Tesco introduces local food and drink

August 26, 2008

The supermarket giant Tesco are set to generate £500 million from the sale of locally produced food and drink this year as regional products are in high demand with the British public. Sales of locally sourced products have risen by 40%, ...

John Lewis sales hit

August 22, 2008

The employee owned store chain, John Lewis said its sales fell 4.2% in its department stores compared to last year. The retailer claimed that shoppers had been distracted by the Olympics and exam results. In the week to August 16 at their ...

Sainsbury open its first ‘green’ store

August 18, 2008

The supermarket chain J Sainsbury is set to open its first green store in Dartmouth, Devon tomorrow. The flagship store is expected to eventually become the model for all its new supermarkets. The store has been built from timber rather than ...

Tesco cut the price on 18,000 items

August 17, 2008

Tesco have launched into a new supermarket price war by cutting the cost of 18,000 products in its biggest weekly promotion to date. Britain's largest retailer said it was putting on promotion a range of everyday goods from bread, sausages and ...

Chip and pin gang arrested

August 17, 2008

Police have raided an alleged chip and pin factory in Birmingham. They found stolen chip and pin terminals, card account numbers, card readers, computer software and counterfeit magnetic stripe cards. All these stolen items can be used to clone shoppers' ...

Jewellery sales rise despite credit crisis

August 15, 2008

A new report shows an increase in spending on fine jewellery despite the credit crunch. The precious metal jewellery market was worth £2.5 billion last year, which is a rise of 7% on 2003 figures. Sales of such items as ring ...

Woolworth issue profit warning due to falling sales

July 31, 2008

Woolworths have issued a warning that they are to miss profit forecasts for the year after sales continued to fall. Shares in the troubled retailer fell to 5.93p down almost 9% after it announced that like for like retail sales fell ...

Supermarkets to lower petrol prices

July 22, 2008

Three of Britain's biggest supermarkets have said they will lower the price of petrol. Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons are all due to introduce price reductions on fuel or schemes to save money on fuel. Asda have said they will reduce the price ...

Vodafone boycotted over shops commission cut on top-ups

July 19, 2008

Top-up for Vodafone pre-pay are to stop being sold temporarily by thousands of independent shopkeepers because Vodafone plan to cut their commission. In protest more than 6,300 stores have agreed to stop selling the top-ups Friday and Saturday, with Costcutter agreeing ...

Mothercare buck high street trend

July 18, 2008

As Britain's birth rate climbs to the highest levels since the early 1990's, Mothercare are feeling the boom despite the current financial climate. Chief executive of Mothercare, Ben Gordon, said that sales were rising in contrast to the downturn in other ...

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