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Unpacking Clas Ohlson’s 203% UK sales increase

Graham Soult July 16, 2010 Brands, Financial, Overseas No Comments

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Existing Kingston store. Photograph by Graham Soult

Existing Kingston store

The much-blogged-about Swedish hardware retailer Clas Ohlson published its sales figures for June yesterday.

What’s interesting is that sales for the UK are now being stripped out from those of Finland, giving us a much clearer idea of how the UK business is doing. Total sales were SEK 442m, of which the seven UK stores accounted for SEK 15m. A year ago, the UK business delivered sales … Continue Reading

Waitrose Hopwood Park now open!

Graham Soult February 14, 2010 Customer Service, Supermarkets 2 Comments

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Waitrose Hopwood Park (14 Feb 2010). Photograph by Mark Leaver

Waitrose Hopwood Park (14 Feb 2010). Photograph by Mark Leaver

Weekly updates on the status of Waitrose at Hopwood Park Services on the M42 have become something of a habit lately, thanks to the regular MMSs received from Mark Leaver.

Mark’s latest pic shows the store now trading, following its opening on Friday. Don’t read too much into it being … Continue Reading

Celebrate while you Wait

Graham Soult January 11, 2010 Customer Service, Supermarkets 2 Comments

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Waitrose products. Photograph by Graham Soult

Waitrose products

A few days ago, in talking about the closure of the adjacent Oil & Vinegar store, I referred to the Eldon Square Waitrose shop as “often busy, though rarely thronged”. Scrub that – visiting during the afternoon on Saturday just gone, the store was very, very thronged indeed.

My hunch is that the snowy, icy weather may … Continue Reading

Durham – a rare blip in the Waitrose success story

Graham Soult October 07, 2009 Market Towns, Property, Retail History, Supermarkets 3 Comments

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Waitrose fascia

Waitrose fascia

In recent weeks, hardly a day has gone by without some good news involving Waitrose – if it isn’t stellar sales figures, it’s been news about stocking 100% British own-brand dairy products, snapping up Duchy Originals, … Continue Reading