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LaManna’s CEO on curating a personalised supermarket experience for the holidays

Inside Retail

LaManna, the 10,000sqm independent supermarket located at Essendon Fields, is rising to the Christmas occasion. Inside Retail : How has LaManna differentiated its holiday season offering from other supermarkets? IR : What are some returning best-selling products from past years, and whats new this year?

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Can Asda veteran Allan Leighton return the supermarket to its former glory?

Retail Gazette

However, Leighton certainly has his work cut out for him this time around, as the struggling supermarket continues to flounder. He told The Guardian that he had committed to spending three to five years with the supermarket chain, acknowledging that “it is going to take us that long to get it right.” as sales fell 5.5%

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How to leverage loyalty data like a supermarket giant

Inside Retail

Its broad reach across the Woolworths Group, from supermarkets to Big W, and BWS, along with partnerships including fuel and banking brands, systematically collects a wealth of consented customer behavioural data. Enhanced marketing return on investment (ROI): Targeted campaigns, powered by precise data, drastically reduce wasted ad spend.

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Asda CEO: Five runners and riders following Allan Leighton’s return

Retail Gazette

The longstanding, and so far unsuccessful search for Asda’s new CEO could receive a shot in the arm following the return of former chief Allan Leighton as its new executive chair this week. Retail Gazette looks at some of the possible candidates to be supermarket’s next chief executive.

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Asda eyes £400m sale of 20 supermarkets

Retail Gazette

The supermarket chain is planning to offload the shops located across the UK and lease them back for the next 20 years. Sale-and-leaseback deals are popular among supermarkets as a means of raising capital to boost their balance sheet. Asda is looking to sell around 20 stores for 400m to help fund its turnaround plan.

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Woolworths profit falls 20.6 per cent amid strikes, changing consumer habits

Inside Retail

Woolworths Group booked lower profit in the first half, attributed to the 17-day industrial action impacting its supermarket business last December and a trend of customers seeking more value when shopping. The group’s net profit fell 20.6 per cent to $739 million after earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) slid 14.2 per cent to $1.45

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Stop & Shop Names Industry Vet as Chief Merchant

Retail TouchPoints

Lee Nicholson I am looking forward to returning to Stop & Shop, which is where I started with this organization, said Nicholson in a statement. He originally joined the supermarket retailer in 2004 as a grocery buyer and category manager: Its a brand I know well and look forward to caring for in my new role.

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