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• Analysis: How Asda is getting back on track

  12-02-2023 23:33 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  Aldi and Lidl were unsurprisingly the big Christmas winners this year, but among the traditional grocers there was a slightly more unexpected retailer sat in the winner’s enclosure: Asda.
  The Leeds-based grocer led the pack outside of the discounters with sales up 6.4% over the all-important Christmas period and followed this up with a 6% sales rise in the 12 weeks to 23 January.
  This is an about-turn from six months ago as Asda’s market share has risen from 13.7% in the 12 weeks to
  
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• Aldi former UK boss could replace Morrisons CEO David Potts

  12-02-2023 14:33 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  // The former UK boss of Aldi, Matthew Barnes could replace Morrisons’ David Potts
  // Potts, a former Tesco director, publicly insists he’s there for the duration but his replacement could be “imminent”The former UK chief executive of Aldi, Matthew Barnes is a possible candidate to replace Morrisons’ David Potts.
  Potts, a former Tesco director, publicly insists he’s there for the duration but his replacement could be “imminent”, This is Money repor
  
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• Tesco criticises ‘inflexibility’ of government’s Apprenticeship Levy fund

  12-02-2023 14:09 via retailgazette.co.uk
  
  // Tesco criticises “inflexibility” of government’s Apprenticeship Levy fund
  // CEO Ken Murphy has called on the government for urgent reformTesco CEO Ken Murphy has expressed his concerns over thousands of staff missing out on new training due to restrictions on the government’s Apprenticeship Levy fund.
  Murphy has called on the government for urgent reform, saying stringent rules mean the grocer is offering fewer apprenticeships than before the levy was introduced.
  He c
  
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• Cheap, cool and kind to nature: how secondhand became UK fashion’s main attraction

  12-02-2023 13:00
  
  Gen Z, influencers and celebrity stylists like Harry Lambert are changing the way we buy clothesIf clothes swaps have traditionally been about bobbly jumpers and past-it denim, the format was certainly elevated last week. The Absolut Swap Shop opened in London with rooms full of preloved and “deadstock” clothing (clothes that were never sold in the first place) chosen by sustainability influencer Venetia La Manna, body positivity campaigner Nyome Nicholas-Williams and Harry Lambert,
  
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• ‘Shrinkflation’ hits Poland’s shoppers after costs soar for manufacturers

  12-02-2023 06:00
  Staple goods are getting smaller as higher production costs are passed on by stealth
  
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