Christmas

Tesco Sees Like-For-Like Group Sales Up 0.5% In Third Quarter

Retail giant Tesco has posted group like-for-like sales growth of 0.5% in the third quarter of its financial year, and +1.5% growth over the Christmas peri...

UK Grocery Growth Sees Slowdown Over Christmas: Nielsen

The UK grocery market saw growth slow to +1.8% in the four weeks to 29 December, according to industry data from Nielsen. This is approximately half the...

Morrisons Posts 3.6% Like-For-Like Sales Growth Over Christmas

UK retailer Morrisons has released a trading statement for the nine weeks to 6 January, a period that saw it post like-for-like sales growth of 3.6%. Li...

Big Discounts Fail To Draw UK Shoppers To Post-Christmas Sales

The number of British shoppers hitting the post-Christmas sales dipped by 4.2% year-on-year on Wednesday, offering no relief for stores that had already di...

Waitrose & Partners Pledges To Phase Out Glitter

UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has announced it is to phase out the use of glitter in its own-label cards, wrap, crackers, tags, flowers and plant...

Tesco Expands Vegan Food Range For Christmas As Demand Soars

Retail giant Tesco has added more products to its range of plant-based SKUs in the UK, following an increase in demand for vegan food. In 2018, demand f...