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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Nov- 2018 -8 NovemberSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s sees boost from Argos deal in mixed financial results
Sainsbury’s profit before tax has dropped by 40% to £132m for the 28 weeks to 22 September 2018 compared with £220m the year before. However, the supermarket’s takeover of Argos in 2016 provided a boost to the company providing an underlying profit growth of £51m driven by Argos synergies. It…
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Oct- 2018 -29 OctoberSupermarkets
New Asda proposal could see up to 2,500 jobs slashed
A new proposal from ‘Big 4′ supermarket retailer Asda could see up to 2,500 jobs slashed, as the group is considering changing employees’ roles and working hours. The group said it needs to consider “changing the roles we need our colleagues to do” or the hours needed in particular parts…
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16 OctoberAdvice
How the ‘customer experience’ can improve inclusivity in-store
Next month, a number of British retailers including Asda, Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Barclays and Argos will be coming together in aid of ‘Purple Tuesday’ – the first accessible shopping day in the UK. Co-ordinated by the disability organisation Purple and endorsed by the government, Purple Tuesday is all about…
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5 OctoberGovernment
MPs launch inquiry into top fashion retailers
Some 10 of the UK’s leading fashion retailers have been asked to submit evidence on the steps being taken to reduce social and environmental impact. The chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Mary Creagh MP has written to the chief executives of a number of retail chains. This includes Asda,…
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Sep- 2018 -19 SeptemberSupermarkets
CMA refers Sainsbury’s-Asda merger for further investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced the proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda is to be referred for an in-depth ‘Phase 2’ investigation, after finding it raises “sufficient concerns”. The CMA said concerns arise from both grocery retailers in the UK possessing stores that overlap in hundreds of…
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12 SeptemberHR
Morrisons faces £1bn equal pay case for female staff
Morrisons could be made to pay over £1bn in compensation to women store employees who believe they have been paid less than men in the distribution centres for equal work. Law firm Leigh Day is representing the employees and has lodged claims with the conciliation service ACAS while awaiting a…
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10 SeptemberSupermarkets
Asda axes price guarantee
Asda has announced it is to abandon its price guarantee, which saw shoppers refunded the difference if a competitor sold an item cheaper. The supermarket is the last of the big three to axe the plan, a month after Tesco and two years after Sainsbury’s, said the scheme was no…
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Aug- 2018 -23 AugustSupermarkets
CMA begins Sainsbury’s Asda merger probe
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched its formal investigation into the proposed merger between J Sainsbury PLC and Asda Group. Since the announcement of the proposed merger on 30 April, the CMA has been gathering the information needed to start its formal investigation. It will now begin the…
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22 AugustSupermarkets
Retailers commit to support farmers during drought
The NFU has reached out to the UK’s top nine supermarket retailers to express the difficulties farmers and growers are facing as a result of the drought brought on the by the recent heatwave. Aldi, Asda, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Lidl and Tesco have all committed to support the farming…
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20 AugustSupermarkets
300 stores ‘could shut’ amid Sainsbury’s Asda merger
The result of the Sainsbury’s Asda merger could see up to 300 stores be forced to close if the merger was to go ahead according to new research. Analysis by The Times, which used modelling techniques used by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and found that up to 300…
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