Jul 6, 2018 | News, Retailing
England’s success in reaching the World Cup quarter finals could see grocery sales rise over the weekend (Friday 6th and Saturday 7th July). Kantar WorldPanel has predicted a £860 million rise in grocery sales which is a 5% uplift on usual figures. Based on last...
Jul 2, 2018 | News, Retailing
Tesco and French retailer Carrefour have announced their intention to enter into a long-term, ‘strategic’ alliance and is said to cover the strategic relationship with global suppliers. The alliance is also covers the joint purchasing of own brand products and goods...
Jun 26, 2018 | News, Retailing
According to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, Britain’s grocery sector has now witnessed two years of continuous growth. Published for the 12 weeks to 17 June 2018, the data shows that supermarket sales have risen for 25 consecutive...
Jun 20, 2018 | Food Equipment & Services, News, Retailing
GS1 UK has announced that Tesco and Ocado have become the first retailers to sign commercial contracts for using productDNA, a new grocery product data-sharing service. productDNA, which launched last month, is said to be the result of the retail industry getting...
Jun 15, 2018 | News, Retailing
Tesco has released its First Quarter Trading Statement 2018/19, and growth plans are on track with total UK and Republic of Ireland (ROI) sales up 3.5%. Tesco’s UK like-for-like sales were up 2.1% as performance improved through the quarter (after taking the timing of...
