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NewsAsda brings in former Tesco home grocery boss Barney Burgess
The supermarket said Burgess would take up the role on an interim basis until the arrival of David Devany, who is due to join the business next year from Iceland
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NewsAsda struggles ‘hurt my heart’ says former Walmart international boss Judith McKenna
McKenna spent 17 years at Asda, and led the £6.8bn majority sale to the Issa brothers and TDR
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Comment & OpinionWill an Asda reset reclaim worker and shopper affections?
It is a dramatic but necessary move by Asda, with the pressure mounting on Mohsin Issa and his TDR Capital backers
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NewsAsda rolls out new online ‘Store Assist’ picking technology
Asda said the solution was already “proving popular” with staff – 26,000 of whom had now been trained on 10,000 updated devices
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NewsAsda apologises for underpaying thousands of workers
The change in the payment system is part of Asda’s move from Walmart’s legacy IT platform to its own purpose-built one
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NewsMedia Bites 3 November: Sainsbury’s, Amazon, Beyond Meat, Heineken
Amazon has come under fire from the Federal Trade Commission regulator in the US
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Tesco make a marketplace work second time around?
With lessons learned since the failure of Tesco Direct – and the model better proven – should the likes of Amazon and Ocado be worried?
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NewsAsda taps Tata for post-Walmart digital overhaul
TCS described the work as a ‘massive enterprise reinvention’
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NewsAsda beefs up tech team with M&S hire Rob Barnes
Barnes will join the supermarket early next year as delivery director to oversee the development of its new technology strategy and separation from Walmart
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NewsWalmart International’s CEO Judith McKenna to retire
She will be replaced by Kath McLay, who currently leads Sam’s Club, Walmart’s US-based member-only wholesale business
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Comment & OpinionAsda is fighting fit, but has it unleashed a sustainable growth strategy?
In the latter days of its time under Walmart, Asda all too often resembled a punch drunk heavyweight boxer
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Comment & OpinionWalmart’s targeted radio ads signal the future of in-store media
The Walmart Radio Network marks a new frontier in the development of the physical store as a multifaceted retail media asset, says Miya Knights, co-author of Amazon and Omnichannel Retail
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NewsAsda taps Publicis Sapient for post-Walmart e-commerce platform
The platform will be delivered by April 2024, as part of a “hugely ambitious” programme, Publicis Sapient said
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Walmart’s bet on micro fulfilment centres be the catalyst for further online automation?
MFC technology rollout has slowed. Will Walmart’s Alert Innovation acquisition break the inertia?
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Comment & OpinionWalmart’s new retail media strategy could be the kick grocery needs
Walmart is making the most of its data with a plan to let its media arm give brand advertisers better insights, says Simon Hathaway, group MD EMEA at Outform
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Mad Men inside supermarkets
Supermarkets are no longer just about food. With some of the best customer data at their fingertips, they want to sell you advertising too
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Comment & OpinionHow the US is leading the way in self-service marketing
Self-service RMPs are relatively new to the UK market but are already bearing fruit in the US, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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NewsAsda appoints chief information officer to oversee Walmart separation
Carl Dawson will join the retailer next month having held the same role at M&S for the past six years
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy are supermarkets scrapping their dark stores?
Online demand is soaring, and in-store picking costs more per order. What’s going on?
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Analysis & FeaturesFive western food brands selling products via livestream
Selling food and drink via livestreams is big business in China, with brands shifting thousands of products in a matter of seconds, and making a lot of money doing it