Online shift away from high street to accelerate at Christmas

20th Nov 2018 10:30

(Sharecast News) - Already struggling non-food high street retailers could lose their festive period boost as consumers prefer to go online to purchase presents.

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Monday broker round-up

19th Nov 2018 12:13

(Sharecast News) - Sainsbury: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 369p.

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CMA probes impact of Sainsbury-Asda tie-up on grocery prices, suppliers

16th Oct 2018 12:18

(Sharecast News) - The Competition and Markets Authority has outlined which areas it will probe as part of an investigation into J Sainsbury's £15bn merger with rival supermarket chain Asda.

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UK consumers looking to cut festive spending

9th Oct 2018 09:57

(Sharecast News) - A cautious approach from Britain's consumers looks set to continue into the Christmas period, Barclaycard warned on Tuesday.

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Friday broker round-up

28th Sep 2018 11:28

(Sharecast News) - Huntsworth: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 150p.

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Sainsbury's slips as CMA sees 463 problem areas in Asda merger

27th Sep 2018 13:19

(Sharecast News) - UK competition authorities have found 463 local areas where the proposed merger between Sainsbury's and Asda would be problematic.

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CMA refers Sainsbury's-Asda merger to Phase-2 investigation

19th Sep 2018 07:24

(Sharecast News) - Sainsbury's merger with Asda has been referred to an in-depth probe by competition regulators with a deadline of March next year.

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Summer is kind to big supermarkets but Sainsbury's still lags

18th Sep 2018 08:09

(Sharecast News) - Over the summer Sainsbury's enjoyed its best sales this year, though it was still the slowest growing of the big four, where Asda and Morrisons led the pack but still lost ground to the discounters.

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Monday broker round-up

17th Sep 2018 15:10

(Sharecast News) - Sophos: Deutsche Bank downgrades to hold with a target price of 530p.

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CMA launches investigation into Sainsbury's proposed merger with Asda

23rd Aug 2018 14:04

(Sharecast News) - The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into Sainsbury's proposed merger with Asda.

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Morrisons and Asda hold off gains from discounters - Kantar

21st Aug 2018 08:43

(Sharecast News) - Morrisons and Asda were the fastest-growing of the big four supermarkets in recent weeks and managed to hold off the discounters from taking market share, while Sainsbury's remained a laggard but enjoyed its fastest growth since January.

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Sainsbury and Asda merger could force sale of 300 stores

20th Aug 2018 08:19

(Sharecast News) - Sainsbury could be forced to sell around 300 stores all across the UK if its merger with Asda is approved by regulators, according to a new analysis.

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Unite union to meet with Sainsbury bosses over pay row

6th Aug 2018 13:04

(Sharecast News) - The Unite union will hold talks with Sainsbury bosses on Wednesday over a collective grievance in the long-running 'sign or be sacked' contracts row affecting 123,000 workers.

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Sainsbury's trails rivals as supermarkets enjoy summer boom

24th Jul 2018 08:27

(Sharecast News) - Sainsbury's sales rebounded in recent weeks but it continues to lag behind its big supermarket rivals as all of the big four enjoyed their best period of growth so far this year.

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