Steve Dresser, CEO
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Following on from the first blog where I focused on the non food side of the 97,000 sq ft store,...
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After hearing a lot about the Sainsbury’s XL store format, especially the Crayford store. I decided to arrange a trip...
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It was (based on store visits and anecdotal evidence) a remarkable Christmas for Morrisons with a strong fresh food offering...
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I’d planned to write a piece for each retailer in the run up to Christmas, but I’ve been a little...
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Regular readers of the blog will know the blog retains a slight bias towards the fortunes of Morrisons(!), so the...
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In the next couple of blogs, I’ll be taking a look at how the retailers are setting up for Christmas,...
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Part 1 can be found here and charts the entirety of market square / fresh market and the flower shop,...
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There was a memorable interview with Dalton around Christmas last year in the Telegraph where he discussed a fresh based strategy...
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Ahead of the main blog coming later on today, here are some taster pictures of the new Wrexham store.
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As the Q3 results reveal yet another good performance from Morrisons, the share price had climbed above the £3...
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Based not too far from the fledgling M Local store in Ilkley is a Booths store, many of our...
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We’ve never been particularly well served in Bradford by Tesco which is surprising considering they are the number 1 retailer...
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After the initial ‘soft’ launch of some ready meals into stores last Monday (4th Oct), it was somewhat disappointing that...
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This blog post was planned in before the Tesco announcement of £500m worth of price cuts and it’s interesting that...
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One of Daltons major planks in his strategy that he revealed in 2010 was to close the gap on own...
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One of the biggest mistakes I made on this blog was assuming that the Kirkstall store would be finished when...
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So after the story was broken via twitter that Tesco were looking to start some sort of offensive, followed by...
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As a fellow blogger puts it, Richard Brasher is indeed a bit of a forgotten man at Tesco. Recently speaking...
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Around a week ago now, the Tesco employee forum had a somewhat cryptic message regarding a secret launch with 18...
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Probably useful to read the slides that were used at the announcement alongside this blog post. As expected, the half...
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According to several sources, Morrisons half year results are expected to be well on target with another good financial performance...
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The good old Bakery, an area where retailers love paying lip service to, ‘we’re investing x,y,z in freshness’ and the...
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Its been a while since the last blog, for which I apologise, Indeed this blog will be a bit shorter...
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Leafy Wilmslow with its Aston Martin garage, Toni + Guy salon and upmarket Space.NK.apothecary (posh high end moisturiser/make up retailer)...
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