Retail news from FPJ – Page 298
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ArticleM&S posts £400m half-year profit
The M&S recovery bandwagon rolls on, with first-half pre-tax profits of just over £400 million.
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ArticleAsda to launch online offensive
Asda is to hire 1,800 staff to launch a massive expansion of its internet operations.
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ArticleM&S figures to delight City
Marks & Spencer is expected to reveal figures this week that rubber-stamp its recovery under incumbent chief executive Stuart Rose.
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Government guidance notes to help out-of-hours delivery
Government guidance notes on night curfews for lorry operations should help local authorities improve out-of-hours delivery arrangements, to the benefit of retailers, daytime road users and local residents, according to the Freight Transport Association.
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ArticleACS publishes full Competition Commission submission
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has today published its full submission to the Competition Commission.
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October retail sales dip
Retail sales fell during October, ending a seven-month reign of growth, but food sales bucked the trend with “healthy sales growth”, according to a distributive trades survey.
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Planet Organic opens new stores
Ten years after opening its first doors in the UK, London-based organic and natural food supermarket Planet Organic is set to open four new stores in and around the capital.
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Largest ever celebration for British produce
This year's fifth annual British Food fortnight was the largest celebration of British produce to date, organisers have announced.
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ArticleTesco website hits back at rivals' claims
Tesco has launched a new website to fight back against the claims of rivals and limit the potential fallout from the Competition Commission's probe into the supermarket sector.
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Asda firms up no.2 spot
Asda has strengthened its hold on the number two tag in the latest TNS data.
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Villars quits Kwik Save post
Kwik Save has lost its second chief executive since it was bought from Somerfield by a private equity firm in February.
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Kwik Save: the revival begins
Kwik Save is expected to announce a £30 million refinancing package today, to revive its ailing business.
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ArticleKale gets super approval
Curly Kale, a green-leafed member of the cabbage family, is being crowned the latest superfood, as a good source of vitamins and minerals.
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ArticleRetail overhaul on its way
Retailing will have to enter a whole new dimension to serve the next generation of shoppers, according to Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive of IGD.
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ArticleNew system for MIS
Retail price surveyor Market Intelligence Services (MIS) has enlisted the help of Anglia Business Solutions to develop a new software system to streamline its growing business.
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ArticleOnline retailing is our future, kids say
Online shopping facilities are now a must for food retailers - after two thirds of British teenagers said they will buy at least some of their groceries over the internet when they are adults, according to grocery industry research group IGD.
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ArticleWaitrose says black is back
Waitrose is bucking this season's fashion trend for vibrancy by backing the supremacy of dark colours, with the launch of several black fruit and vegetables.
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ArticleTesco resident in two thirds of postcodes
Tesco may be twice as powerful as previously thought - as the dominant retailer in 67 per cent of UK postcodes, according to a new study.
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M&S to judge Starpack Awards
Marks & Spencer has reinforced its commitment to packaging innovation with the announcement that it is to provide the chair of the judging panel for the Starpack Industry Awards 2007, said organisers IOP: The Packaging Society at the PPMA Show.