Entries in 'Non-food' (20)
Tesco non-food sales up
NEWSTesco’s international non-food sales have risen 6.2 per cent to £13.1 billion, with electricals showing particularly strong growth.
Non-food retailers experience worst month in 17 years
NEWSNon-food retailers have experienced their worst month since July 1992, after sales fell by three per cent on 2008.
Tesco?s UK sales up 4.3 per cent
NEWSThe UK’s biggest retailer Tesco has posted another strong set of numbers for the 13 weeks ending May 30th 2009 that show both domestic and international growth.
Tesco opens new High Street store format
NEWS Tesco has opened its first Superstore branded outlet at the flagship retail development Liverpool One, with the supermarket going head-to-head with other city-centre non-food retailers like Currys.digital and Carphone Warehouse.
Footfall slips for non-food in January
NEWS Footfall at non-food retailers fell by 3.7 per cent during January compared to 2007, according to the Retail Traffic Index.
Sainsbury's records best ever Christmas
NEWS Sainsbury’s has announced that it enjoyed its best ever Christmas period, boasting strong performance and healthy increases in sales during the third quarter of its financial year.
Electronics help Tesco to strong quarter
NEWS Tesco has seen strong sales of electricals, despite what it describes as tough economic conditions.
Asda merges food and non-food roles
NEWS Asda's non-food trading director Peter Pritchard is set to leave the supermarket after chief executive Andy Bond dissolved the position and merge its responsibilities with its food counterpart, headed by ...
Tesco snaps up Sainsbury's non-food supremo
NEWS The key-architect of Sainsbury's non-food expansion plans has suddenly quit the UK's third largest supermarket to take a – as of yet, named – top job at rival Tesco.
Non-food drives Sainsburys growth
NEWS Strong growth in non-food sales have helped Sainsbury's see sales growth of 4.5 per cent and an increase in like-for-like sales of 3.4 per cent excluding fuel.
Morrisons to challenge in non-food
NEWS Morrisons has signalled its intentions to enter the non-food space with the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain saying it hopes to exploit its surplus space to build upon the increasing ...
Sainsbury's to launch electronics website
NEWS Sainsbury's is set to go head-to-head with rivals Asda and Tesco after it revealed that it will be launching a new non-food website on the back of a 28.4 per ...
Laptops lead price falls
NEWS The price of laptops, PCs and flat screen televisions continued to fall during March pushing down the average price of consumer electronics by five per cent, according to the British ...
Laptops lead Tesco?s huge non-food growth
NEWS Extremely strong sales of consumer electronics drove growth in Tesco's non-food operations, helping the group's total sales reach £51.8 billion – an increase of 11.1 per cent over the 2006/7's ...
Asda hires Tesco marketeer in non-food push
NEWS Asda has hired Tesco's former head of hard-lines marketing Catherine Stewart as it prepares to double the amount of its non-food outlets during 2008 to 26.
Sainsburys' non-food operation sees strong growth
NEWS The chief executive of Sainsbury's, Justin King has praised the performance of its non-food section, adding that it still has "significant growth potential".
Supermarkets increase non-food share
NEWS Supermarkets now account for the sale of 11.9 per cent of all electrical items in the UK, according to the latest figures from Verdict Research.
Asda in massive store expansion
NEWS The UK's second largest supermarket, Asda has unveiled massive expansion plans that will see over 20 new stores built, 12 existing stores extended and 9,000 jobs created.
Non-food retailers in for rough ride
NEWS Non-food retailers are in for a rough year thanks to falling disposable incomes, lower consumer spending because of job security fears and a fall in the strength of the pound ...
