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Tesco plans first checkout-free stores and sees normal shopping patterns return

365 Retail

Chief executive Ken Murphy said plans are in the early stages but he is hopeful it can match the appeal of similar scan-and-go stores being rolled out by Amazon in the UK. He said: “The key changes that we’re seeing since the restrictions have been eased is a return to more normalised shopping patterns. billion driven by a 68.1%

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Morrisons overhauls senior leadership team as it shapes up for ‘next chapter’

Retail Gazette

Morrisons has unveiled a host of management changes as CEO Rami Baitiéh begins shaping up his senior team for the supermarket’s next chapter. Blackhurst returns to Morrisons from 18 March, having previously worked for the grocer between 2015 to 2019 primarily as group commercial director.

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Sustainable shopping: what options are available to retailers?

Retail Focus

If you walk up and down the aisles of supermarkets, clothes shops or even furniture stores, you will notice that more brands are shouting about their commitment to protecting the environment, be it via packaging or marketing messages. The Lidl Return Scheme trial will run in participating Glasgow stores from 8 February to 11 August.

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Kiwis ‘not served well’ by grocery duopoly, but report reactions mixed

Inside Retail

In a preliminary report released last July, it flagged a raft of options for improving competition including making it easier for new competitors to enter the market, and adjusting planning laws to reduce restrictions on the use of sites using development covenants.

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8 retailers slashing jobs and cutting costs in 2024

Retail Gazette

Administrators at FRP said the reduced store footprint would coincide with “a renewed focus on the brand’s products, online sales channels and wholesale strategies, bringing the brand in line with industry peers and supporting a return to financial stability”.

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Consumer spending grew just 4.3 percent in April, yet summer holiday planning and Eurovision ticket sales boosted travel and entertainment

A1 Retail

In addition, almost seven in 10 (69 percent) have been making product “swaps” to save money recently, with over a quarter (27 percent) shifting from supermarket own-brand premium ranges to standard or value ranges, and a similar proportion (24 percent) swapping fresh food for frozen food. Spending on fuel dropped -9.3 percent in April vs -4.5

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4 ways F&B tech can build on winning pandemic pivots

Retail Focus

The events of the past year have sparked a permanent redrawing of the retail landscape, with online grocery sales soaring 91% year-on-year in a four-week period alone in 2020 and over 17 million Brits planning to stick to online shopping even as lockdown eases. In some cases, this will involve fast-tracking existing digital plans.