Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 134
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Analysis & Features
McColl's reports solid numbers but investors want more
When McColl’s floated in February it was one of the few early year IPOs that did not garner a euphoric reception. Despite its solid full-year sales this morning, wary investors will be feeling vindicated by their caution.
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Analysis & Features
Is the UK oversaturated with supermarkets?
Choosing where to shop for your groceries in historic Canterbury is no easy task…
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Comment & Opinion
Investing in price is an oxymoron
The major supermarkets continue to invest in reducing prices as they battle the growth of the discounters…
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Analysis & Features
2015 could be the year Ocado goes international
After a catastrophic late summer share price fall, Ocado has been quietly recovering ground in November.
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Analysis & Features
Could the big four become the big three?
Goldman Sachs’ contention that the supermarkets needed to cut 20% of retail space created plenty of headlines this week, but the bank’s suggestion that the industry could be ripe for consolidation went almost unnoticed.
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Analysis & Features
Grocers outside the big four are also feeling the pinch
Today’s Kantar Worldpanel data on the grocers again shows an industry under pressure – but it is no longer just three listed supermarkets suffering in the fallout.
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Analysis & Features
Christmas TV ads 2014: our experts rate all the supermarket ads
From uber reality to pure escapism, our experts give their verdict on the supermarket Christmas ads…
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Analysis & Features
LED there be light! The Grocer’s lighting campaign starts here
A few years ago, the outlook for LED lighting was dim. Eye-wateringly expensive, lacking backing from the major electronic…
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Analysis & Features
Masterclass: How easily can a convenience store switch the lights?
On the face of it, switching in-store lighting to LED bulbs is a no-brainer because it saves even the smallest stores mone…
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Analysis & Features
Crucial Christmas sales will tell us if Morrisons' recovery is real
The market seems slightly puzzled just what to make of Morrisons’ Q3 numbers yesterday.
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Analysis & Features
Can Netto 2.0 compete with the big boys of grocery?
“Opening a new store in the UK feels like playing in the Champions League final.”…
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Analysis & Features
Retail dairy prices defy slump in commodities and wholesale
Britain’s dairy industry has suffered a devastating crash in wholesale prices in recent months…
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Comment & Opinion
The flabby big four need to shape up to fight rivals
In an expanding market over several decades, superstore operators grew their businesses in the UK…
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Comment & Opinion
A Scandi lover’s dream?
A giant Scottie dog made out of 82,750 Lego bricks has been sitting in the car park of a retail park in Moor Allerton, Leeds
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Comment & Opinion
Asda's Equal Value case: not about sex, about unions
CEO Andy Clarke (the Archbishop of Asda, as Michael Buerk dubbed him at the IGD Convention), can afford to feel just a lit…
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My Alternative CV
Donna Baker, Poundshop.com, on rollercoasters and Pretty Woman
I was one of the glamorous sales assistants at Littlewoods. My first foray into retail…
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Analysis & Features
Size matters: Blossom Hill 'most social' as fans question 50cl launch
Blossom Hill reached more people on Facebook than any other alcohol brand this year, exclusive research for The Grocer has revealed.
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Comment & Opinion
Power to the people, but what about the shopkeepers?
The phrase “standing up for hard-working people” is already looking like one of those terrible buzzwords for the next General Election
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Big Interviews
Steve Rowe's Excellent Adventures: big interview
Steve Rowe is a whirlwind. I’m on a guided tour of the Bromley store with the executive director of food at M&S…
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket struggles as much about volume as price
The escalating grocery price war has made for some great headlines, but the supermarkets’ plunging sales are at least as affected by falling volumes as they by battles over pricing.