All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 68
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News
Availability top of the list in tech requirements survey
The main concern for supply chain managers is the age-old desire to increase availability without increasing stockholding…
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Caernarfon: Grocer 33 store of the week
“As a business we have become a lot more competitive on price”
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News
Potts tells Morrisons HQ staff to spend a week in stores every year
New Morrisons CEO David Potts has instructed the retailer’s 2,000 head office staff to help out in stores this Easter as he sets to work on improving the core supermarket estate.
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Comment and Opinion
Ant & Dec following Dalton out the Morrisons door shows shift in focus
With David Potts comes a renewed focus on product, not gimmick
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News
Morrisons store managers given more autonomy
The plan allows individual stores more say over where deals are sited, stock levels, as well as seasonal executions
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Grocer 33
Morrisons Preston Riversway: Grocer 33 store of the week
David Potts’ reputation is second to none and if he puts stores first then my life will be easier…
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Analysis and Features
Tobacco display ban for independent retailers looms
They had three more years than supermarkets to prepare, so are indies ready for the tobacco display ban?
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News
Morrisons to close 23 M Local stores as it posts £792m loss
Morrisons has posted a £792m loss for the year to 1 February on the back of a £1,273m property impairment.
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News
City snapshot: Ocado sales up 19.2% despite fall in basket size
Online grocer Ocado posted a 19.2% rise in group sales for the first quarter despite a fall in average basket size as the retail price war intensified
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News
Tesco squares up to CCE as it pulls Schweppes lines
A dispute over prices between Tesco and Coca-Cola Enterprises has seen 25 soft drinks lines pulled from the supermarket’s shelves
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Analysis and Features
Brands at the heart of mults battle with the discounters
This year the grocery price war has intensified, with all the major supermarkets investing millions into lowering prices…
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News
'Fantastic operator' Potts is right man for Morrisons
New Morrisons chief executive David Potts will demand a “step change” in standards as he looks to revive the supermarket…
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Comment and Opinion
Morrisons hoping a different approach will work this time
Retail management is no different from football management - after a tough time, the team wants a different personality
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News
Waitrose: We won't price match Tesco if we break GSCOP rules
Waitrose blames below-cost booze pledges and GSCOP rules for failure to match more than a third of Tesco’s new prices…
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Comment and Opinion
Dave Lewis, not John Allan, is still the important figure in Tesco turnaround
Despite speculation and excitement over new Tesco chairman, it’s Lewis who’ll take responsibility
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Comment and Opinion
Fears of e-cigarette stagnation are just a case of the vapours
Reports this morning over the stunted growth of the e-cigarette market fail to capture the whole picture
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News
JBPs 'read like prenups' says Meijer: 30% will be annulled
Morrisons to slash number of joint business plans by 30% to free up buyer time…
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Category Report
E-cigarettes category report 2015
Now should be the perfect time for electronic cigarettes to start making serious inroads
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Category Report
Focus on e-cigarettes
With storm clouds gathering for the tobacco sector, and the display ban coming fully into effect in April…
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Comment and Opinion
The Morrisons store of the future is a thing of the past
Dalton Philips and his concepts are departing at similar junctures, but he can’t be the only one to blame