https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/APGKO5635e4/sam-chambers RSS for Node Wed, 13 May 2026 01:33:15 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/bat-profit-beats-estimate-as-cigarette-maker-boost-alternatives https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/bat-profit-beats-estimate-as-cigarette-maker-boost-alternatives Thu, 26 Jul 2018 06:20:55 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-23/tesco-readies-new-discount-stores-to-take-on-lidl-and-aldi https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-23/tesco-readies-new-discount-stores-to-take-on-lidl-and-aldi Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:42:31 GMT Customers carry shopping baskets as they browse goods displayed for sale inside a Tesco Extra Supermarket, operated by Tesco Plc, in London, U.K., on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Tesco Chief Executive Officer Philip Clarke asked shareholders last week for more time to complete "radical" changes, from altering shop formats to lowering prices. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/sports-direct-profit-sinks-as-ashley-s-debenhams-bet-backfires https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/sports-direct-profit-sinks-as-ashley-s-debenhams-bet-backfires Thu, 19 Jul 2018 07:44:39 GMT Pedestrians pass a Debenhams Plc department store advertising a half price sale, in London, U.K., on Thursday, June. 21, 2018. The rise of e-commerce, which makes up 18 percent of the U.K.'s retail sales, has left stores with declining revenue even as rent bills rise. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/juul-debuts-in-u-k-as-15-billion-upstart-takes-on-big-tobacco https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/juul-debuts-in-u-k-as-15-billion-upstart-takes-on-big-tobacco Mon, 16 Jul 2018 23:01:00 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-12/asos-plunges-as-overseas-growth-stutters-amid-heavy-spending https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-12/asos-plunges-as-overseas-growth-stutters-amid-heavy-spending Thu, 12 Jul 2018 08:44:43 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/sainsbury-names-martin-scicluna-as-chairman-ahead-of-asda-deal https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/sainsbury-names-martin-scicluna-as-chairman-ahead-of-asda-deal Wed, 11 Jul 2018 06:30:08 GMT An Asda plastic carrier bag, left, and a Sainsbury's plastic carrier bag, right, sit in a supermarket trolley in this arranged photograph in Watford, U.K., on Monday, April 30, 2018. J Sainsbury Plc plans to buy Walmart Inc.’s Asda unit in a 7.3 billion-pound ($10 billion) deal that boosts the U.K. grocer’s clout in a highly competitive market and pushed its stock up the most in at least 30 years. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/britain-s-online-shopping-boom-takes-a-toll-on-the-high-street https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/britain-s-online-shopping-boom-takes-a-toll-on-the-high-street Wed, 11 Jul 2018 04:01:11 GMT Burslem’s Queen Street, where a third of the shops are boarded up. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-10/m-s-chairman-spells-out-home-truths-at-london-s-wembley-stadium https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-10/m-s-chairman-spells-out-home-truths-at-london-s-wembley-stadium Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:11:49 GMT An employee adjusts packets of mens shirts on display inside a branch of Marks & Spencer Group Plc (M&S) in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Brexit uncertainty and an increase in interest rates have rattled consumers, but recent wage and inflation data suggest the tide may be turning for household incomes and next year may be better. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-10/tesco-u-k-ceo-wilson-to-step-down-due-to-serious-illness https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-10/tesco-u-k-ceo-wilson-to-step-down-due-to-serious-illness Tue, 10 Jul 2018 06:28:05 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/primark-sticks-to-cautious-u-s-expansion-plans-as-sales-gain https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/primark-sticks-to-cautious-u-s-expansion-plans-as-sales-gain Thu, 05 Jul 2018 08:16:06 GMT A pedestrian passes empty shopping baskets in the window of a Primark clothing store, operated by Associated British Foods Plc, on Oxford Street in London, U.K., on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. Diversification has helped power Primark from its birth in the 1960s as an Irish discount clothing chain to aggressive expansion across Europe and more recently into the U.S. Photographer: Luke MacGregor https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/imperial-takes-aim-at-juul-as-big-tobacco-faces-upstart-rival https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/imperial-takes-aim-at-juul-as-big-tobacco-faces-upstart-rival Thu, 05 Jul 2018 04:00:01 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-04/sainsbury-shows-need-for-asda-deal-as-grocery-growth-slows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-04/sainsbury-shows-need-for-asda-deal-as-grocery-growth-slows Wed, 04 Jul 2018 06:22:28 GMT A shopper pushes a J Sainsbury Plc supermarket trolley containing an Asda plastic carrier bag, left, and a Sainsbury's plastic carrier bag, right, in this arranged photograph in Watford, U.K., on Monday, April 30, 2018. J Sainsbury Plc plans to buy Walmart Inc.’s Asda unit in a 7.3 billion-pound ($10 billion) deal that boosts the U.K. grocer’s clout in a highly competitive market and pushed its stock up the most in at least 30 years. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-02/tesco-forms-purchasing-alliance-with-french-retailer-carrefour https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-02/tesco-forms-purchasing-alliance-with-french-retailer-carrefour Mon, 02 Jul 2018 06:06:27 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/tesco-tests-checkout-free-shopping-in-bid-to-match-amazon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-28/tesco-tests-checkout-free-shopping-in-bid-to-match-amazon Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:36:55 GMT A customer browses fresh fruit in the chilled section of a Tesco Plc supermarket in the borough of Kensington in London, U.K., on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Tesco Plc, the U.K.\'s largest grocer launched a \"Price Promise\", its latest initiative offering to match the price of customers\' purchases to that of it\'s rivals, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc.\'s ASDA. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-27/brexit-amazon-to-wipe-out-profit-at-u-k-retailer-john-lewis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-27/brexit-amazon-to-wipe-out-profit-at-u-k-retailer-john-lewis Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:22:36 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-25/clarks-ceo-shearwood-departs-after-misconduct-investigation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-25/clarks-ceo-shearwood-departs-after-misconduct-investigation Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:42:11 GMT Footwear sits on display at discounted sale prices inside a Clarks footwear store, operated by C. and J. Clark International Ltd, in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. Tomorrow's euro-area December inflation report will probably show consumer prices grew 0.9 percent from a year earlier, the same rate as a month earlier. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-19/debenhams-cuts-earnings-forecast-as-rivals-step-up-discounting https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-19/debenhams-cuts-earnings-forecast-as-rivals-step-up-discounting Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:30:05 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-15/tesco-turnaround-progresses-as-booker-adds-to-growth https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-15/tesco-turnaround-progresses-as-booker-adds-to-growth Fri, 15 Jun 2018 06:17:09 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-15/britain-s-robot-grocer-ocado-is-coming-to-the-u-s https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-15/britain-s-robot-grocer-ocado-is-coming-to-the-u-s Fri, 15 Jun 2018 04:01:12 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-13/dixons-says-almost-6-million-cards-breached-in-cyberattack https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-13/dixons-says-almost-6-million-cards-breached-in-cyberattack Wed, 13 Jun 2018 06:52:01 GMT An employee holds a branded Currys PC World plastic carrier bag in this arranged photograph taken outside an electronics store, operated by Dixons Retail Plc, in London, U.K., on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Dixons Retail, whose Currys chain sells everything from tablets to vacuum cleaners, agreed to an all-share merger of equals with Carphone Warehouse Group Plc, with the new entity being called Dixons Carphone Plc, in a bid to capitalize on the growth of Internet-enabled devices, such as washing machines that can be controlled from your phone.