Value is key for the grocers December 20, 2011 LAST week I looked at how the major UK banks performed on YouGov’s BrandIndex in 2011, and this week I’m turning my attention to how the supermarkets fared over the same year. An interesting starting point is to take the Index Score (which is a composite of six key attribute measures). We see that all [...]
Shapland leaves Sainsbury’s May 9, 2011 Sainsbury’s has announced that its group development director Darren Shapland is to stand down, with non-food managing director Luke Jensen taking on the majority of the role from July. The company also announced that James Brown would join from Littlewoods as business unit director for clothing, and Robbie Feather was leaving John Lewis to become [...]
Income versus growth isn’t the crunch choice March 28, 2012 MOST funds can be broadly classified as either income or growth oriented and most managers focus their abilities on one to the exclusion of the other. There is plenty of debate about which investors should favour, and although there are good reasons to lean towards one or the other, ultimately investors should focus on diversification [...]
Income versus growth isn’t the crunch choice March 28, 2012 MOST funds can be broadly classified as either income or growth oriented and most managers focus their abilities on one to the exclusion of the other. There is plenty of debate about which investors should favour, and although there are good reasons to lean towards one or the other, ultimately investors should focus on diversification [...]
THE TIPSTER January 8, 2012 PLAYING ball on Tuesday will be Goals Soccer Centre – letting their fans have a peek at their post close trading update for the year. After seeing a sharp decline when the outdoor football centre reported a softer than expected trading period last time, can they move up the league with a better than expected [...]
THE TIPSTER January 8, 2012 PLAYING ball on Tuesday will be Goals Soccer Centre – letting their fans have a peek at their post close trading update for the year. After seeing a sharp decline when the outdoor football centre reported a softer than expected trading period last time, can they move up the league with a better than expected [...]
ATMs put out more in December December 22, 2011 Today is expected to be the busiest day for cash machines withdrawals as last minute pre-Christmas shoppers hit the high street. Sainsbury’s Finance estimates that over £11bn will be withdrawn from ATMs in the UK this month – a substantial increase on the £10.3bn withdrawn last December, thought to be impaired by the cold winter [...]
Oil majors lead the FTSE 100 lower as investors avoid risk January 11, 2012 BRITAIN’S blue-chip FTSE 100 closed lower yesterday after bouncing once again off an important technical resistance level, led by heavyweight energy stocks on a fresh bout of Eurozone debt-inspired risk aversion. The index traded in a fairly tight range for the early part of the session, rising to test 5,700 before bearish comments from a [...]
FTSE ends lower as retailers reveal a miserable Christmas January 12, 2012 BRITAIN’S leading shares fell yesterday after a profit warning from Tesco triggered sharp falls in retailers and eclipsed a lift for banks from a successful Spanish debt auction and restructuring at RBS. The FTSE 100 index closed down 8.40 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 5,662.42, once again missing out in a tilt at the [...]
Sainsbury’s shifts focus to non-food May 11, 2011 SAINSBURY’S yesterday said 40 per cent of its sales would be “non-food” by 2020 as it increasingly relies on clothing and other products for growth. The supermarket chain is in the middle of huge expansion with clothing and general merchandise being given more space. Sainsbury’s reported a 12.8 per cent jump in annual pre-tax profits [...]