John Lewis news and analysis – Page 54
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco agrees to sell Homeplus
Tesco has agreed to sell its South Korean retail arm Homeplus to a consortium led by MBK Partners for £4.24bn, plus Associated British Foods warns over sugar and currency impact and all the rest of the news from the City.
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Grocer 33Sophie Osgerby, Waitrose, Altrincham: G33 store of the week
We don’t want people to think of Waitrose as just a supermarket for the Home Counties. We’ve had to battle against the expectation
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NewsCity snapshot: August high street sales suffer worst slump for seven years
High street sales in August have suffered their biggest slump since the depth of the financial crisis in 2008.
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Comment & OpinionMobile video ads deliver, so stay switched on
Mobile video viewing habits are morphing daily, and so is consumer behaviour…
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NewsCity snapshot: Real Good Food gets extra £3.4m for Napier Brown
Real Good Food (RGD) has announced it has completed the disposal of its sugar business Napier Brown and received a further £3.4m from Tereos.
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NewsConfectioner Hope & Greenwood rescued from administration
Old-fashioned sweetshops in London have closed but the brand lives on thanks to Monty Bojangles manufacturer
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Comment & OpinionFood's in vogue in the fashion world
Food and fashion can make for a powerful in-store experience, argues Gregor Jackson at gpstudio
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Comment & OpinionAldi & Lidl - more 'meaningful' than the big four?
The rise of the discounters has been fuelled by the embrace of consumers, but why? Jon Kershaw of Havas Media explains
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Comment & OpinionThe store experience still matters in an online world
In times gone by, where a family shopped belied its identity. Supermarkets had a bond with their shoppers.
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NewsWaitrose Welcome Break stores next for JLP click & collect
Waitrose looks set to roll out John Lewis click and collect to its Welcome Break service station stores.
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Analysis & FeaturesJohn Lewis says Switch the Lights
John Lewis has switched to LED lighting, making its customers happier and saving itself a bundle
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NewsMedia Bites 7 July: Sunday trading, Weight Watchers, Sainsbury's
The papers are full of stories about the Chancellor’s plan to give local authorities the power to control Sunday trading laws
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Comment & OpinionJohn Lewis move poses questions for click & collect
Retailers often look to the ‘pillars’ of British retail for best practices…
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Category ReportFocus on lunchbox 2015
One of the biggest Lib Dem initiatives to come out of the coalition was free school meals. How has this affected lunchboxes?
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Comment & OpinionClick & Collect still an unsettled proposition
The industry is still figuring out exactly how to make logistics, delivery and the internet profitable
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NewsMedia bites 2 July: Diageo, John Lewis, Greene King
The papers cover Diageo’s decision to sell its Gleneagles hotel to concentrate on core businesses this morning.
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NewsJohn Lewis to charge for Click & Collect orders
All orders under £30 will now incur £2 fee, MD calls current operation ‘unsustainable’
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NewsMedia bites 24 June: Co-op, John Lewis, Tesco
The financial woes of The Co-operative Group have wounded it so seriously that it can no longer boast of being Britain’s biggest-grossing co-op
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Comment & OpinionPick Your Own Offers is clever, but isn't it a bit of a faff?
John Lewis’s Never Knowingly Undersold price-matching mechanic has inspired a lot of imitators
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NewsJLP picks Basingstoke for third co-located at Home and Waitrose site
Waitrose will open its third co-located store with John Lewis on a regenerated site in Basingstoke this autumn.