more supermarket news & analysis – Page 566
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Tesco rolls out Click & Collect lockers to seven more stores
Tesco is stepping up its trial of Click & Collect lockers for general merchandise and clothing after successful trials…
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Waitrose boosts availability of Thanksgiving food and drink
Waitrose is boosting availability of Thanksgiving-related products in response to a “surge” in the festival’s popularity…
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Sainsbury's sucked into the mire as it posts pre-tax loss
On Wednesday, when Sainsbury’s unveiled its 2014 interims, its shares finished the day on 266.1p…
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Chris Whitfield named Co-op Group retail and logistics director
Tesco Lotus’s store operations director, Chris Whitfield, is taking up the new role of retail and logistics director for The Co-operative Group’s food business early next year.
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Asda will not react to short-term tactics, pledges Clarke
Grocery market upheaval including the continued rise of the discounters was today described as an industry “shockwave” by Asda boss Andy Clarke.
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Eat Natural aims at 'active' consumers with new protein bar
Eat Natural is hoping to tap the trend for protein-enriched products with a new snack bar…
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Comment & Opinion
Sainsbury’s zeroes in on property, price and product
Sainsbury’s released its eagerly-awaited strategic update this morning
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Sainsbury's ad recreates WWI Christmas Day truce
Sainsbury’s has unveiled its 2014 Christmas ad offering - honing in on the 1914 Christmas Day truce between British and German soldiers in a highly-emotive advertising campaign
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M&S and Interflora trademark battle continues
The 2013 High Court injunction effectively preventing Marks & Spencer from bidding on the Interflora trademark in the Google advertising programme AdWords remains in place, at least temporarily, the Court of Appeal has said.
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Sainsbury's reports half-year loss as it sets out strategic review
Sainsbury’s has reported a statutory pre-tax loss of £290m for the 28 weeks to 27 September 2014, as it warns the UK grocery market is changing faster than at any time in the past three decades.
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Morrisons worker charged with fraud
Police have charged a Morrisons employee with fraud after a probe into the theft of payroll data relating to thousands of members of staff from the Bradford-based supermarket firm, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.
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Comment & Opinion
A ‘reasonable’ judgement
In November 2013, Mike Coupe told journalists the chain had a “reasonable” chance of success in its fight against Tesco’s Price Promise
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Sainsbury's loses fight against Tesco Price Promise
Sainsbury’s has lost its judicial review over the Advertising Standards Authority’s decision to clear ads for Tesco’s Price Promise.
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Sainsbury's new pricing strategy paying off
As Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe prepares to unveil his strategic update…
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Comment & Opinion
The week ahead in finance - w/c 10 November
Next week’s financial calendar isn’t quite as packed as the week just past, but there will be two crucial updates for the grocery retail sector
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What a feeling: Tesco unveils its 2014 Christmas TV ad
Tesco is ramping up the festive cheer in its 2014 Christmas TV ad with a light show created by a team that worked on the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
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Comment & Opinion
A case of mixed messages over Tesco's Portwood Extra store?
Schadenfreude is not an attractive character trait and I hope that I have avoided it…
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Comment & Opinion
Ifs and buts aside, Bolland is finally delivering on fashion
Dressed in black suit, white shirt and black tie, Bolland said M&S was entering a phase of ‘delivery’
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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.