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Tesco, the third-largest of the world’s retailers, recently announced its best quarterly sales performance in Britain in two years, noting that it was closing in on the growth rates reported by its domestic competitors.
On Tuesday, the company reported that first-quarter sales at its UK stores that had been open for at least a year were [...]

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4th Jun 09

Marks and Spencer most respected firm in Britain

by Harry Oldfield

www.marksandspencer.com
High Street retail chain Marks & Spencer has been ranked as having the best reputation of any company in Britain.
Celebrating its 125th year, Marks & Spencer was named the most reputable company in the UK this week, in a large-scale survey involving the top firms in the country.
M&S bested major names ranging from Cadbury’s to [...]

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25th May 09

Sainsburys and Marks and Spencer avocado war heats up

by Natasha Redman

www.sainsburys.co.uk
The UK business world is embroiled in talks of takeovers and battles over who will become king of the high street, but two top retailers have turned their focus to the avocado.
Both of the retailers – Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer – are trying their best to convince consumers that they epitomise “Britishness”, and have [...]

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30th Apr 09

Sainsburys ranked first in supermarkets over Easter

by Harry Oldfield

www.sainsburys.co.uk
The UK’s big five supermarkets are engaged in an ongoing battle for market share, frequently changing position in the rankings, overtaking each other in turn. Over the recent Easter holiday, it appears that Sainsbury’s came out on top, according to the latest figures.
Of the five largest British supermarket chains, Sainsbury’s showed the most significant growth [...]

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20th Apr 09

Tesco expected to announce one billion in weekly sales

by Paul Russell

www.tesco.com
British retailed Tesco had its beginnings in a humble market stall selling leftover rations from World War I, back in 1919. It is now about to attain a milestone never before reached by a retailer in the UK when it announces that sales for the last 12 months exceeded £53 billion – or more than [...]

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31st Mar 09

Expansion of Edinburgh shopping centre to create 500 jobs

by Paul Russell

www.camerontoll.co.uk
As many as 500 jobs are expected to result from the expansion of one of Edinburgh’s main shopping centres, according to a report in The Scotsman.
The Cameron Toll shopping complex is about to undergo a £25 million expansion progamme, according to the Irish investment fund which acquired the property last year.

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30th Mar 09

Consumers downgrading to cheaper brands

by Natasha Redman

www.sainsburys.co.uk
For many items bought at groceries, thousands of shoppers in Northern Ireland are abandoning major brand names and buying cheaper alternatives.
Sainsbury’s has released new figures showing that their customers increased purchases of the retailer’s own low-cost label sales by 60 per cent in the last year.

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