Asda
This coverage explores Asda’s strategy, operations, and performance within the UK grocery and retail sector. Reporting highlights store and online developments, product ranges, pricing strategies, financial results, leadership decisions, and sustainability initiatives. With a focus on commercial outcomes and competitive positioning, it provides insights for retail professionals managing grocery, value-driven, and multi-channel operations.
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Feb- 2022 -14 FebruaryHigh Street
Boots bidders given end of month deadline
Prospective bidders for Boots reportedly have until the end of the month to submit their first-round bids in a £7bn auction of the business, The Times reported over the weekend. According to the paper, Boots UK CEO Sebastian James has been meeting with prospective bidders this week alongside advisers at…
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2 FebruarySupermarkets
Asda to trial digital self-ID at checkouts
Asda has announced it will be the first supermarket to trial an automated age verification solution at self-checkouts which aims to make it easier and quicker for customers using this facility. From this week, customers in Asda’s Pudsey and Stevenage stores can use privacy preserving age estimation technology when purchasing…
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Jan- 2022 -31 JanuaryHigh Street
Walgreens set to start £7bn Boots sale process
Walgreens Boots Alliance has reportedly started the sales process for its Boots international drugstore unit, according to Bloomberg. Walgreens is said to be “sending out preliminary information on the business to potential suitors ahead of first-round bids due in the coming weeks”. Boots, which has 2,200 stores in Britain and…
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17 JanuaryFeatures
Customer service needs for the post-covid consumer
Nurturing customer service continues to be a primary focus of businesses. Even pre-covid, retailers naturally updated their offerings to out-perform competing brands – why the groundwork concerning competition within retailers is said to have entered into discussion as early as the 20th Century; ‘assessing the complexity of competition’, ‘distinguishing its…
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17 JanuaryHigh Street
Issa brothers eye Boots takeover
The Issa brothers are reportedly eyeing a takeover of high street giant Boots, which would see the Asda owners acquire more than 2,000 pharmacies and stores across the UK. According to the Mail on Sunday, the acquisition of the £10bn business is believed to have been discussed at a senior…
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13 JanuaryHigh Street
Nutrigums agrees Superdrug partnership
Vitamin gummy brand Nutrigums has announced the launch of its wide range of gummy vitamins into the national health and beauty retailer, Superdrug. Nutrigums, a plant-based gummy supplement brand, said it’s on a “mission to become the UK’s go-to for everyday support for a range of wellbeing needs and ailments,…
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11 JanuaryFeatures
Diversification – the pandemic lifeline
Business diversification is not a novel notion. Renowned e-commerce website Amazon is said to be one of the early companies that diversified its offerings, transitioning from a marketplace of reading material to the commercial giant it is now. The eruption of coronavirus demanded more innovation from businesses. Many firms across…
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6 JanuaryNews
Asda unveils new year leadership changes
Asda has announced changes to its executive leadership team as it enters into the new year with the appointment of Ken Towle as its new retail director with responsibility for all Asda’s stores. Towle joins Asda from Nisa, where has held responsibility for supplying over 4000 stores across Great Britain…
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5 JanuarySupermarkets
Grocery sales hit £11.7bn in December
Take-home grocery sales reached £11.7bn in December alone as shoppers upped their spending to celebrate Christmas, according to the latest figures from Kantar. Over the 12 weeks to 26 December 2021, shoppers spent £31.7bn primarily boosted by the December performance. Although down by 3.0% compared with 2020, spending remains higher…
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Dec- 2021 -22 DecemberNews
Asda strike looms amid ‘unacceptable’ pay offer
GMB has announced that strike action at Asda has moved closer after thousands of workers said they were ready to walk out over the company’s “failure to make an acceptable pay offer”. The association’s representatives will meet after the next pay talks to agree the next steps in moving to…
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