Tesco - Latest News and Analysis – Page 166
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Asda overtakes Tesco on entertainment sales
Asda was the leading supermarket retailer of entertainment products in the first quarter of this year, following a slump in Tesco’s market share.
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Comment and Opinion
Comparing food or fighter jets? I know which is more useful for kids
It’s five years since The Grocer first ‘discovered’ EdStat, a children’s card game, based on Top Trumps, in which nutritional data about leading food and drink products is ‘trumped’.
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Tesco focuses on quality message with new campaign
Tesco is to retreat from the supermarket price war with a marketing strategy to improve its reputation for quality.
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Angel Delight ice cream for Tesco
Angel Delight’s ice cream mixes - launched last year exclusively on Facebook - have made the leap onto supermarket shelves.
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Mults suspend supplier over pig welfare abuses
The major mults have reacted to today’s revelations of animal welfare abuses on two Norfolk farms by suspending contracts and launching urgent investigations…
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Comment and Opinion
Clarke and the ‘what if’ factor
Tesco headed up the section on its Japanese operations with the brutally blunt heading ‘Discontinued’. Not so for the US - yet.
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Clubcard and online at heart of Tesco's new digital vision
CEO Philip Clarke this week put a seismic shift to digital at the heart of Tesco’s future strategy.
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco's £1bn gamble? It would have been riskier to do nothing
Facing the UK’s Fourth Estate this week, a cheery Philip Clarke briefly started munching on some Everyday Value grapes as Tesco’s CEO outlined his vision.
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Tesco tells suppliers: work harder to cut carbon
Tesco expects to see “more concrete action” from its suppliers to help it meet its carbon emission reduction targets.
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Arla reclaims Tesco deal from snubbed Dairy Crest
Arla has triumphed over Dairy Crest by winning back the Tesco business it lost to the company almost 18 months ago.
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Tesco plots £1bn fightback as UK profits slide
Tesco has posted its first drop in UK profits in 20 years, down 1% to £2.5bn.
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Comment and Opinion
Did Phil answer the big questions?
Considering he was announcing Tesco’s first fall in UK profits for two decades, chief executive Philip Clarke appeared remarkably relaxed as he faced the world’s press in London.
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Dairy Crest rocked by loss of Tesco milk deal
Dairy Crest has lost its contract to supply liquid milk to Tesco, less than 18 months after gaining a supply foothold with the nation’s biggest retailer.
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Analysis and Features
Isn't Tesco's improved value range rather... Everyday?
Branding experts agree Tesco’s revamp is a start - but only that, given the increasing sophistication of its rivals’ budget own labels.
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Comment and Opinion
A creeping permafrost at Tesco?
The boardroom of Britain’s largest retailer is probably a cold and mirthless place at the moment.
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Retailers’ ‘parasitic’ copycat brands under fire
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Boots are among retailers accused of launching an avalanche of copycat products
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Tesco sparks adland scramble with £110m advertising review
Tesco has sparked a battle for its estimated £110m advertising account, as it seeks to breathe new life into the brand after its turbulent recent performance.
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The stripes are gone as Tesco rethinks its budget own label
Tesco will shift the focus of its marketing from price to quality after replacing…
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Analysis and Features
Long-term love-in or risky business?
UK supermarkets have been loudly appreciative of direct sourcing. But what do suppliers make of the direct route?
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Analysis and Features
Will big brand advertising really click on Facebook?
Ahead of its IPO, Facebook is wooing brands in a bid to boost its revenues. But will users like marketing clogging up newsfeeds?