All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 20
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NewsM&S strengthens global leadership team with three senior appointments
It comes amid a ‘reset’ of M&S’s international business
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NewsRachel Reeves ‘rebuffs’ M&S chief’s call for compromise in National Insurance hike
The Chancellor is said to have stonewalled Stuart Machin’s call for the increase in employers’ National Insurance to be phased in
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NewsM&S to launch ‘Punishment Juice’
It is thought it will be framed as beneficial for health and fitness, despite one possible interpretation being that drinking it is punishment
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NewsLidl giving away £10 shopping vouchers as ‘Valentine’s Day treats’
The rewards are offered today in the Lidl Plus loyalty app
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NewsTesco pulls 150 products from Aldi price match
Tesco has put the Aldi price match reduction down to a new approach which determines whether a product can be included
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NewsAldi to give away £3,000 in vouchers on Random Acts of Kindness Day
The discounter is having another go at rewarding loyalty with a receipt-based competition
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NewsTesco wins loyalty clash as Sainsbury’s ad complaint rejected
The ASA has rejected Sainsbury’s complaint about a Tesco poster that claimed Clubcard points were worth twice as much as Nectar points when converted to spend on groceries
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NewsAldi extends sponsorship of ParalympicsGB team to 2032
The agreement will take Aldi’s partnership with ParalympicsGB to a decade long
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Comment & OpinionLidl has come out punching in 2025. What is making it so confident?
Lidl has come out swinging in 2025, with a price comparison campaign targeting an array of rivals
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NewsPoundstretcher cuts price of over 100 pet products
Poundstretcher has also introduced hundreds of new products under its Pet Hut brand, from household names such as Bonio, Cesar, Harringtons, Pedigree, Wagg and Winalot
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NewsLidl set to take title of highest-paying UK supermarket
Its new national rate for store workers is higher than one offered by Aldi
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NewsLidl to open nine new stores within the next month
The nine openings include four brand new locations, in Canning Town, Preston, Walsall, and Wombourne
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NewsMedia Bites 7 February: ‘stagflation’, high street footfall, tariff warnings
Papers are leading on the impact of yesterday’s interest rate cut
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NewsAldi to recruit 500 apprentices in 2025
Successful applicants will gain industry-recognised qualifications while they earn, according to Aldi
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NewsM&S Food MD: Five years on, Brexit still isn’t working
‘Paperwork takes hours to complete and demands detail as niche as the Latin name for the chicken that is used in our Chicken Tikka Masala,’ said Alex Freudmann
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NewsUK’s top three supermarkets shunning X as retreat grows
So far in 2025, Sainsbury’s and Asda have joined Tesco in not posting on X except in reply to customers
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NewsLidl taking on rival discounter Home Bargains in price comparisons
Lidl has also been pitting its non-food middle aisle prices against Asda, John Lewis, Homebase, Currys, Robert Dyas, Ikea and online retailer Wayfair
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NewsAldi planning to create more than 1,600 store jobs in 2025
The discounter – which now has more than 1,050 stores, up by about 10 since December – said the jobs would result from a previously announced plan to invest £650m in further expansion in 2025
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NewsLidl recalls chocolate Alpenfest Salted Mini Pretzels over ‘burning sensation’ fears
The Food Standards Agency is advising anyone to have bought the products not to consume them
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NewsPoundland MD Austin Cooke departs
Cooke’s departure follows former Poundland MD Barry Williams’ return to the board of the struggling retailer on an interim basis