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 ...
Tags: Tesco, Agriculture Food, Chief Executive
It's the time of the year when we look back at the 12 months just past to see what was getting you clicking on just-food. The ten most-read news stories of 2012 include UK grocers signing a code of conduct on promos and Tesco announcing it ...
The transport firm Eddie Stobart and Tesco drivers have reached a deal to end their four-month dispute. The row followed Tesco's decision to transfer the running of the Doncaster distribution centre to Eddie Stobart on August 5. The new ...
Tags: Dispute, Eddie Stobart, Tesco, Unite
Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
Tags: economic pressures, buoyant growth, value-seeking consumers
The Sri Lankan apparel industry,which has established itself as an original design manufacturer(ODM),is now trying to emerge as a leading original equipment manufacturer(OEM)supplier catering to global market,Minister of Industry and ...
Tags: OEM, ODM, Sri Lankan Apparel
Supermarket chain Tesco is investing £65m in a state-of-the-art datacentre as it gears up to expand its web operations outside the UK. The retailer has signed a 15-year contract with datacentre operator Sentrum, to host the ...
Tags: Supermarket chain Tesco, datacentre, web operations, banking business
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 ...
Tags: asda, disney, dominic sacco, grocers, retail, supermarkets, toynews blog
Trick-or-treating, costume parties and apple bobbing… Halloween conjures up plenty of fun childhood memories. The annual holiday is well-known with children across the world, with thousands dressing up in scary costumes on October ...
Tags: Spending Habits, Halloween, Halloween toys
The UK's financial services sector needs urgent investment in its IT infrastructure in order to identify and mitigate systemic risks,according to a report by the trade association for the UK technology sector,Intellect. In its Biting the ...
Tags: Banks, IT infrastructure, financial system, RBS
Mobile network operator O2 claims it has fixed network problems that left hundreds of thousands of customers without voice and data connections for up to 24 hours. The firm has issued a string of apologies, but has not yet made any ...
Tags: Computer Products, O2, GiffGaff and Tesco Mobile, still having problems
A string of retail giants have announced that shoppers can bring back thin plastic packaging such as bread bags for recycling at their stores as a result of an agreement with the On Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme The On-Pack Recycling ...
Tags: plastic packaging, packaging, bag recycle
The licensed One Direction stickers from Panini have gone straight to number one. The official sticker collection was the top-selling collection in Tesco, Co-op, One Stop, WH Smith and Martin McColl last week. This follows a launch ...
Tags: One Direction stickers, sticker, sticker collection, toy industry
Buyers and executives from ten chains sign up, including TRU, Tesco, Toymaster and more. ToyNews has brought together some of the biggest names in toy retail to form a new panel of industry experts. We’ve set up our own ...
Tags: toy retail, toy industry, toys, toy market
Wal-Mart Stores is reportedly in talks to buy Turkish retailer Migros Ticaret from UK private-equity firm BC Partners. Reports in London today (13 December) claimed the world's largest retailer was in discussions with the buy-out house, ...
Tags: WalMart Stores, Migros Ticaret, BC Partners
UK retailer Morrisons today (13 December) announced it would promote Trevor Strain to replace Richard Pennycook as finance director. Strain, who has worked in senior financial roles at Morrisons for three years, will succeed Pennycook, ...
Tags: Morrisons, Trevor Strainm, finance director