Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 98
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Comment & Opinion
Gareth Southgate's principled England team has much to teach businesses
Businesses, like football teams, must achieve a balanced approach to succeed, says Steve Parfett
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Comment & Opinion
IFRS 16 accounting change will be momentous for UK retailers
Savvy retailers have a window of opportunity to proactively negotiate with their banks, says MUFG’s Simon Lello
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Analysis & Features
Is Tesco's pricing already a match for the discounters?
Following initial reports in February that Tesco was thinking of trialling a discount chain, it has begun advertising for staff for a “new retail format” that would be “operated separately from the core Tesco business”. But can Jack’s really allow Tesco to take the fight to the all-conquering discounters?
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco is keeping everyone guessing over its discount chain
Retail history shows mixed results for small-scale additions to core businesses, as Dave Lewis knows very well
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Comment & Opinion
M&S's retail tech venture shows it's serious about being digital-first
M&S is ramping up investment into its digital operations Marks & Spencer has just announced an exclusive joint venture UK partnershipwith startup accelerator Founders Factory to develop emerging retail technologies. The news follows barely a month after forging a partnership with Microsoft to integrate AI technologies into ...
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Comment & Opinion
McColl’s results are a reminder of the dark days of November
CEO Miller admitted today the fallout from the P&H collapse was “unlike anything he had experienced in his almost 30 years in the business”
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Analysis & Features
As Blakemore shutters c&cs what next for Landmark?
Landmark Wholesale MD John Mills tells The Grocer what Blakemore’s c&c closure means for the business
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco-Carrefour: will tie-up be just another buying group?
Tesco has worked for three years now to take buying back to the principled old days
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Analysis & Features
The last mile: how third-party couriers are changing grocery
In the past three years alone the number of third party logistics operators launching in UK grocery is in double figures
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Comment & Opinion
Grocers must be mindful of price-setting software
The use of price optimisation software is coming under more scrutiny than ever
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Comment & Opinion
It’s Groundhog Day for UK high streets with yet another review
If it were not that the problems facing the high street were so serious, the announcements from the latest high street minister, Jake Berry, would have been comedy gold
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Comment & Opinion
Costcutter boss Sir Michael Bibby should hand over the keys
With its five-year deal, the Co-op is in the driving seat to buy Costcutter
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Grocer 33
Guest Iceland puts an end to Asda's Grocer 33 winning streak
Iceland offered the lowest price for 16 of the 33 items in our basket
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Range Preview
Range preview: Lidl Christmas 2018
Including wild-caught Argentinian red prawns, an outdoor-bred RSPCA assured porchetta joint and a British beef bone marrow pie
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Analysis & Features
Tesco prices rise faster than rivals for more than a year
The latest Grocer Price Index shows Tesco has overseen price rises at a faster rate than its rivals every month for an entire year
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Analysis & Features
Costcutter: from November crisis to 'remarkably good shape'
CEO Darcy Willson-Rymer believes Costcutter is ready to compete
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Range Preview
Range preview: Iceland Christmas 2018
The frozen specialist’s sustainability ambitions were on full display at its festive ranging event
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Comment & Opinion
Reasons for refunds; Deal is a data opportunity
The Grocer 33 is not even close to a fair representation of real shopping
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Comment & Opinion
How employee ownership has driven sustainable expansion at Parfetts
I have no regrets about our decision to choose the employee ownership route, says Parfetts chairman Steve Parfett
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco Brand Guarantee: a good week to bury bad news?
It was a good week to bury bad news and a bad week to bury good news, says Grocer editor Adam Leyland