All Retail articles – Page 535
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Second chance for competition test
Despite Tesco’s victory at the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) last month, the Competition Commission has been given a second chance to come up with a test preventing dominance of any one retailer in a particular area.
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ArticleForeign chains press on with China expansion
Foreign direct investment in China may have fallen in recent months, but big retail chains are bucking the trend with rapid store roll-outs
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ArticlePerfection Fresh in Aussie first
The group is set to supply the Australian market with its first batch of Royal Pom pomegranates
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Netto designs green stores
High street discount supermarket chain Netto is introducing a new, radically more sustainable store design.
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ArticleCarrefour reveals changes in hard discount
The French retailer has announced the appointment of a new executive director to head up its hard discount unit
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ArticleTurkey stuffed with promise for retailers
The Turkish retail market looks increasingly attractive for foreign supermarket chains, according to a new report by PMR
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ArticleWoolworths wants banana risk spread
A senior manager at the Australian retailer has called for bananas to be grown over a wider geographical area
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ArticleRetail prices slide in the US
A second consecutive quarter of falling prices included a trend of increased purchases of fruit and vegetables
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ArticleTesco eyes Xiamen stores
The UK-based retail chain plans to open its first supermarket in the southeast Chinese city of Xiamen towards the end of this year
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ArticleUS families cutting back on produce
A new report by the Produce for Better Health Foundation has said that US families are including fewer fruits and vegetables in their diet
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ArticleChanges at Mexican Hass Avocado board
The Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association has made a number of changes to its senior personnel
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ArticleTesco trials packaging reduction scheme
The UK retailer today begins a trial to help gauge what types of packaging consumers are sick of the sight of
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ArticleWaitrose grows traditional apples
In a bid to bring some of England’s most historic apples back to life, Waitrose has embarked on a three-year planting programme at its Leckford Farm.
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ArticleTesco Lotus signs MoU to buy Thai produce
Tesco Lotus plans to buy 180,000 tonnes of Thai fruits and vegetables valued at Bt2.5bn in 2009, after signing an MoU with the Thai government
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ArticleStable Q1 for Super de Boer
The Dutch retailer saw first quarter sales nearly match those from the same period of 2008
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ArticleStrong full-year results for Migros
The Swiss retailer has reported that yearly profit dropped compared with 2007, although it still represented the third-best result in the group's history
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UK sales fall again at M&S
The fourth quarter of the year saw a fall in like-for-like UK sales of 4.2 per cent, although international sales grew 23 per cent
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Wal-Mart increases D&S stake
The US retailer has increased its majority share of Chilean group D&S
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Supermarkets back Scottish produce
Supermarkets assured ministers last week that they will continue to give full support to Scottish food producers and processors during the tough economic climate.
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ArticleAuchan and Metro in Portuguese venture
The retailers have teamed up to form buying group InterCompra in Portugal