Dalton Philips news, comment and insight – Page 18
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NewsMorrisons splashes out on schemes to train up executives
Morrisons is investing millions in leadership training to "turbocharge" its senior executive team. The Morrisons Advanced Leadership Programme was launched earlier this year, with a budget of £90,000 per head for six members of the...
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ProfilesDalton Philips Q&A: 'There is a real opportunity to romance the customer more'
This week’s Guest Editor, Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips, talks to Ronan Hegarty about a “fantastic” first year, driving the fresh food advantage, and those labs…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat the Big Society means for grocery
David Cameron’s vision for a ‘Big Society’ has met with scepticism and confusion, not least from retailers and manufacturers who, for years, have been engaged in community and corporate social responsibility-based initiatives. But it’s the Localism Bill that provides most food for thought. Nick Hughes reports
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Analysis & FeaturesIn the world of off-licences, is Bargain Booze a bargain?
Wine Cellar and Threshers went bust. Oddbins is on the brink of a CVA. So who would want to buy Bargain Booze and why? Elinor Zuke reports
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Giving people a career is one way we add to the Big Society
The Chancellor was always going to find it tough to pull fluffy rabbits out of a threadbare hat, and while a reduction in fuel duty will relieve a little pressure from the booming oil price over the past 12 months, consumer confidence has taken a bashing.
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Comment & Opinion
Dalton's web of intrigue
Morrisons today unveiled its latest annual results, with profits up a healthy 13% and like-for-likes increasing by an altogether more modest 0.9%. More eye-catching than the underwhelming sales performance was the news that Morrisons is sensationally taking on both the US and the whole internet in one fell swoop.
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NewsMorrisons plans to double women on top management team
Morrisons plans to double the number of women in senior management roles over the next three years. Women currently represent just 13% of the supermarket’s senior management group – a proportion Morrisons aims to grow to 30% by 2014.
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Waitrose chef Nugent poached by Morrisons
Morrisons is set to give its own label a touch of Waitrose-style quality after poaching its executive chef Neil Nugent. It is understood Nugent will work with group commercial director Richard Hodgson and new own-brand director Belinda...
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NewsKiddicare swoop kick-starts Morrisons’ online adventure
Morrisons has kick-started its push into online retailing with the £70m purchase of baby product retailer Kiddicare. The deal price represents almost double the £37.5m sales Kiddicare achieved last year and includes the rights to its highly regarded technology platform.
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Comment & Opinion
The Kiddi's alright
So the City rumour mill was right – sort of. Morrisons was looking to get its hands on an online retailer after all – just not Ocado, much to the disappointment of many speculative shareholders in the posh food retailer.
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Comment & Opinion
George of the retail jungle
So George Davies is said to be launching a clothing line with a Yorkshire-based supermarket chain.
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NewsMorrisons retail boss Gunter announces retirement
Morrisons’ veteran group retail director Mark Gunter is to retire next year. Gunter, who oversaw the integration of Safeway after Morrisons acquired the rival supermarket in 2004, will step down from the board this year at June’s AGM. He will then retire in June 2012.
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NewsHaldanes to launch a ‘strong and broad’ new discounter chain
Haldanes is launching a new discount supermarket chain called Ugo. The retailer, formed last year after buying a number of former Somerfield stores from The Co-operative Group, is launching the chain after acquiring 20 Netto stores from...
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NewsMorrisons and Haldanes gain from Netto carve-up
Asda has sold 39 former Netto stores to rival retailers in line with its settlement with the Office of Fair Trading. Morrisons has acquired 16 of the stores, representing 120,000 sq ft of retail space, in a deal worth £28.1m.
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NewsMorrisons ‘a nose ahead’ as Philips hails strong Christmas
Morrisons boss Dalton Philips hailed a “very strong” festive performance after the retailer posted a 1% increase in like-for-like sales for the six weeks to 2 January.
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Comment & Opinion
Bright Youngs things
Hyperbole is without a doubt the worst crime any retail chief can commit. Well, perhaps that’s an exaggeration. Dalton Philips avoided too many verbal fireworks when he said Morrisons was “a nose ahead of the market” after reporting a solid, if unspectacular, 1% rise in like-for-likes for the Christmas period.
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NewsPreview of the Year: Who will be the soothsayer of 2011?
Wild commodity price rises and currency swings, rising inflation and yet more red tape and tax. Sound familiar? This was the worst 2010 threw at us, as foreseen by AB InBev UK boss Stuart MacFarlane, our soothsayer of the year. Our band of future-gazers – leading figures from retail, wholesale, ...
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NewsMaciver exits Morrisons as management shake-up gathers pace
Morrisons has announced a raft of senior appointments, with marketing director Angus Maciver exiting the business.
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NewsReview of the Year 2010
Since the recession started, it’s been widely noted how stable the grocery industry has been. A famed defensive stock, the industry was afforded a great deal of continuity in terms of senior leadership, and only retailers in long-term decline went under.
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Top Products Survey 2010: The health of our Industry
Fighting fit? Or under the weather? Tara Craig looks at the winners and losers in The Grocer’s 58-page Top Products Survey 2010 in association with Nielsen