Stores news – Page 3
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NewsRetail footfall down for sixth consecutive month
The BRC said it showed the need for the Chancellor to support shops in the budget on 26 November
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NewsAsda unveils ‘simpler’ store format in Harrogate transformation
Harrogate is the first of seven Asda stores in Yorkshire and surrounding areas set to receive a combined £12m investment in 2025
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NewsTesco monitoring shopper response to in-store digital screens
In a trial across several stores, the supermarket is measuring how many people come near the screens, how close they were to them, and how long they stayed there
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NewsSampling most effective in-store campaign for boosting sales, analysis shows
Analysis finds sampling campaigns saw sales of the product increase by 95.2% on average
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NewsSupermarket chiefs in new inflation warning to Rachel Reeves
Reeves has been warned yet again by supermarket chiefs of the danger of driving up food prices if she heaps more tax on large shops
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NewsWaitrose set to double British butternut squash harvest after ‘perfect’ summer
Waitrose said this autumn marks the first time British butternut squash has been available on such a large scale
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NewsM&S chief Stuart Machin sets out budget demands for Rachel Reeves
‘Over the last year, retail has been hit by an alphabet soup of taxes and regulations,’ said Machin
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NewsAsda targets London for new Express store expansion
The new stores are the latest in a wave of 20 new Express stores Asda planned to open throughout October
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NewsCo-op Wholesale demands maximum business rate support for small shops
Guidance published by the Treasury today confirmed there would be two new lower business rates multipliers for smaller retail, hospitality and leisure properties
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NewsM&S adding six new or transformed London stores by Christmas
The six include three that opened this week
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NewsMorrisons revives 20% More Card discount at in-store fish and steak counters
Morrisons had quietly phased out the 20% discount at its counters earlier this year as part of a restructure of its Market Street counters
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NewsIceland reaches ‘major milestone’ by opening 200th Food Warehouse store
Iceland has a long-term plan to more than double its Food Warehouse estate with the aim of reaching £5bn in total sales
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NewsWaitrose ramps up No.1 own-label range with 80 new products
Waitrose said the move meant a more than 10% increase in the size of the range, which has seen a 26% growth in sales since it was relaunched in June 2024
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NewsACS demands Chancellor implement maximum business rates discount for small shops
The trade body is demanding the Chancellor goes as far as possible in her autumn budget to support convenience retailers
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News60,000 small shops at risk without promised business rates discount
The Co-op is calling on Rachel Reeves to make full use of new powers to cut business rates for small shops in her autmn budget
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NewsTesco launches live support for blind shoppers with Be My Eyes
Be My Eyes app users will be connected directly with Tesco colleagues
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NewsMorrisons extends Aussie beef trial with relaunched range of steaks
The range, sold under Morrisons’ Limited Edish tertiary brand, consists of Australian rump, ribeye, sirloin and fillet steaks
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NewsUK’s fastest supermarket self-checkout revealed in slow-motion video test
Slow-motion video of a customer’s interaction with machines at eight retailers in Lancaster was captured to measure to the millisecond the latency between manually entering a product on the screen and the next screen loading