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The John Lewis Partnership Chairman, Dame Sharon White, has announced she will not be seeking a second term as Chairman when her current term ends in February 2025. The news follows a tough period for the Partnership which announced a £234m loss in 2022, resulting in the annual staff bonus being cancelled. Recent results have shown improvement, with the Partnership reporting a loss of £57m ...

In France, we’ve seen several tactics to address multiple rising issues of theft and shrinkflation in the market. Explore how Leclerc is trialling anti-theft technology while Carrefour targets suppliers with its price warning labels. Leclerc trials anti-theft technology French market leader Leclerc partners with Knap to test 40 connected shopping trolleys in its hypermarket based in La Coll...

Sainsbury's has revealed details of its latest marketing campaign. Called ‘Good food for all of us’ the campaign is set to feature in all the retailer’s advertising and marketing materials from November. Revealing the inspiration behind the new campaign, Sainsbury’s said it wanted to provide good food for all customers, whatever their budget, tastes or dietary requirements, and however busy...

Aldi is set to streamline its private label offer in Belgium, significantly reducing the number of own brands. Fewer brands As reported by Het Nieuwsblad, Aldi plans to reduce the number of private label products it offers in Belgium from 160 to 55. This includes replacing the discounter’s Pirato crisp brand with Sun Snacks, as well as merging the Markus and Moreno coffee brands into Bariss...

Asda launched its ‘M&S Taste Match’ campaign in stores this week. The campaign's core message is “This isn’t just food, it’s M&S taste, at an Asda price.” as Asda looks to promote the quality credentials of its products. The retailer claims in blind taste tests hundreds of its products have been voted either “as tasty” or “tastier than” equivalent products at M&S. Asda claims all the pr...

The Dutch market leader announces it is joining the Eurelec alliance from 2025. Price differences to be addressed Ahold Delhaize will join France’s E.Leclerc and Germany’s REWE as part of the Eurelec retail alliance. The alliance will act as a joint sourcing venture between the three retailers for the purchasing of international FMCG’s. Through joining the alliance Ahold Delhaize hopes t...

The Dutch retailer has announced its intention to join the Epic Partners and Everest alliances from 2024. Jumbo to improve its purchasing power To improve its negotiating power with A-brand suppliers, Jumbo will join the Epic Partners and Everest retail alliances in 2024. The alliances were both set up by German market leader Edeka in 2021 when it left the Age Core alliance. Epic Partner...

Our global analysts share their opinion on grocery retail news from across the globe. Leclerc addresses self-scan shrinkage concerns – Lucy Bellotti, Senior Insight Analyst French market leader Leclerc partners with Knap to test 40 connected shopping trolleys in its hypermarket based in La Colle-Sur-Loup. The retailer has approximately 60-80 shoppers using the smart trolleys per day and cla...

Asda has unveiled plans for a new commercial operating structure at its home office in Leeds. The new commercial structure will be comprised of eight integrated business units aligned to specific categories and is being implemented with immediate effect. Each unit will be led by a Business Unit Director with full responsibility for sales & profitability in their area. Dedicated teams within...

Morrisons has released its Q3 trading results for the 13 weeks ending 30 th July 2023 and appointed a new Chief Executive Officer Q3 results reveal continued like-for-like growth In its latest trading update, Morrisons revealed a fifth consecutive quarter of like-for-like sales improvement. Group like-for-like sales increased 2.9% (exc. fuel, exc. VAT), whilst total sales stood at £3.8 b...