All articles by James Halliwell – Page 50
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Grocer 33Tesco, Brent Cross
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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NewsClarke claims Asda revival as annual sales inch up
Asda has reported a rise in like-for-like sales of just 0.6% excluding VAT for the past year. Fourth-quarter sales were up 1.6%, or by 2.6% including the impact of the VAT rise.
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Grocer 33Sainsbury's Livingston
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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NewsDraft bill signals race to bring in Adjudicator for 2012
Consumer minister Edward Davey has announced plans to release a draft bill on the Groceries Code Adjudicator before Parliament’s Easter recess begins on 6 April. The move will boost campaigners’ hopes that the much-anticipated regulator could be in place as early as next year.
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NewsPaula Radcliffe joins Tesco in Race for Life bid for a million
Olympic runner Paula Radcliffe will star in a TV advertising campaign for Tesco encouraging a million women to take part in this year’s Race for Life.
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NewsVision of the future: holograms could be greeting customers
It may sound like something from a sci-fi movie, but supermarket shoppers could soon be greeted and assisted by holograms. Following successful trials, technology company Tensator is hoping to interest the supermarkets in its holographic...
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NewsQuality drives upsurge in sales at Lidl and Aldi
The recent discounter revival is down to Lidl and Aldi pushing the quality of their products to tempt shoppers into their stores, and is not a sign of a worsening economy, the retailers have claimed. Both discounters have dramatically...
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NewsBy George! Morrisons to launch clothing range
Morrisons is reportedly in talks with supermarket fashion guru George Davies to launch its own line of clothing.
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NewsWatchdog raps Asda over misleading Guarantee ad
Asda's original Price Guarantee ads, which aired from April last year, have been smacked down by the Advertising Standards Authority for being misleading and untruthful. And the retailer could face further run-ins with the watchdog.
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NewsTesco in multi-pronged Asda attack over ‘misleading’ ploy
With Tesco fighting Asda’s 10% cheaper price pledge on a number of fronts, who will be successful? Adam Leyland and James Halliwell report
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New service guarantees app scan info accuracy
A new data management system has been launched this week to eradicate serious flaws in the accuracy of product information held by the supermarkets. Research by GS1 UK, a not-for-profit supply chain solutions and standards organisation,...
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NewsTesco to open 70 beauty salons this year
Tesco has revealed plans to open 70 in-store beauty salons by the end of 2011. The beauty market in the UK is estimated to be worth in the region of £5bn a year.
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NewsMorrisons and Haldanes gain from Netto carve-up
Asda has sold 39 former Netto stores to rival retailers in line with its settlement with the Office of Fair Trading. Morrisons has acquired 16 of the stores, representing 120,000 sq ft of retail space, in a deal worth £28.1m.
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NewsSnow to blame for December dip on high street
The severe weather of recent weeks contributed to a slight fall in like-for-like sales on the high street last month, with food sales proving more resilient than non-food.