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Online & Digital
Ocado sales surge as it praises M&S switch
Online grocer Ocado has revealed it has reported a 52% surge in sales during the third quarter of the year,…
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Supermarkets
Aldi to trial click and collect
Major supermarket chain Aldi has announced it will begin its first UK trial for a click-and-collect service from today (14…
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Features
Behind the headline figures: Four reasons for optimism for retailers
The latest retail figures are showing signs of real encouragement for retailers. Retail sales volumes rose a better-than-expected 3.6% in…
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Amazon offered $20bn stake in Reliance Retail
Amazon has reportedly been offered a $20bn (£15.2bn) stake in Reliance Industries’ retail arm by its owner and Asia’s richest…
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Supermarkets
Morrisons profits dented by £155m Covid-19 costs
Morrisons has revealed its HY profits were dented by £155m of Covid-related costs. During the first half of 2020/21, Morrisons…
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People Moves
Ewan Venter to leave CEO role at Fortnum & Masons
Department store Fortnum and Mason has announced its CEO Ewan Venters is to leave the business in the new year…
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People Moves
Charles Wilson to step down from Tesco’s Booker in 2021
Tesco had announced that after 15 years leading the Booker business its CEO Charles Wilson is to retire in February…
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Coronavirus
60% of mid-sized businesses plan redundancies, BDO finds
More than half (60%) of the UK’s medium-sized businesses are planning redundancies as a result of the Government’s Coronavirus Job…
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Comment
Rethinking your staffing requirements to survive the recession
With a new CBI survey revealing the highest level of retail job cuts since the 2009 crisis, lockdown restrictions, a…
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Supermarkets
Asda future could be decided this week as takeover deadline looms
The future of ‘Big Four’ grocer Asda could be decided as early as this week, as rival private equity firms…
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