Tesco is a better pick than Sainsbury’s June 13, 2010 THOSE looking for proof the UK is going to bump along the bottom for a while before making a convincing exit from recession need only look at this week’s supermarket sales figures. Now the comparatives are beginning to get tougher, things are looking decidedly lacklustre. Analysts at RBS reckon J Sainsbury will report flat UK [...]
Tesco is a better pick than Sainsbury’s June 13, 2010 THOSE looking for proof the UK is going to bump along the bottom for a while before making a convincing exit from recession need only look at this week’s supermarket sales figures. Now the comparatives are beginning to get tougher, things are looking decidedly lacklustre. Analysts at RBS reckon J Sainsbury will report flat UK [...]
Analyst views: Will Tesco bounce back from poor Christmas sales? January 13, 2011 PHILIP DORGAN | ALTIUM SECURITIES If we were to be critical, then we would say it has fallen short of how the market would have expected it to have performed from the time of its third-quarter announcement, whereas Sainsbury’s has actually done better. CLIVE BLACK | SHORE CAPITAL The good ship Tesco UK is certainly [...]
Analyst views: Will Tesco bounce back from poor Christmas sales? January 13, 2011 PHILIP DORGAN | ALTIUM SECURITIES If we were to be critical, then we would say it has fallen short of how the market would have expected it to have performed from the time of its third-quarter announcement, whereas Sainsbury’s has actually done better. CLIVE BLACK | SHORE CAPITAL The good ship Tesco UK is certainly [...]
Sainsbury’s King pockets £8m June 8, 2010 BRITISH supermarket Sainsbury’s paid its chief executive Justin King £7.6m in cash, benefits and deferred shares last year. King received £1.1m in bonus payments, amounting to 120 per cent of his salary, as well £4.2m through exercising share options, £990k in new deferred shares, a £900k basic salary and a pension supplement of £270k, according [...]
HOW DOES SAINSBURY’S PERFORMANCE COMPARE TO ITS PEERS? June 16, 2010 JAMES MONRO | S&P EQUITY RESEARCH “These results put Sainsbury’s in line with Tesco in terms of growth, adjusting for Clubcard sales, but we would have liked to see more given the benefit of two weeks of World Cup sales. But Sainsbury’s may need more margin investment to keep up with its rival over the [...]
THE TIPSTER February 6, 2011 WITH uncertainty continuing over the situation in Egypt, bearish investors are coveting the safe haven assets once again. After retreating from the $1,400 level at the start of the year, gold is now creeping higher but with no signs of further contagion in the geopolitical sphere, the risk aversion stance could arguably be seen as [...]
Analyst views: What is the outlook for retailers’ figures this week? January 9, 2011 NICK BUBB | ARDEN “The resilience of trading at the premium end of the High Street, as evidenced by John Lewis, is still striking. Investors can’t buy shares in John Lewis, but they can buy shares in M&S, which is the best proxy for the strength of middle-class spending on food and clothing.” KEITH BOWMAN [...]
Retailers hit back over BBC claims December 22, 2010 THE British Retail Consortium (BRC) has branded a withering attack on supermarket expansion broadcast on the BBC’s Panorama last night as “misleading”. Programme makers indicate that the UK’s major grocers are growing more quickly than ever, suggesting that one of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons effectively gets planning permission for a new store “every working [...]
Supermarket chains halt Xmas orders in Scotland after weather takes its toll December 13, 2010 SUPERMARKETS and online shops – including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda – have halted orders or suspended deliveries, after last week’s heavy snow weather brought the transport network to a standstill. Many are struggling to cope with a backlog of deliveries after strong downfalls. Couriers including Parcel Force and Home Delivery Network have also been affected, as [...]