Dutch retailer Jumbo Group has booked an increase in full-year sales, boosted by both acquisitions and like-for-like sales growth. just-food articles are only available to registered users and members.Join now for increased access There ...
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Tesco is reported to be close to appointing a chief executive for its UK division, with its COO in the country, Chris Bush, said to be a frontrunner. The role has been vacant since Richard Brasher stepped down in March, which Tesco said ...
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JD Sports Fashion Plc, the leading retailer and distributor of branded sportswear, fashionwear and outdoor clothing and equipment, announces it's Interim Results for the 26 weeks ended 28 July 2012. Highlights Continued robust ...
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It seems that not a day goes without an email popping in to my inbox from a supermarket or national chain advertising a toy sale. Of course, toys aren’t a grocer’s core market, and driving footfall via any temporary deal or ...
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Strong revenues from Jeronimo Martins' Polish discount retail chain Biedronka helped boost group sales in the first nine months of the year. The Portuguese retailer recorded an 8.7% increase in sales to EUR7.95bn (US$10.3bn) in the period ...
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Tesco is reportedly set to announce a strategic review of its US business, which could lead the UK's largest retailer to quit the market after five years. Sky News reported this evening Tesco will reveal plans to look at the future of its ...
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Russian retailer X5 Retail Group has reported a fall in half-year sales, although there are signs its performance could be improving. In the six months to the end of June, like-for-like sales dropped 2.5%. However, the decline in ...
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The CEO of Russian retailer X5 Retail Group Andrei Gusev has quit after just one year in the role. Gusev's departure is effective immediately, X5 said today (13 July), but he will remain with Russia's largest retailer by sales in an ...
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Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, said this morning (11 June) its performance in the first quarter of its financial year had been "solid" despite another period of falling domestic like-for-like sales. The company reported a 1.5% decline ...
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Falling sales in a "tough" market has profits from The Co-operative Group's food arm, the UK retailer said today (23 August). Operating from The Co-op's food business was GBP119m (US$188.8m) in the half year to 30 June, down from GBP142m ...
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UK confectioner Thorntons has sounded a cautious note ahead of the Christmas period as it booked a drop in first-quarter sales. In the 14 weeks to 6 October, sales fell 1% to GBP46m (US$73.6m), mainly due to the effect of the closure of ...
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UK retailer Marks and Spencer today (22 May) hailed the "strong" performance of its food business, which posted higher sales and margins in a year when company-wide profits fell. The company reported a 0.2% fall in underlying pre-tax ...
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UK retailer Waitrose has today (13 September) recorded an increase in first-half profits boosted, it said, by sales, increased efficiency and investment in convenience and online. In the six months ended 28 July, operating profit climbed ...
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Morrisons insisted this morning (3 May) that it has made a "satisfactory" start to the year, despite booking its first drop in like-for-like sales since 2005. Like-for-like sales, which strip out the impact of store openings, fell 1% ...
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Jan Fuchs has become the latest senior executive to leave Russian retailer X5 Retail Group. Fuchs, the head of X5's hypermarket operations, had "decided to leave the company", X5 said in a statement yesterday evening (28 August). The ...
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