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NewsSteinhoff pulls out of Home Retail bidding battle
South African retail group Steinhoff has decaled it has “no intention” of making a formal offer for Home Retail, leaving the coast clear for Sainsbury’s to take over the Argos owner.
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NewsWaitrose relaunches 'Grow and Sell' gardening kit scheme
Retailer is also launching its first gardening-themed customer magazine
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NewsBryan Burger retires as Morrisons petrol chief
Burger will now take an extended break in his native South Africa
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NewsSimplyfresh to run healthy c-stores in Scottish hospitals
The franchise was selected ahead of many other symbols and multiples
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NewsThe Co-op Group plays down lorry driver strike disruption
The drivers will also begin an open-ended work to rule
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NewsFarm Shop & Deli Awards finalists line-up revealed
Regional winners and the overall champion will be announced at the Farm Shop & Deli Show at NEC on 18 April
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NewsFounders of 99p Stores 'not behind Pound Deals launch'
Poundstretcher’s Pound Deal proposition opens first stores in Chertsey and Merthyr Tydfil with plans for 50 inside 12 months
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NewsConvenience Retailer of the Year is Inverurie c-store McLeish
Graham impressed the judges with tremendous standards and expertly honed points of difference
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NewsCo-operative Food to roll out Hermes ParcelShop to 450 branches
Parcel service has been successfully trialled in 42 stores
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NewsAldi praised for driving up British pork sales with 'competitive pricing'
The discounter said pork volumes were up 10% in February compared with the same period last year…
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NewsCostcutter trials an "intelligent" cash drawer
Smarttill uses weighing technology to count all cash automatically within seconds of closing it
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NewsHolland & Barrett launches Emirates website
The site, launched by H&B UAE, offers e-commerce and home delivery in the region
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NewsXPO Logistics to handle Iceland warehousing and distribution
The deal will support Iceland’s growth ambitions, including new store openings
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NewsSainsbury's first sales rise in two years: what the analysts say
What did City analysts make of Sainsbury’s managing its first quarterly rise in sales for two years, with like-for-like retail sales nudging up just 0.1% in the fourth quarter?
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NewsOcado shares surge on solid first quarter results
Gross group sales climbed 15.3% to £312.4m in the 12 weeks to 21 February from £271.1m in the same period in 2015
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NewsBoots begins removing confectionery from its till areas
Sweets to be removed from all Boots’ checkouts from the middle of April
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NewsMorrisons 'Makes It' for Easter in food-making TV ad
Ad marks the start of Morrisons first campaign with Publicis London
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NewsClive Peoples made chief commercial officer at Graze.com
Peoples is expected to drive Graze’s push on mobile ordering
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NewsStuart Menzies to leave Asda for role at Iceland
Recruitment is underway for Menzies replacement
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NewsEaster chocolate events unveiled by retailers
Asda this week kicked off a major Easter push with a new 60-second ad featuring a 30ft chocolate hen