Waitrose
Food
Waitrose expands home delivery fulfilment to cope with COVID-19 demand
Waitrose has recently released Q1 figures for 2020/21.
Commenting on the same, Thomas Brereton, Retail Analyst at GlobalData, said, “Newly appointed John Lewis Partnership Chair Sharon White has truly had a baptism by fire during her first two months in...
Food
All supermarkets should implement new £45 contactless limit quickly to reduce customer safety concerns, says GlobalData
Following the news that the UK is raising the cash limit available via contactless payment from £30 to £45, Thomas Brereton, Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the situation:
“This rise in...
Food
HyperCity to host Tastes of Britain festival
The UK Department for International Trade and HyperCity Retail (India) Ltd. launched a British food and drink festival - 'Tastes of Britain' at the HyperCity Malad store in Mumbai.
The festival brings together an exclusive collection of forty British brands...
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Food & Grocery Forum 2014
Paving the Way for Growth and ModernisationFacilitating Thought LeadershipApplauding Achievers, Innovators & Go-GettersThe seventh edition of Food and Grocery Forum India (FGFI) 2014 was all about ideas, innovations, growth strategies being adopted in Modern Trade, and discovering new opportunities...
Retail
Waitrose includes fashion in offer
Waitrose moves into fashion for the first time and it reveals a new format store that combines food, home and fashion. The flagship store is due to open in London’s Canary Wharf in September. The grocer could not confirm...
Retail
John Lewis scraps Middle East plan
The UK department store John Lewis has scrapped plans to expand in the Middle East and has quit talks with Dubai's Al-Futtaim Group to manage its brand in the region.The reversal comes amid a high-street crisis in the UK,...
Retail
Morrisons grows ahead of grocery market
In the past three months, Morrisons was the only big four supermarket to grow ahead of the market. The discounters again performed strongly.Sales at Aldi were up by 20 per cent and at Lidl by almost 16 per cent...
Retail
Little Waitrose format goes big on expansion
Waitrose is to accelerate its move into the convenience sector, starting with the opening of 20 'Little Waitrose' stores within the M25 by the end of 2012.The sub-brand, designed to help shoppers differentiate between its convenience format and its...
Retail
Retailers taking risks in quest for growth
Retailers have always been cyclical, hostage to swings in consumer spending. Now, many feel compelled to seek new growth avenues outside their sluggish main markets, taking a step into the unknown.The outlook for most U.S. and western European store...
Retail
Waitrose raises sights on convenience shops
Upmarket British grocer Waitrose is raising its sights on the number of convenience stores it expects to have by the end of this decade following strong results from early openings, its managing director said.Mark Price told the Reuters Consumer...
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