Disappointing Month For Big Four As Discounters Hit Record Market Share
Latest figures from Kantar show the grocery market grew by only 1.3% during the 12 weeks to 19 May 2019 with all the Big...
Grocery Spend Stalls, While Promotional Activity Ramps Up
Data released by Nielsen shows consumer spending in the grocery sector is continuing to slow, with sales declining 1.6% in the most recent four...
Aldi Gets Limited Declarations From Supreme Court In Dunnes Row
A lengthy legal row between Aldi and Dunnes Stores over an in-store labelling campaign by the Irish retailer has ended with the discounter getting...
Waitrose To Trial ‘Invisible Door’ That Could Save Retailers Billions
Waitrose is to start testing an ‘invisible door’ that it claims has the potential to save retailers in the UK a combined £1.5bn per...
Waitrose Slashes Number Of Buyers
Waitrose has reportedly reduced the size of its buying team by up to 40% following the conclusion of a consultation process.
The move comes just...
Grocery Retailers Asked Why They Have Not Signed Up To Payments...
The Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has written to six leading grocery retailers to ask why they are not...
Waitrose Confirms Details Of Second Online Customer Fulfilment Centre
Waitrose has confirmed that it has acquired a 110,000 sq. ft. property in Enfield, North London that will become its second dedicated fulfilment centre...
Co-op Raises £300m To Support Fairtrade Producers
The Co-op, in a first for a UK retailer, has issued a sterling denominated Sustainability Bond. It has raised £300m and the society plans...
M&S Boss Slams Toxic Culture Poisoning Firm
Marks & Spencer’s chairman Archie Norman has vowed to shatter the 'corporate vanity' among its middle management that has dogged the company for decades...
Sainsbury’s And Asda Face 10-Year Merger Ban
Sainsbury’s and Asda are set to be banned from revisiting their failed merger for at least a decade.
According to the Press Association, a draft...
