All Retail articles – Page 531
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ArticleInnovation with a human face
While the fresh produce supply chain has enjoyed improvements, innovation is rarely found in supermarkets' fruit and vegetable aisles
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Supermarkets to slash bag use
Four of the UK’s largest supermarkets are aiming to halve the estimated 13 billion free plastic bags given out each year by next April, according to BBC News.
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Seeds of change for premium suppliers
Consumers are increasingly turning to their own gardens as the global economic climate continues to slow
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ArticleSilver in some dark clouds
As consumers and businesses alike tighten their purse strings, some companies are ideally placed to benefit from the current economic climate
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Aeon considers European-style discounts
Japanese supermarket chain Aeon is looking to Europe for business models using cut-price own-brand goods
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X5 sales beat financial slowdown
The Russian food retailer reported an increase in like-for-like sales during the third quarter of the year
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ArticleWalmart sales defy credit crunch
Retailer’s Mexican division repors double-digit growth in the second quarter, while sales in the US continue to defy Wall Street estimates
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ArticleCredit crunch hits Marks & Spencer sales
Group chairman Sir Stuart Rose has announced that domestic sales dropped by 6.1 per cent during the quarter ended 27 September
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ArticleCredit crunch to hit Spanish food retailers
Despite an almost 6 per cent rise in sales during 2007, turnover this year is likely to be impacted by the economic downturn
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D&S to enter Peru in 2009
The group will join fellow Chilean retailers Falabella and Cencosud by starting up operations in the country
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ArticleMetro Group defies credit crunch
The German group has reported year-on-year sales growth of 7.1 per cent during the first nine months of the year
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ArticleWalmart defies credit crunch in Q3
The retail giant has reported improved year-on-year sales and earnings for the third quarter of 2008
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Discounters benefit from economic woes
Aldi and Lidl are benefiting from the current financial squeeze on households and are increasing their marketshare in the UK, reveals new figures
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ArticleSupervalu hit by economic slowdown
The third-largest US supermarket group has reported lower year-on-year profit during the second quarter
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Mexican retailers hit by economic woes
Retail sales are expected to drop in 2008 as consumers are forced to cut back on spending
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ArticleWalmart to ride out economic storm
Executives at the US retailer expect the group to increase sales through the next 12 months, and have revealed a cutback in capital spending
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ArticleBharti Walmart expansion ignores economic woes
Bharti Walmart is continuing apace with its wholesale plans in India, despite a slowing economy
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ArticleEx-Sainsbury's man issues call to arms
Former Sainsbury’s food director Ian Merton has called on growers and marketing companies to support supermarkets through the economic slowdown, insisting they are facing the same pressures as the rest of the supply chain.
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CRS 2009 to focus on credit crunch
The Convenience Retailing Show (CRS) is set to return in 2009 offering crafty tips to help beat the credit crunch.
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City workers get green fingered
A report in British newspaper The Daily Telegraph last weekend suggests that City workers are turning to gardening as a source of income as the economic downtown threatens their jobs.