Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Hires Allan Leighton, executive chair,Asda Former Asda boss Allan Leighton returned to the supermarket this month as its executive chair to head up its recovery efforts. Tarry, who spent more than 33 years at Britain’s largest grocer, stepped down as Tesco’s UK and Ireland chief executive in October last year.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 10, 2024

Shoppers buy more food As the rate of inflation continues to fall, experts predict that food retailers will see sales volumes return to growth after two years of subdued figures. This will likely see more value messaging put forward by the big grocers in a bid to win over customers. to 1% for the year.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Potts, who stepped away from the grocer last month after nine years, brings a wealth of retail and grocery experience – something that’s desperately needed on the Partnership’s current board and which White has been criticised as lacking. Sound familiar?

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 24, 2025

However, it wasnt all good news as trading across fashion particularly struggled. Struggling fashion retailer Quiz’s woes worsened as disappointing level of revenues in the run up to Christmas – sales down 7.5% Even Superdrug, The Perfume Shop and Currys carried its positive momentum from the year into the golden quarter.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 19, 2024

of shareholders voted against the boss’ final pay after profits more than doubled at the grocer. One of retail’s most outspoken CEO’s Matt Moulding took home a very modest pay package last year at £29,000 as he waived most of his £750,000 base salary in return for THG making a charitable donation to The Moulding Foundation.

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Inside Retail

JULY 19, 2022

Shoppers can expect a specially curated mix of well-established, premium brands, across fashion, beauty and lifestyle categories, with new retail formats and elevated shopping experiences. The space will feature a grocer and in-store bakery. This program will cover around 111,000 sq ft of retail space across levels one to three.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Soaring food prices put the grocers under the spotlight and, despite the wafer-thin margins they operate on, execs from Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons were hauled in front of MPs to investigate whether the sector was profiteering from the cost-of-living crisis. Meanwhile, online fashion giant Shein continued its UK assault.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The grocer’s sales were up 4% to £3.7bn, which was driven by average item price up 9%, as volumes dropped 5%. Its investment in price had driven sales at the upmarket grocer. The department store said that customers continued to spend on themselves, with fashion up 3% and beauty up 2%, but big ticket spending was hit.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The district is vying to return to its former glory with many vacancies and downmarket tenants blighting the famous shopping street. Located in the heart of the famous shopping district with entrances on Long Acre and Floral Street, the three-floor store houses the fashion retailer ‘s menswear and womenswear offering.

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A1 Retail

AUGUST 24, 2022

of purchases as consumers continue to return to the high street. When broken down into sectors, fashion retailers and grocers experienced the highest levels of growth at 63.8% Fashion retailers saw a significant rise in the popularity of physical gift cards, making up 75.8% respectively.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 14, 2024

Despite only just returning to the black, Kankiwala says the partnership is “absolutely on target” to increase its profits tenfold to £400m by 2027/28. Stores Waitrose is set to open its first supermarket in almost 10 years as the upmarket grocer embarks on an expansion of its store network. Where is it investing?

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A1 Retail

MAY 13, 2022

Fashion retailers accounted for 30% of show visitors, followed by grocers who made up 16% of attendees and health & beauty (11%). The Retail Technology Show returns again on 25 & 26 April 2023 at London Olympia. To register your interest and stay connected throughout the year, register here: [link].

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 29, 2024

To further support customers, M&S is also offering an extended 100-day returns policy on its school uniforms, which are designed to be durable and pass the "hand-me-down" quality test. The grocer confirmed that there are no current issues and that all orders have now been fulfilled.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 22, 2024

In contrast to grocers including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Co-op, Machin also insists it will not introduce member pricing for its Sparks loyalty scheme as he believes it puts its reputation as a “trusted retailer” at risk.

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365 Retail

MAY 22, 2024

It aims to continue its expansion into the convenience food sector and strengthen its position in the clothing market with innovative and fashionable product offerings. This marks a return to dividend payments after a suspension due to the pandemic, signalling a positive outlook for shareholders. M&S also announced a dividend of 9.8

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Rangeme

JANUARY 11, 2022

Leading American businesses across sectors, including retail, have put their return to the office on indefinite hold. Return-To-Office Plans Are Doomed To Fail As Omicron Spreads And The Demand For Remote Work Persists. Unilever workers will never return to desks full-time, says boss. That seems very old-fashioned now.”

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Retail Gazette

JULY 18, 2023

We can understand which media and channel works best, and…increasingly we can see the return on the various promotions and brand communications that we do.” With so many grocers bringing out member prices, how can retailers ensure their loyalty schemes stand out from the competition? But there are already variants of it.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

By contrast, fashion sales grew 3% and beauty was up 2%, as customers were prepared to buy themselves little treats. John Lewis has bolstered its fashion offer with the introduction of 50 new brands, including JoJo Maman Bebe and Le Specs, with an additional 21 set to join the roster in the second half. ” Is it the right plan?

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 17, 2025

These will consist of up to 25 new Co-op operated locations, with the first set of stores launching in early 2025 and which willinclude added services including parcel collection and returns, as well as payment services. They will also operate as a hub for Co-ops online quick commerce operation.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 24, 2023

That’s why you still shop at the mom and pop grocer across the street from your home. If you return an item before you even have think about it you receive an email saying your refund has been processed. After interacting with a sales associate who is unkind or indifferent customers often decide it’s not worth it to return.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 16, 2021

Jason: [29:03] So let’s let’s zoom up to Mack returns again for a moment so. Scot & Matt: [29:50] Yeah I yeah I think between grocer be between grocery delivery or between Grocery and food delivery at home the yeah home becomes bigger than it was before for yeah I definitely agree. Pick that market on purpose.

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Retail Geek

MAY 6, 2024

Jason: [11:32] Kind of return to pre-pandemic levels, like what is the new normal? They had a fashion store. Jason: [1:02:22] I’m by no means I’m writing Amazon off as a grocer, but I am very skeptical and cynical about these dash cards. And so, you know, people are super interested to see how does 2024 play out?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2021

We look forward to footfall in the malls returning to pre-pandemic levels, and are excited to welcome shoppers to Pavilion Bukit Jalil, which opens at the end of the year. per cent (RM95 billion in total retail sales), and all retail sub-sectors such as fashion, department stores and grocery are expected to rebound.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The pandemic has been a challenging time for shopping centers, and even as vaccination rates climb and shoppers return to old habits, retailers are finding that many of their shopping preferences have permanently shifted. It’s much less about fashion and clothes and much more about technology and just everyday practicality.

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Retail Gazette

AUGUST 12, 2024

The UK’s biggest grocer is now listing more than 20,000 products from third-party sellers across garden, DIY, homeware, toys, sports, baby, beauty and petcare – up from the 9,000 SKUs initatially. Tesco Tesco revealed last week it has more than doubled the size of its online marketplace less than two months after it launched.

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Retail Gazette

JULY 1, 2023

Ex-Ted Baker CEO Rachel Osborne has also joined the board of the online grocer Pets at Home has hired ex-Asda exec Steve Shirley as operations director for retail, completing the division’s senior leadership team. Ocado has appointed Tesco grocery category director Amit Chitnis as its new chief commercial officer.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 21, 2021

So you need a completely different web experience different kind of recommendation or service, for you need to have free returns or it needs to be hand-delivered or whatever it is but it needs to be something other than the Amazon commodity logistic model.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Scot: [45:03] I am not I’ve never been able to get those things to work in my house so I’ve always tried the robots and then return them they always get stuck under a chair. So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02]

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Retail Geek

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The product out there it was like you know NASCAR fashion or something. Jason: [41:03] Yeah it’s crazy if you think about like the fashion traditionally worked like. 38:08] Battle for eyeballs between retailers and traditional digital platforms is super interesting and I think you know you set the layer who is.

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Retail Gazette

MAY 29, 2025

The grocer saw first quarter sales excluding fuel fall 5.9% Leighton launched a price war against its rivals at the start of the year to kickstart the supermarket’s turnaround, which saw the return of Rollback and Asda Prices. The retailer also reported strong growth in its George fashion arm, which delivered a 3.5%

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Retail Adventures

JUNE 25, 2024

This is Extra Butter New York , a progressive boutique and indie owned lifestyle brand that combines a passion for film, fashion, and culture. Mia Vesper , owned by fashion designer of the same name, sells extraordinary clothing made in NYC from new, vintage and artisan made material. We love the sign, too. Good times.

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