Shopping figures reveal growing class divide - Herald Scotland
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:13Wm Morrison recorded the biggest growth of the period out of the “big four” supermarkets, rising 5.6% to give it a share of 11.9% of the market. The overall market appears to be “picking up”, according to Kantar, which recorded a 3.3% rise in the four ...
Newspaper Briefing, including 'Shares rally but questions remain for Murdochs ... - Proactive Investors UK
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:31Morrisons outshines rivals but shoppers are buying less: Wm Morrison is the only Big Four supermarket to have gained market share in the past three months, according to new data. Grocery sales by volume have fallen for the fifth successive month and ...
Mothercare bosses' pay under fire from activist - Financial Times
Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:27It notes that the chief executive of Wm Morrison “is paid slightly less”, despite the supermarket group's market capitalisation being “more than 21 times larger”. Fidelity, which holds just over 5 per cent of Mothercare's shares, said: “We are aware of ...
Market Report: Takeover talk engineers gains for blue chip IMI - The Independent
Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:02Meanwhile, Tesco and Wm Morrison put on 1.95p to 406.3p and 2.9p to 300.4p respectively after Bernstein's Christopher Hogbin chose the supermarkets as two of his preferred stocks in the European food retail sector. J Sainsbury also benefited, ...
FTSE PREVIEW: Modest rises expected - This is Money
Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:22Britain's Wm Morrison Supermarkets opened its first convenience store on Friday in Ilkley, northern England, hoping a focus on fresh produce will help it stand out as grocers dash to tap the trend towards more local shopping. ...