davis said the new clothing range developed for the retailer by Jeff Banks would take "supermarket fashion to a new level, rivalling the current High Street retailers". Speaking at the launch of the new Jeff &...
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We are not amused at white van man
Those trusty white Tesco Direct vans are no longer good enough for some of its posher clients the ones who spend weekends in the country around Sandringham. Trials began at its Norwich store this week using a far more discreet Range Rover bearing...
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Station convenience stores: Connex turns to French for new
Connex has spurned Spar and Costcutter as it launches a new convenience chain at its stations in the south east of England. The French rail operator plans to develop 40 sites in the next three years after successful trials in Leatherhead with Spar...
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Bluebird's flying high
Coniston Bluebird is Sainsbury's beer of the month for April. It is brewed and bottled by Brakspear. This will be followed by Marston's Double Drop in May and Old Fart from Turnover Developments in June. The multiple's two seasonal lines for April...
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New World wines take a tilt at edlp
Rising costs for New World wine producers have prompted some of them to push through price increases. Some multiples have accepted the increases but they have not gone down well with those with edlp policies. Asda is currently in discussion with...
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Multiples: Asda to give more space to its non food offering
Asda plans to push its non food offer harder by devoting extra floor space. Twelve superstores will get an extra 5,000 sq ft of non-food space this year by reducing the food hall by 15%. Lines will not be cut back, but footage will be used more...
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Safeway: Fresh to Go adds flourish
Safeway is to roll out its flamboyant Fresh to Go hot food offer as 50 of its larger stores nationwide are revamped. It is also putting a freshly cooked food area into its smaller stores as they are refitted and redesigned. Staff nationwide are...
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Magazines: NatMag shops at Tesco to launch in store campaign
The National Magazine Company has joined with Tesco to offer customers a discount on its leading home titles Your Home and House Beautiful. The offer will be available in all 608 Tesco stores nationwide and promoted with a specially designed...
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Sainsbury: Cod-like fish never sold before in UK
Sainsbury is introducing new types of fish to the UK in a move to help alleviate pressures on the Northern hemisphere's stock of cod and haddock. The supermarket is to start selling Kingklip, Panger and Kob from South Africa from mid March. The...
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Iceland: Walker organic dream has cost Iceland £20m
Malcolm Walker's failed attempt to convert Iceland to organic produce has left his successor facing a £20m bill. Chief executive Bill Grimsey said: "We now fully understand the cost of unravelling the contracts entered into in an attempt to buy...
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OTC: Co-op introduces Braille to own label
Exclusive Anne Bruce The Co-operative Group has become the first retailer in the country to put Braille descriptions on packs of own label medicines and vitamins. The society has taken two years to crack the technology for embossing cardboard...
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Somerfield: New generation is the best yet'
Somerfield has unveiled the first of its new generation stores and bright new staff uniforms in a bid to update the chain's image. The 14,000 sq ft shop in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, is heralded as "light years" ahead of the previous...
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M&S's centre move
Marks & Spencer is set to open a store in Peel Holdings' £880m retail and leisure park,Trafford Centre, Manchester. M&S will move onto the site of the 36,000 sq ft C&A store, which is closing, after initially rejecting the idea of a site at the...
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Multiples: Waitrose: We're catching our breath'
Sales at Waitrose stores jumped 13% last year to £2.1bn, but extra costs look likely to make profits at the chain less impressive. Waitrose announced its preliminary estimate of annual results with like-for-like sales up 3% a trend which...
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Magazines: Supermarkets sustain sales rise as CTNs continue
The supermarket groups continue to expand their share of the magazines market. The latest Monthly Monitor from Seymour Marketing shows that between September and November, Tesco gained 0.2% of the market and Sainsbury 0.1%, compared with August to...
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And there's &More
Marks and Spencer is going up against Benecol in the cholesterol lowering arena, with the launch of its 20-product strong &More' range on March 12. The range which will be available in 25 stores nationally includes yogurt, cereals, pasta,...
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Internet training: State link boosts Tesco.com
Tesco's partnership with the government to set up instore internet cafes is a key part of its strategy to boost sales at its online shopping arm, said Tesco.com chief executive John Browett. While helping to fulfil the government's commitment to...