Retail

Profit Falls At Morrisons, But Bidding War Overshadows H1 Results

British supermarket group Morrisons, at the centre of a bid battle between two US private equity firms, has reported a 37.1% fall in first-half profit, wit...

Data, Dark-Stores And Delivery – The Changing Face Of Grocery

Where customers lead, retailers follow, and with the dynamics of grocery changing as a result of the pandemic, being able to stay ahead comes with challeng...

Sri Lanka Targets Hoarders, Bad Traders To Tackle Food Shortages

Sri Lanka plans to bring in new laws to deter hoarding and increase penalties on traders to tackle food shortages caused largely by the country's...

UK Shopper Numbers Improve In August: Springboard

The number of shoppers hitting Britain's high streets, shopping centres and retail parks continued to improve in August, with the gap on the same month in...

UK Government Rejects Call For New Visas To Ease Driver Shortage

Britain's government has rejected calls from retail and logistics companies to temporarily ease post-Brexit immigration rules which they say are contributi...

French Consumer Confidence Eases In August: INSEE

French consumer confidence eased marginally in August despite a surge in coronavirus cases and new rules requiring a health pass to enter many retail outle...

Myriad Of UK Retailers Citing Delivery And Driver Issues As Christmas Approaches

A number of UK retailers have spoken out about the supply chain challenges facing supermarkets, as the driver shortage threatens to derail pre-Christmas st...

Online Grocery Sales Drop 10% In UK, As Shoppers Return To Stores: NielsenIQ

Shoppers made 50 million more visits to UK supermarkets in the four weeks to 14 August, which in turn led to a 10% decline in online grocery sales, new dat...