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We offer our perspective and insight on the things that matter to retail.

M&S store closures and sub brands disappearing…

Noteworthy that M&S are row(e)ing back from their international ambitions, closing stores (some of which will be anchors in the...

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Throwback Thursday 1: The First M Local Store, Ilkley

Throwback Thursday will be a weekly feature trawling the Grocery Insight image archive (now standing at over 60,000 images). First...

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Throwback Thursday 2: Tesco Watford refit

Throwback Thursday! The weekly look at the Grocery Insight archives (we have 60,000 + images), today it’s Tesco Watford Extra...

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Brexit. Recession. Food Retail?

This post originally appeared on LinkedIn, and has been republished here in full. So Brexit, who expected that? I think...

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Talking Tesco Profits on BBC Radio 5 Live

Listen to Wednesday’s interview where I speak to Adam Parsons on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up To Money program about Tesco’s...

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Tesco launching ‘farm brands’

Back to the future from Tesco? Around the time of the discount emergence and the recession, Tesco launched a number...

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The 6 P’s of Discount Retailing

The 6Ps of Discount Retailing was developed by Grocery Insight as a model to analyse the Discount channel. Our presentation...

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A year in store – 2015 – Sampling programme of the year – Tesco

Firstly, credit to Mark Smith for this spot in his local Tesco, it literally is nearly beyond belief in terms of...

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