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• Serve Yourself, Says Tesco. But Do You Want To?

  BNET - 2009-10-29

  Tesco's opened a totally self-service shop. So is it just a matter of time before retailers dispense with people altogether? by Martyn Drake

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• Tesco Bank to Create 1,000 Jobs

  ReutersUK - 2009-10-28

  LONDON (Reuters UK) - Tesco said Wednesday its Tesco Bank business will open a customer service centre in Newcastle, creating 1,000 new jobs.The supermarket said the new centre will manage customer sales and service for Tesco Bank's home and motor insurance customers.(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Greg Mahlich)

  Tags: Bank, Job, Tesco, Insurance, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• Tesco jumps after broker flags up growth potential

  BNET - 2009-10-20

  Tesco was among the stocks to beat the weak trend as the FTSE 100 drifted from its high of the year. Shares in the supermarket chain were in focus after Nomura said investors were undervaluing its growth potential. "In effect, we estimate Tesco will create a new company in the...

  Tags: broker, National Express Corp., Tesco, PartyGaming Plc., Reed Elsevier Inc.

• Jenson Button: The Persistence Principle

  BNET - 2009-10-20

  I was delighted to see that Jenson Button won the F1 Grand Prix world championship this weekend. Not only is it great to have another British winner, but it is also another brilliant example of the power of persistence. Button, 29, won his first race three years ago...

  Tags: Season, Tesco, Persistence, Professional Development, Career, Stuart Cross

• Tesco introduces BOGOF initiative to cut consumer waste

  BNET - 2009-10-16

  ‘Buy One Get One Free - Later' has been introduced by Tesco to help households lower their amount of waste. Customers who use the service will be able to pick up their free product when they need it. They will also be able to use a new home energy service...

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• Tesco Sets Zero-carbon Goal For 2050

  ReutersUK - 2009-10-16

  LONDON (Reuters UK) - Tesco, the world's No.3 retailer, set a target on Friday to become a zero-carbon business by 2050, without purchasing offsets, and unveiled a series of measures to boost environmentally-aware shopping.Speaking at the launch of a new report by Manchester University's Sustainable Consumption Institute, Tesco Chief Executive...

  Tags: Tesco, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Government, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Oukbs

• Tesco's dominance challenged by growth of small supermarkets

  BNET - 2009-10-09

  Friday, 09 October 2009 Tesco's dominance of the UK supermarket sector has been reduced by the emergence of a significant number of new smaller-format grocery stores in the past 12 months.This has made the marketplace more competitive than it has been for many years, according to location planning expert CACI's...

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• Questions remain over Tesco's progress

  BNET - 2009-10-06

  For the past 15 years, the Tesco juggernaut has seemed unstoppable, rolling from groceries into non-food, mobile phones, banking and even garden centres. However, Britain's biggest retailer has recently been under pressure. Its rivals have been performing well at home and the economic downturn has hampered its progress overseas. On...

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• Tesco sees pick-up against UK rivals

  BNET - 2009-10-06

  Tesco, the international grocery retailer, said on Tuesday that it had started to see an improvement in its performance relative to its main UK rivals after revamping its loyalty card scheme. It also announced a 9 per cent increase in its interim dividend to 3.89p a share as pre-tax profit...

  Tags: sales, U.K., Tesco

• Tesco's Fresh & Easy Enjoying Fruits of Its Summer of Enhancements

  BNET - 2009-09-29

  Fresh & Easy has had a busy summer, as the evidence of its revised website suggests, not to mention a slew of new product introductions and resort to old as well as new media. Revised has a two-fold meaning in this case. On the one hand, the...

  Tags: Food, Brand, Tesco, Media, Retail Company, Retail, Food & Beverage, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Mike Duff