Thomas Brereton

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

Strong performance from Q1 @Morrisons, LFL sales ex fuel +2.7% (despite comparatives of Mar/Apr LY).

Interesting note on "some pressure from commodity and freight inflation", echoing inflation issues raised @CocaCola & @Unilever; suggests shelf-edge price rises in H2. #retail

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

I will be running a webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on global online retailing at 3pm tomorrow.

Free to attend, registration below!

#coronavirus #covid19 #globaldataplc #decodethefuture #futureproof #newnormal #consumer #retail #ecommerce

https://t.co/XQJqkbWfhv

[Amy Higginbotham @Amy_GDRetail]

Looks like B&M is the first non-food retailer to waive business rates relief - this will put pressure on others such as Pets at Home and Halfords to do the same

[Ashley Armstrong @AArmstrong_says]

And another supermarket domino falls- Lidl says that it will hand back £100m of biz rates relief. Follows Aldi, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, B&M. Takes the amount handed back by essential retail to almost £2 billion

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

Kudos to @sainsburys @Morrisons @AldiUK and @Tesco for pledging to repay business rates relief - £1.4bn in total.

@coopuk @IcelandFoods @LidlGB @asda @marksandspencer @waitrose any plans to do the same?

#Retail #grocery #businessrates #Covid19UK

[Patrick O'Brien @pat_gdretail]

Administration looms for Philip Green's Arcadia - just five years ago it was the fourth largest clothing retailer in the UK, now it is tenth. Here's how it has fared versus the top 3 over the last five years

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

@Retail_GDUK's monthly UK survey shows over a quarter of the population are unwilling to wear a mask in stores. Maybe #MichaelGove might be slightly overestimating the level of "common sense" available in the UK...? #facemasks #Covid_19 #Retail

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

Delivery of food box just arrived, very quick turnaround and came chilled so thanks @Morrisons! Where do the boxes come from, are they packed in your stores or straight from warehouse? #grocery #retail #foodbox

[GlobalData Retail @Retail__GD]

.@Tesco sales soar as customers turn to deliveries in pandemic - @thomas_GDretail spoke to @guardiannews @BusinessDesk https://t.co/H2vZAVejS7

[Jonathan Eley @JonathanEley]

Interesting table in Jefferies note. Suggests that Tesco and Sainsbury's added slot capacity equivalent to more than the whole of Ocado - in about six weeks

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

@Retail_GD consumer data shows 3 in 10 Brits plan to continue buying more online after the outbreak is over, across both food and non-food. For retailers with only a physical presence - like many independents - trying to forge some digital connection with customers will be vital.

[Colin McGuire @realColinMac]

🔰In Germany at supermarket Edeka the #robots will teach you how to appropriately social distance and give you shit when you don't

#SocialDistanacing #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #automation #coronavirus #DigitalTransformation

[Steve Dresser @dresserman]

My word. Ocado with perhaps the fact of 2020 so far.

[Kate Ormrod @kate_gdretail]

Staggering chart of H&M's weekly performance in China in Q1

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

@han_gdretail @BootsUK But where will people buy their boots from now?!

[Charles Grant @CER_Grant]

This afternoon at @waitrose in Holloway, as I bemoaned the absence of pasta, rice & bread, I saw a tall woman unloading cartons of food onto shelves. Twas Sharon White, @jlandpartners' chairman, mucking in with her colleagues. She told me of plans to get food on shelves. Chapeau!

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

@sainsburys just announced updated policy, including extending early hour (Mon, Wed, Fri) to NHS and social care and consolidating larger supermarket stores opening times to 8am - 8pm

https://t.co/rkBPMLcoJr

[Thomas Brereton @thomas_GDretail]

Wouldn't be surprised if today is one of the biggest trading days of year for supermarkets. Stores seem rammed and aisles of bays empty, particularly toilet roll and tinned goods.

[Steve Dresser @dresserman]

No danger of the Tesco v Aldi price campaign being missed.

[Waitrose & Partners @waitrose]

We haven’t sold eggs from caged hens since 2001 and became the first supermarket to sell only free-range hen eggs, including those used as ingredients, back in 2008.