All articles by Ronan Hegarty – Page 74
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Analysis & FeaturesTobacco 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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NewsMorrisons 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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NewsCity 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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NewsTesco 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 & FeaturesBrands 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 & OpinionMorrisons 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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NewsWaitrose: 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 & OpinionDave 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 & OpinionFears 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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NewsJBPs '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 ReportE-cigarettes category report 2015
Now should be the perfect time for electronic cigarettes to start making serious inroads
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Category ReportFocus 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 & OpinionThe 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
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NewsWon't be mist: Morrisons scraps unpopular innovation
“This move is about going back to basics” says group retail director Martyn Fletcher, after supermarket scraps veg misters that became synonymous with Dalton Philips’ reign
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Comment & OpinionPlain tobacco packaging: retailers' voices are getting lost
There’s clearly no love lost between the health lobby and campaigners against the introduction of plain packaging for toba…
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NewsTesco leads way on post-Christmas deals as strategies revealed
Even before the last turkey sandwich has been polished off, retailers start devoting space to diet and heathy food…
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NewsMorrisons store closures prompted by Asda & Tesco competition
The current woes affecting the big four supermarkets are often put down to the rise of the discounters…
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Comment & OpinionReasoned debate over plain tobacco packaging goes up in smoke
Neither side seems prepared to engage in an evidence-based debate
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NewsDavid Potts bookies' favourite for Morrisons CEO job
In a week of upheaval at the HQs of the UK’s supermarkets, Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips was the most high-profile…