Waitrose
This coverage examines Waitrose’s operations, strategy, and position within the UK retail market. Reporting includes store performance, product innovation, supply chain developments, marketing initiatives, sustainability efforts, and leadership decisions. With a focus on commercial impact and competitive strategy, it provides actionable insights for retail executives, managers, and professionals engaged in grocery and premium food retailing.
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Oct- 2018 -31 OctoberEntertainment
Argos and John Lewis Christmas toy lists create surge in interest
A new study has found interest in this year’s “must-have” Christmas toys surged by almost eight times, following the publication of the Argos and John Lewis top Christmas toys lists. The research by digital marketing agency, Everest Media, analysed the volume of Google searches that each toy on the list…
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17 OctoberDepartment Stores
‘Mixed weather’ leads to John Lewis and Partnership sales slip
John Lewis and Waitrose have both reported a sales decrease for its 11th week of trading, dragged down by a week of mixed weather and poor homeware performance. Compared with last year’s sales during the same period sales decreased by 1.6% to £210m, compared with £214m last year. For Waitrose…
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5 OctoberSupermarkets
New Waitrose scheme lets drivers ‘put away’ shopping while homeowners are out
Waitrose & Partners has announced a new scheme which allows drivers to deliver groceries to customers inside their homes and put them away while they are out. The retailer will initially test demand for the new service, which is called ‘While You’re Away’, with 100 customers located within the delivery…
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Sep- 2018 -24 SeptemberComment
What’s the secret of the forecourt store?
While the struggles facing the retail sector have been widely reported over recent months, it seems forecourt stores are bucking the trend. However, with petrol sales in decline in the move to greener motoring, is their success sustainable and what might the forecourt store of 2040 look like? At a…
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19 SeptemberOnline & Digital
Waitrose & Partners trials two-hour ‘rapid delivery’ service
Waitrose and Partners has launched the trial of a two-hour delivery service in selected London postcodes today (19 September). The supermarket has teamed up with startup retail delivery firm, On The Dot, to launch ‘Waitrose Rapid Delivery’ in the SW5, SW6 , SW10, WC1, WC2, EC1, CR5 and CR8 areas…
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13 SeptemberHigh Street
John Lewis hit by 99% drop in H1 profits
The John Lewis Partnership has reported a 99% slump in its underlying profits to £1.2m in the first six months of the year, which the company described as “challenging times”. The significant drop in profits comes despite a 1.6% uptick in revenue to £5.4bn attributed to the increased online grocery…
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4 SeptemberDepartment Stores
John Lewis and Waitrose add ‘& Partners’ to business name in branding shakeup
John Lewis and Waitrose have added ‘& Partners’ to the group’s business names, formally recognising the 83,000 partners who work for the John Lewis Partnership for the first time in the company’s history. According to the groups the change has been designed to highlight its partnership business model and culture…
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Aug- 2018 -28 AugustEconomy
Amazon named ‘most reputable UK retailer’ in consumer survey
Amazon, Boots and John Lewis have topped the 2018 UK Retail RepTrak ranking of the most reputable retailers, the Reputation Institute has announced. The research was based on 5,175 individual ratings from the UK general public and based on an assessment of 50 nominated companies. Amazon’s reputation significantly improved since…
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28 AugustSupermarkets
‘Brutal’ force-feeding of calves filmed on Waitrose organic dairy farm
Animal rights group, Animal Equality, has released footage of calves being “violently handled” on the Coombe organic dairy farm in Somerset which supplies Waitrose. The footage shows several cows with their back legs chained together in shackles and calves being denied access to water for up to 29 hours on…
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Jul- 2018 -25 JulyAdvice
The data-value exchange: customer data in a post-GDPR world
With GDPR now law, the way brands justify, capture and retain their customer data has changed. The disastrous ‘end-of-the-world’ scenario that was drummed into us over the last twelve months hasn’t materialised for brands who are already taking care of their customer data. Instead, for the first time, data capture…
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