Retail in the UK

Retail in the UK

The intensely competitive UK retail sphere is rich with innovation as shoppers try to balance the books. just-food takes an in-depth look at the performance of some of the biggest players.

On the money: Morrisons ready for growth, coy on Iceland

10 November 2011

Morrisons chief executive Dalton Philips said its offering to cash-strapped consumers and the "professional shopper" is behind the supermarket chain's third-quarter growth.

UK: Convenience sector to grow in five years

10 November 2011

The UK food and grocery convenience sector is set to grow to by more than a quarter in five years time, according to IGD's latest figures at its Convenience Retail Conference today (10 November).

On the money: Sainsbury's aims to shed price perception

9 November 2011

Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King today (9 November) heralded the company's work to alter consumer's perceptions of the supermarket's position on price - but admitted there is still work to do.

UK: Asda and Farmfoods to buy Iceland?

7 November 2011

Major UK retailer Asda has teamed up with frozen food supermarket chain Farmfoods to make a GBP1.4bn (US$1.4bn) bid for frozen food retailer Iceland Foods, according to reports.

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