All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 5
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Comment and OpinionHank says thanks for Mattessons' belated name-check
Red-hot trends of the summer: Cockney rhyming slang, due to the Olympics coming to Stratford Rec…
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NewsBlackstone and BC buddy up for joint Birds Eye bid
Private equity giants Blackstone and BC Partners will today put in a joint bid for Birds Eye maker Iglo Group.
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Comment and Opinion
The best that Mac can get?
Procter & Gamble today issued its second profits warning in as many months, cutting sales and earnings for the coming quarter and the year as a whole.
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Comment and Opinion
The best that Mac can get
Procter & Gamble today issued its second profits warning in as many months. The consumer goods giant, whose portfolio includes Gillette, Head & Shoulders and Duracell, cut forecasts for sales and earnings for the coming quarter and the year as a whole…
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Comment and Opinion
Sayonara, Tsurakame
So much for a clean break. Tesco yesterday revealed the details of its long-awaited exit from Japan, first announced last summer.
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NewsJubilee knees-up is worth £200m to grocery trade
Grocery retailers got a £200m boost from the Jubilee, the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel shows.
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Comment and Opinion
Sayonara, Tsurakame
So much for a clean break. Tesco yesterday revealed the details of its long-awaited exit from Japan, first announced last summer…
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Comment and Opinion
In my day, lad...
Sir Ken Morrison last week used the AGM of the supermarket he founded to reflect on the good old days when Morrisons didn’t concern itself with fads like the internet.
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Comment and Opinion
In my day, lad...
We all know the past looks rosier the further you get from it. Sir Ken Morrison last week used the AGM of the supermarket he founded to cast an admiring eye back to the good old days when Morrisons didn’t concern itself with fads like convenience retailing and the internet…
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Comment and OpinionNot just milk prices falling fast
Trewithen Dairy this week persuaded Professor Splash - a mental American whose primary talent is jumping off things into other things…
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NewsSir Ken: Morrisons board risks repeating Safeway mistakes
Sir Ken Morrison has urged the supermarket he founded to refocus on its core business and accused its management of a “total bout of plagiarism”.
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NewsTesco and Dobbies to open joint store
Tesco has unveiled plans for its first joint store with Dobbies, the garden centre business Tesco bought in 2008.
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NewsGina the Cleaner leads champs at Grocer Golds
Georgina Lester from Morrisons in Strood was crowned as The Grocer’s first Hidden Hero at last night’s glittering Gold Awards.
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NewsSales slide again as WH Smith focuses on margins
Like-for-like sales slumped at WH Smith in the past quarter, as the high street giant continued to wrestle with changes to its business.
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NewsTreasury veteran Maxwell handed OFT reins
Whitehall veteran Clive Maxwell has been named as the new chief executive of the Office of Fair Trading.
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NewsJubilee cheers retailers in rainy May
The Diamond Jubilee has given retailers a much-needed shot in the arm, with sales soaring by more than 12% compared to the equivalent period last year.
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Comment and Opinion
Sainsbury's opens a new chapter
Sainsbury’s added another string to its entertainment bow today with a swoop for Anobii, an online vendor that lets users buy and review books from a library of 60,000 titles…
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NewsTesco suffers new drop in like-for-like sales
Tesco has reported a 1.5% drop in like-for-like sales for the past three months.
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Comment and Opinion
Long to rain over us
Damp squib or roaring success? While the weather did its best to put a dampener on the Jubilee celebrations, TV screens were nevertheless filled with scenes of hardy folk queuing for hours to wave at a passing hat.
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Comment and Opinion
Tone-deaf Tesco tunes up for Jubilee
You’d surely think twice about handing over DJing duties for the year’s biggest party to those behind the in-store likes of Asda FM.