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3rd Annual Retail & Consumer Goods Supply Chain Summit.

Jan 23, 2013 Exhibitions and Events

Carrefour, P&G, John Lewis, Nestlé and Metro to discuss supply chain challenges at the 3rd Annual Retail & Consumer Goods Supply Chain Summit.

Senior retail and consumer goods supply chain executives from Carrefour, Footlocker, John Lewis, P&G, Nestlé, Metro Group and many more will gather in Dusseldorf, April 11-12th to discuss the big issues affecting retail and consumer supply chains today, as well as debating what the future holds for the industry.

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Tesco, Amazon, Toys R Us – who won the online race at Christmas?

Jan 23, 2013 Critical Issues

By Mark Gunn, Compuware.

Despite the recent negative retail stories about the gamut of businesses due to go into administration, one clear winner in the retail space over Christmas was Tesco. It recorded a 1.8% rise in like-for-like UK sales over the period, with the majority coming from food sales. Incidentally, it has given a lot of credit to 'online' as a key driver of sales over Christmas and has spoken publicly and explicitly of the key role 'digital' will play in the future, not just for Tesco but the sector as a whole.

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