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Carrefour to Replace Chief Executive
Jan 26 2012Morrisons Still Competing for Iceland
Jan 24 2012Tesco to Charge Customers Based on Income
Jan 23 2012Tesco to End Home Plus
Jan 23 2012Tesco Bosses Take Advantage of Shares Dive
Jan 21 2012Sales at Waitrose Rise
Jan 21 2012Sainsbury’s Mixes Up Wine Team
Jan 20 2012Tesco trying to rehabilitate offering £5 off
Jan 19 2012Tesco’s Sweet Mistake
Jan 19 2012Carrefour’s Struggling Profits
Jan 19 2012Tesco Fights Back
Jan 18 2012Asda’s Budget Mobile Phones
Jan 18 2012Morrisons Poaches Lancaster To Challenge Rivals
Jan 17 2012Sainsbury’s Ensures A Quicker Checkout Time
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Jan 16 2012Carrefour to Replace Chief Executive »
By Laura Elliott. French retail giant Carrefour is in the final stages of negotiations to replace Lars Olofsson, its current Chief Executive, with veteran French retailer Georges Plassat. The news follows months of turmoil at the world’s second-largest retailer. Mr Plassat, head of privately-owned retailer…
Jan 26 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »Asda Congratulated by the Prime Minister – But was it Justified? »
By Laura Elliott. Walmart-owned supermarket chain Asda has just announced that it plans to create 5,000 new jobs across the UK this year. The retailer has become the latest supermarket to claim that it aims to help offset the rise in unemployment in the UK.…
Jan 24 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »Morrisons Still Competing for Iceland »
By Laura Elliott. UK retail chain Morrisons and a number of private equity firms are among the groups that this weekend are considering making a bid for as much as £1.5bn for Iceland Foods, the up-for-sale frozen food specialist. Five competing parties, including Bain Capital…
Jan 24 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »Tesco to Charge Customers Based on Income »
By Laura Elliott. Struggling supermarket giant Tesco is considering new plans to tailor its prices according to how affluent an area their stores are located in. The new pricing strategy will see customers in poorer areas pushed to buy items from the Tesco Value range,…
Jan 23 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »Tesco to End Home Plus »
By Laura Elliott. Tesco supermarket is understood to be close to discontinuing its stand-alone furnishing chain Home Plus as it regroups and focuses on its core grocery business. The retailer, which has 2,700 stores in the UK, is keen to exit leases it holds on…
Jan 23 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »Tesco Bosses Take Advantage of Shares Dive »
By Laura Elliott. Following the plummeting value of shares in UK supermarket giant Tesco, it has emerged that another director at the retailer has picked up shares. This comes just days after a profits warning knocked their price down by nearly 20 per cent. Non-executive…
Jan 21 2012 / 2 Comments / Read More »Sales at Waitrose Rise »
Jan 21 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More »Sainsbury’s Mixes Up Wine Team »
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Tesco to Charge Customers Based on Income »
By Laura Elliott. Struggling supermarket giant Tesco is considering new plans to tailor its prices according to how affluent an area their stores are located…
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