Retail archive – Page 537
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Rose gets shareholder backing
Marks & Spencer executive chairman Stuart Rose has been reappointed, despite nearly one in four shareholders refusing to lend him their support.
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Carrefour posts strong sales growth
The French retailer has recorded strong second-quarter results both domestically and internationally
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ArticleUtopia cherries get PushPop treatment
Utopia UK Ltd has launched new-season cherries in Waitrose in Amcor’s innovative PushPop pack.
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ArticleAuchan to enter Middle East market
French retail giant forms HyperCorp with real estate corporation Nakheel in order to establish presence in the Gulf
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Slow Q1 for Japanese retailers
Cuts in consumer spending and high fuel and food costs have led to sluggish first quarter results
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Waitrose joins c-store battle
The retailer will launch its first chain of convenience outlets early in 2009, reports The Independent
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Waitrose to open convenience format
Waitrose will launch its first grocery convenience store early next year, according to The Independent.
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Tonn van de Laar is new Schuitema CEO
Former Laurus chief named as replacement for Bert Roetert following completion of company's sale to CVC
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ArticleTesco unveils ready-to-eat stonefruit
Relaunch of peach and nectarine lines in response to consumer demand for fruit as a snack
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M&S to close in Taiwan
The retailer is to end a joint venture in the country following poor sales
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Net profit fall for Dia
The Spanish retailer has attributed a drop in full-year net profit to the purchase of Plus stores
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Beef boycott buoys Korean greens
Fears of BSE in US beef have left the South Korean market open to alternatives
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ArticleBBC reports from Metro's Future Store
Metro Group's new trial hypermarket in Germany encourages shoppers to use mobile phones as personal shopping assistants
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ArticleBooths battles the big boys
North-west supermarket groups Booths posted a 30 per cent increase in profit for last year, up from £6.9 million in the previous 12 months.
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Further price cuts announced at Morrisons
Morrisons is cutting prices on a range of summer lines, including some fresh produce items, to offer consumers a basket of eight goods for just £4.
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ArticleUtopia and Waitrose push new cherry pack
Amcor's PushPop design is being used to market Utopia's new-season cherries sold through leading UK retailer Waitrose
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Rewe’s Czech acquisition to be investigated
Rewe’s proposed purchase of Czech discount retailer Plus has been referred to Czech competition authorities by the EU
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Schuitema chief executive resigns
Interim CEO to be appointed shortly in the wake of CVC Capital Partners' recent buyout of the Dutch supermarket group
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ArticlePM pledges to curb food waste
Food campaigners have urged supermarkets to cut unnecessary food offers, following a statement from prime minister Gordon Brown pledging to reduce food waste and stem escalating food costs.
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Edeka and Rewe up for organics prize
The two German companies are among the nominees in the food retailer category of this year's CMA-backed organic trade awards