Interviews & Comments
Seeing is acting
Paul Boyle, CEO of Retail Insight. If you peek behind the curtain of grocery retail, there is a deflating inevitability affecting every balance sheet: retailers don’t have the product availability they think they have. Otherwise...
Renowned business leader Sir Terry Leahy to receive honorary doctorate from Edge Hill University
Renowned business leader Sir Terry Leahy to receive honorary doctorate from Edge Hill University Sir Terry Leahy, credited with turning Tesco into one of the world’s leading supermarket chains, is to be awarded an...
Retail sales figures for May
EY comments on today’s ONS retail sales figures for May Silvia Rindone, EY UK&I Retail Lead comments: “While UK retail sales continued to see marginal growth in May, with a month-on-month rise of 0.3%,...
How Lidl stays the cheapest supermarket ?
Lidl has earned the official title of the most affordable supermarket in the UK, surpassing all major competitors and even undercutting Aldi, according to the latest price comparison survey. The analysis, conducted by The...
UK RETAIL REWARDS PROGRAMMES INFLUENCE £74.9 BILLION IN CONSUMER SPENDING
New report ‘The Constrained Consumer’ by Webloyalty and Cebr is released today The findings examine the pressures faced by the UK retail sector – in 2023 and beyond The sector is forecast to stagnate...
John Lewis chairman Sharon White writes about the power of Partners
There’s a big debate about the extent to which ‘artificial intelligence’ will replace people’s jobs. Our Chairman Sharon White writes about the power of Partners and why human connections will always be so important...
WHSmith brings new focus to staff wellbeing as part of Retail Trust partnership
15 June 2023 – WHSmith, the leading global travel retailer, is introducing new measures to support its employees’ health and happiness after teaming up with retail industry charity the Retail Trust to help boost staff wellbeing. The...
Rhian Bartlett, Food Commercial Director at Sainsbury’s, said: “The rate of grocery price inflation remains at a record high
Rhian Bartlett, Food Commercial Director at Sainsbury’s, said: “The rate of grocery price inflation remains at a record high, which is why we are continuing to lower prices wherever we can on the food and...
Frans Muller has been announced as the new Co-Chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum
Frans Muller, CEO of Ahold Delhaize, and Dirk Van de Put, Chairman and CEO of Mondelēz International, have been announced as the new Co-Chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) during its annual Global...
Comment on soaring UK grocery spending as food prices rise by 9.6%
Commenting on UK grocery spending soaring as food prices rise by 9.6%, Mark Lynch, Partner at corporate finance house to the consumer industries, Oghma Partners, said: “Food price inflation is being driven not only by current...