Retailers are angry. Very angry. At the end of last week I was tipped off that the had raided the headquarters of Tesco, Sainsbury, Morrisons and Asda. The supermarkets have denied acting illegally But readers of telegraph.co.uk - it would seem - have ...
I'm no expert on religious calendars - but even I know that Easter is still some months away. Easter eggs have hit the shops before Christmas decorations are down And with the Christmas decorations still up - for another few days at least - and shop ...
Food retailing is a competitive (and at times) dirty business. I’ll never forget meeting the Asda store manager who ordered his staff to use the Sainsbury’s car park across the road. The ultimate pawn in the supermarket war The competition is not just ...
Calculating the carbon footprint of the food on our supermarket shelves is not easy. How does the carbon footprint of roses grown in a heated greenhouse in Holland and then trucked to the UK compare with those grown in Kenya and then flown to the UK? ...
Some people in the Christmas crowds may be just browsing These days a lot is made of “footfall figures” – which measure the number of shoppers on the High Street. Counting the number of shoppers used to be the preserve of shopping centre landlords ...
Debenhams shareholders are short term holders Could the stake building be a pre-cursor to a full bid? Traders certainly think it might - although City analysts are more cautious. In a note to clients this morning Kaupthing analyst Matthew McEachran ...
England fans are not the only ones feeling the pain this morning. Shares in Umbro, JJB and Sports Direct have been hit hard by last night’s disaster at Wembley falling by as much as16pc this morning. England fans' pain = relief for some high street ...
Gauging consumer confidence in the run up to Christmas is never easy. Christmas is boom time for Woolworths By this time of year we all become bogged down in detail. Retailers - and retail watchers – can easily devote 30 minutes to what effect ...
It wasn’t quite Reservoir Dogs, although there was a former Mr Green (now Sir Philip). What does this photo say to you? Joined by some of his rival West End retail titans, Sir Philip met London’s mayor Ken Livingston outside Oxford Street tube this ...
When most retailers slash prices they are hardly shy about letting customers know. In fact they tend to shout about it from the rooftops. Debenhams is to adopt a subtler approach to price cuts Department store chain Debenhams has certainly not been ...
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