Stores news – Page 170
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Hi-tech future stores 'here in three years'
Large displays of bulky ambient goods from supermarket shelves are set to disappear from our supermarkets in the next few years as home delivery and click and collect services gain greater traction.
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NewsKing: 'Don’t blame us for high street decline'
Justin King has waded into the debate over the future of the British high street, blaming traditional retailers for failing to adapt to the changing needs of society.
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NewsGovernment backs Portas pilots
The government has announced a £1m prize pot to kickstart a revival of the UK’s struggling high streets.
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NewsProperty chief Masters is latest exec to exit Asda
Asda retail development director Steve Masters is leaving the business, according to press reports.
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NewsTesco frees up £450m with new store sale-and-leaseback
Tesco has announced the latest in a series of sale and leaseback arrangements designed to free up cash from its vast property portfolio.
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NewsAsda to spend £500m on new stores in 2012
Asda has vowed to invest £500m this year on new stores and depots, in a growth push it said would create up to 5,000 jobs.
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NewsTesco: 'affluence is the new format'
Tesco is set to launch a wave of price promotions and range reviews that target customers based on the a uence of the areas they live in, The Grocer can reveal.
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NewsLucky seven for Dhamecha with latest depot
London-based cash & carry Dhamecha Group is to open its seventh depot.
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NewsMorrisons takes service lead at G33 halfway stage
Asda may be ahead on price but Morrisons is edging out in front for service and availability halfway through the Grocer 33 year.
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Total opens £2.9m depot in Clitheroe
Total Foodservice has opened its second depot, in Clitheroe, Lancashire.
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NewsTesco plumbs the depths with debut underground store
Tesco has gone underground with its first fully subterranean store.
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NewsPercy Pigs hit Paris as new M&S opens
Marks & Spencer’s sandwiches will be heading for Paris on Eurotunnel next week when the retailer returns to the city after a 10-year absence
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NewsCo-op Group steps up search for new stores
The Co-operative Group has declared it is “back on the acquisition trail with a vengeance” as it snapped up three Budgens stores and laid out plans to target property agents, developers and landlords for new stores.
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NewsClarke: Netto conversion is ‘fantastic innovation’
Asda’s CEO claimed this week that its converted Netto stores had begun to recoup the £778m splashed out by Walmart.
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NewsPortas ‘must call halt to out-of-town policy’
The ACS has Mary Portas to strengthen town centre first planning policy after revealing there is 30 million sq ft of construction planned for out-of-town developments.
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NewsBRC advice to Portas: ‘don’t focus on rioting’
The race to repair Britain’s riot-scarred high streets risks hijacking the review by the government’s retail tsar, industry leaders have warned.
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NewsCouncils asked to cut red tape on shutters
The government has urged local councils to be lenient on “crazy” planning restrictions on shop security shutters in the wake of last week’s riots. Getting planning permission for shutters has, until now, been difficult because councils…
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NewsThe Co-op ties up deal for Netto trio
The Co-operative Group has bought a trio of former Netto stores from Asda.
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NewsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2011: Technology & logistics supplier of the year
Gist shakes up EAT supply chain with fresh thinking. In 2009 EAT used three supply chain providers for chilled, ambient and frozen, which pushed up logistical costs for its 100 predominantly London-based stores...
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Netto ‘space opportunity’ fee stuns Asda suppliers
Asda has asked suppliers for payments of hundreds of thousands of pounds in negotiations linked to its acquisition of Netto.