Steve Dresser, CEO
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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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Last month I was tipped off that a new tranche of lab stores were being launched, with Swinton the first...
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Possibly one of the most impressive hires by Morrisons was Richard Hodgson who was the subject of an 11th hour...
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Despite Morrisons long standing aversion to non food taking over vast areas of stores, they’ve always retained a small selection...
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The title of this blog is bold and after spending 3 hours with the management team at M Local, it’s...
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Tesco have been striving for more efficiency for an age as they continue year in, year out to deliver a...
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I heard via the drums (the M company magazine and via email) that Swinton had been selected as the next...
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Yesterday saw the formal opening of the Morrisons sourcing office in Hong Kong with Dalton Philips, Richard Hodgson and Morrisons...
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As the opening date for ‘M’ Local Ilkley gets ever closer I re-visited the store last week to chart...
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When the labs were announced by Dalton in September there was a small indicator that they would be in areas...
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Convenience is something that Morrisons should have been doing a while ago according to the analysts along with online and...
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So, the store concept at Kirkstall is finished now barring minor tweaks thus endeth the steady stream of blog posts...
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I’ve split this up into 3 parts as there is so much to cover but I am planning to write...
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Each time you visit a store you expect an element of variability, your favourite item out of stock, items in...
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When ambling around the North American food hall ‘air’ that Kirkstall has these days, it’s not hard to see where...
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Dalton Philips and Richard Pennycook alluded to the £100m efficiency savings over 3 years in the interims, their ‘self help’...
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Note: I’d recommend reading alongside the Morrisons Interim presentation which can be found on the Morrisons corporate site – Dalton’s...
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Morrisons have never done things conventionally, even going back to Sir Ken’s reign and his steadfast refusal to appoint the...
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Premiumisation has never been a word associated with Morrisons hammered in the press when the working class hulk of Morrisons...
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The 15th February saw the shock news that Morrisons had acquired Childrens e-tailer Kiddicare for £70m, shock because non food...
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I managed to get to Kirkstall again to get some more photographs to expand upon the images and trials that...
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Dalton Philips ‘lab’ concept gathers pace with further changes to the Kirkstall Store. Dalton’s Produce trial that was reported in...
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Following on from my suggestion in September (and indeed Jennifer Creevy’s (Retail Week) in July) Morrisons would be looking towards...
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In this 4 part blog I’ll turn the focus to each of the supermarket groups and their 2011 outlook, it’s...
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