Retail news

• Low prices and no frills: can Tesco’s secret plan defeat Lidl and Aldi?

  15-09-2018 17:40
  All eyes will be on the launch of discount chain Jack’s for clues as to whether the UK’s biggest grocer can operate as well as its sharp German rivals at the cheapest end of the marketThe Tesco founder, Jack Cohen, was an enterprising market trader who brought modern supermarket retailing to postwar Britain. Nearly a century later, Cohen, nicknamed “Slasher Jack” because he liked to “pile it high and sell it cheap”, is making a high street comeback.On Wednesda
  
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• France’s grands magasins rewrite retail format

  15-09-2018 06:00
  ‘Uniqueness and experiences’ seem to be paying off for department stores
  
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• Waitrose steps up action to remove plastic bags

  15-09-2018 01:01
  Bags for fruit and veg to be replaced by compostable versions and 5p bags to be axed Waitrose & Partners is to remove traditional plastic bags for loose fruit and vegetables and 5p single-use plastic bags from its stores by next spring.The supermarket said the move would cut 134m plastic bags, the equivalent of 500 tonnes of plastic a year. Related: A road full of bottlenecks: Dutch cycle path is made of plastic waste Why is plastic being demonised? Related: We won’t save the Earth wit
  
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