Tesco news and analysis – Page 312
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Stock failures revealed
Elaine Watson Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference. Data...
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Stock failures revealed
Tesco and Sainsbury are missing out on a major sales opportunity through poor product availability, according to new research by Taylor Nelson Sofres revealed at the Schroder Salomon Smith Barney Food Retailing conference.Data from TNS...
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Clubcard partners
Allders and Dollond & Aitchison have signed up as partners for Tesco's Clubcard and are the first of many, according to the retailer. Tesco is negotiating with "a number of other companies", said a spokesman, to make loyalty points available "in...
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Twist is ready to dance for the nation
Bacardi-Martini is ready for a national roll out of its Breezer Twist after a four-month trial in Tesco. Breezer Twist's range of fruit-flavoured spirits comes in three versions, lime, watermelon, and mango with passion fruit, each with a...
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Terms of global impediment
Tesco is the latest big retailer to rattle its sabre in the battle to sweep away local pricing strategies in pursuit of global goals. Tesco’s decision to tackle head on the discrepancies in terms it is receiving in the different markets in which...
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Tesco teams up with high street store
Tesco has ramped its loyalty card offer in time for the festive season by linking up with Allders to offer Clubcard points on all goods bought at the department store group.Clubcard holders will get one point for every £1 spent at Allders or...
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Beer and lager sustain drinks
Though Morrisons and Safeway remain at numbers one and two respectively, Morrisons has pulled further ahead of the field and extended its lead to six percentage points. Asda moves up one place to number three, forcing Tesco down one spot. ...
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Tesco broadens Finest with homeware lines
Julian Hunt A raft of homeware products has been introduced to the Tesco Finest range as part of a major overhaul of the multiple's most important sub-brand. Finest has already been stretched into health and beauty products. But the...
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Tesco impatient to enter China, Japan
Tesco has detailed its ambitions for further overseas expansion and signalled an eventual switch to warehouses to support its internet shopping business. The company already has a presence in Ireland, Hungary, Poland, Thailand, the Czech...
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Waiting for closure on the issue of screwcaps
Tesco has taken a lead on the cork issue, but others linger So the Royals prefer the sound of popping corks, judging by Prince Charles' pronouncement earlier this year about "nasty plastic plugs". And that's fine, as long as they don't shop at...
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UK is driving value out'
John Wood Procter & Gamble's European head Paul Polman has warned Tesco and Asda/Wal-Mart that their obsession with forcing down prices was driving value out of UK grocery and could cause permanent damage. Speaking at the IGD 2002 Convention...
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Source tags eyed by Waitrose
Anne Bruce Waitrose has become the latest UK supermarket to develop source tagging capabilities as momentum builds behind the technology. Marks and Spencer, Safeway, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury are also conducting analysis and trials of the...
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innovation leads to the finest ideas
As Tesco prepared to celebrate the fifth birthday of its Finest sub-brand with a major revamp of the range, delegates at the IGD convention were hearing from one major marketer how UK retailers were in danger of destroying value in the grocery...
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Tesco top for flowers
Judges have voted Tesco Fresh Flower Retailer of the Year at the 2002 Retail Industry Awards. Tesco was up against Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer for the award, which was sponsored by the Flower Council of Holland. The judging panel...
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Tesco ranging really is a revolution
Sir; re There is competition in ranging' (Letters, October 12) in which Carol Bavister of Shelfmax challenged Ben Wishart's claims about Tesco's ranging systems. Wishart, IT...
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Usdaw recruiting
Sainsbury and Morrisons have been targeted by shopworkers' union Usdaw for a recruitment campaign. Usdaw broke through the 100,000 members barrier at Tesco last week and has plans to grow membership. Both Sainsbury and Morrisons claim to...
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Points that add up
A new survey sheds fresh light on the priorities, aspirations and role models of industry chiefs Tesco, Asda and Procter & Gamble are the three companies most admired by the UK's top retail and manufacturing bosses. When asked which companies...
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Beauty and the bogof a fine pair
Competition within the retailer chart has increased this week. Morrisons remains at the top of the chart but just two percentage points ahead of Safeway at number two. Tesco also moves up the chart to take third place and this, along with...
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Loyalty schemes have a bright future say young grocery manag
As the Nectar loyalty scheme is launched amid much hype and Tesco boosts its Clubcard offer through a tie-in with the TV show Who Wants to be a Millionnaire, IGD quizzed 840 Leading Edge members on their views of loyalty cards (Reader Panel, page...
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Exclusive Philadelphia coup for Tesco
Mary Carmichael Kraft Foods has done a deal with Tesco to bring out an exclusive limited edition variant of its Philadelphia soft cheese brand. The Blue Cheese spread, made with Danish Blue, will be available in the chain's stores from now...