Retail Gazette

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The return of its former bosscomes at a crucial time for Poundland after it reported its fourth consecutive quarter of declining sales, which fell 7.3% During his tenure, he helped to expand Poundland’s product offering to include more clothing, homewares and food, as well as move the business away from its single 1 price point.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Sainsbury’s has become the first UK grocer to extend Aldi Price Match into convenience stores, in a bid to offer its shoppers value and competitive pricing in time for the key Christmas period. The offer is now available for all of the grocery giant’s customers whether shopping online or in one of over 1,400 stores.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 15, 2023

However, in this macroeconomic environment, customers are particularly responsive to a high-value offering. “We Customers start caring about every dollar they spend, do more research and are looking for value. Rather, it’s a relatively non-discretionary product that’s typically bought on a need, rather than want, basis.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 5, 2024

B&M has beaten its lockdown peak, thanks to new store openings and continued demand for its value offer from cash-strapped shoppers. The value retailer’s statutory pre-tax profits jumped 14% to £498m in the 53 weeks to 25 March, up from £436m. It currently has 741 shops. We are well set for the years ahead.”

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The emergence of eCommerce has transformed traditional shopping habits, with a growing number of parents and students turning to online platforms to fulfill their annual back-to-school shopping needs. Understanding these changes and adapting effectively is crucial for retailers who aim to capitalize on this annual shopping event.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 29, 2025

The cuts impact several head office management roles, management in Tesco Mobile phone shops and staff at its in-store bakeries, where it plans to move away from scratch baking. It has begun talking to colleagues about a series of proposed changes in stores and head offices as it looks for more efficient ways of working.

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Retail Focus

MAY 14, 2024

It’s not really like you’re only into selling luxury items; you have high-value offerings about tailored experiences that can speak volumes to financially savvy elite customers. It will also allow you to offer tailored incentives or rewards to customers who are CMA account holders.

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Retail Gazette

JANUARY 10, 2024

M&S chief executive Stuart Machin said the retailer’s “core categories grew strongly and its [larger stores] performed particularly well as more customers looked to us for more of their full shop”. It added that its “ Remarksable Value ” offer also performed strongly, with sales surging 18% over the golden quarter.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 30, 2023

Limited trial of Sparks Prices underway pic.twitter.com/hlkP0sfl7V — Bryan Roberts (@BryanRoberts72) June 28, 2023 It is the latest value offer from the grocer, which revealed last week it was extending its price lock promise on 150 products through to the autumn. We’re determined to keep up the pace for our customers.

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Mike Anthony

MAY 15, 2022

Shopper Economics™ explains how different shoppers make decisions: about where to shop, which categories to buy, and which products to pick up and which to leave. Shopper Economics™ explains that shopping decisions are a trade off between ‘value’ and ‘cost’. In an economic downturn, value shoppers trade ‘value’ for ‘cost’.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The chain’s value offer and rapidly expanding store network in recent years saw it overtake Morrisons to become the UK’s fourth largest supermarket in 2022. That said, sales for the UK’s third largest grocer were still £4bn higher than Aldi’s at £21.9bn for the year, rising 7.1% coming in at £110.58

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Retail Focus

APRIL 8, 2021

Dezerved is a brand new online marketplace launched by Loylogic to connect loyalty programmes and previously closed-off communities of high-earning individuals with exclusive offers from some of the most luxurious brands in the world. No move underlines this point better than the launch of Walmart+ by America’s largest retailer, Walmart.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 7, 2022

With a proven, successful model in place, the brand rolled out across the capital before expanding further across the South of England, taking it to its current total of 21 restaurants, plus ‘Greek on the Street’, a Souvlaki Shop inspired by Greek street food culture. The Real Greek is now ready for its foray into the North.

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Inside Retail

JULY 9, 2023

High cost-of-living has become a massive driver for customers’ shopping habits in recent months, with many Australians seeking to avoid price increases where possible. In certain instances, they are even moving to value-focused supermarkets for their daily shop.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 30, 2024

At its peak, it was the clear greetings card market leader with over 1,000 stores and a presence in almost every major British town, but a n influx of internet rivals alongside the growing popularity of Card Factorys value offer resulted in the retailer losing its grip on the industry.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The arrival of the all-important holiday shopping season has retailers not just competing with one another to attract customers – they’re are also working to beat the clock, The New York Times reports. However, prices are climbing at the fastest pace in decades and the Federal Reserve is attempting to rein them in by raising interest rates.

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Mike Anthony

MARCH 27, 2022

In simple terms shoppers balance a number of value factors and cost factors in every decision they make. Shopper Economics explains that shopping decisions are a trade off between ‘value’ and ‘cost’. At the same time there are opportunities. I’m not advocating you ignore the value shopper. Every brand is different.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 6, 2025

Former Poundland boss Barry Williams was parachuted back onto the board of the discount chain at the start of the year as owner Pepco looked to address its struggling performance. drop in sales it reported for Poundland during the three months to 31 December and 3.6% in its most recent financial year. over the golden quarter.

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Retail Gazette

MARCH 14, 2024

Executive director James Bailey says this will include a mix of main and convenience stores, and will focus on areas where the brand is “underserved” “Our optimism comes from research and a lot of work we’ve done to work out where those shops will be and how much demand there is out there.

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Independent Retailer

OCTOBER 7, 2021

consumers and asked them how they perceive BFCM and the shopping experience during this time. The findings were enlightening and revealed that customers feel underappreciated, undervalued at this time of year, and are distrustful of brands that offer Black Friday discounts. Survey Says BFCM Brands Can Do Better.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Poundstretcher has slashed its prices by up to 75% across hundreds of selected products in its summer sale as it ramps up its value offer. It comes after the value chain permanently lowered the price on 1,000 products on a range of household, cleaning, health and beauty and storage items.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 4, 2024

Expert Manager at Univers Retail | Ephemeral Retailing Specialist | Published Author | Speaker In the dynamic and ever-evolving landscape of contemporary business, the concept of digital transformation has emerged as a pivotal force shaping industries and strategies at an unprecedented pace. Ghalia BOUSTANI.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 20, 2022

For one month – January last year – Aldi and Lidl were tied, with a basket of 19 items coming in at £18.45 at both discounters. Waitrose prices increased the most – by 9.2% – and Sainsbury’s the least, at 0.59%, according to the analysis by Which? Waitrose was more than £9, or 41%, more expensive than Lidl, at £32.85.

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Retail Gazette

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

” With John Lewis chief executive Nish Kankiwala confident the partnership will deliver “significantly higher” profit this year, Retail Gazette takes a look at why the retail giant is feeling so positive as it prepares to enter its busiest period of the year. “We expected it to be positive. percentage point to 4.5%.

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Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The chain’s value offer and rapidly expanding store network in recent years saw it overtake Morrisons to become the UK’s fourth largest supermarket in 2022. That said, sales for the UK’s third largest grocer were still 4bn higher than Aldi’s at 21.9bn for the year, rising 7.1% coming in at 110.58

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365 Retail

MAY 22, 2024

Adjusted operating profit was recorded at £504 million, reflecting the company’s successful cost management and efficiency initiatives. Statutory profit before tax stood at £489 million, a marked improvement from the previous year. Continued progress was made on value perception with £60m invested in price.

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Rain Pros

AUGUST 17, 2023

Use the right tools in a strategic manner and you’ll succeed in convincing your target audience to choose your retail business over others even if your prices and value offering are similar to those competitors. Rain POS marketing tools keep retailers in business.

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Rain Pros

MAY 1, 2023

Use the right tools in a strategic manner and you’ll succeed in convincing your target audience to choose your retail business over others even if your prices and value offering are similar to those competitors. Rain POS marketing tools keep retailers in business.

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Retail Marketing Payment Services Marketing Advertising 52

Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

“This grocery delivery service is an innovative addition to the expanding digital shopping experience available to our customers. The spoke facility will provide unmatched, impeccable customer service and improve direct access to fresh food in areas eager for the variety and value offered by Kroger.”.

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Retail Gazette

JUNE 18, 2024

At its peak, it was the clear greetings card market leader with over 1,000 stores and a presence in almost every major British town, but a n influx of internet rivals alongside the growing popularity of Card Factory’s value offer resulted in the retailer losing its grip on the industry.

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Planning Supermarket Shopping Management 52

Retail Gazette

MARCH 10, 2025

The chief executive said it “demonstrates the attractiveness of our value proposition and the soundness of our business model” The Spanish fashion giant attributed its 7.6% increase in revenue to store expansion, an improved value offer and its designer collaboration collections.

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Retail Gazette

APRIL 17, 2025

Indeed, Sainsbury’s is choosing to hold firm on its pricing for the time being – a sharp contrast to its biggest rival Tesco, which unveiled another set of price cuts at the start of the month in response to Asda adding another 1,500 products to its Rollback proposition weeks earlier.

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