06 Aug 2004
| by Tom Williams
Embattled retailer Sainsbury’s has called in headhunters as it bids to replace director...King find a replacement PR boss.
Shawe told PRWeek she had always planned to leave Sainsbury’s after former CEO Sir Peter Davis took the post of chairman last year. Sainsbury’s shareholders ousted Davis on 1 July.
She said she would stay on to help Sainsbury’s through its results later this year, after ...
03 Dec 2004
Troubled supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has downsized its top PR post in the wake of the departure...to Nelson and Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King, while Shawe reported to King alone.
Wood’s role oversees consumer and corporate comms, media relations and PR around Sainsbury’s property portfolio.
Internal ...
’s ‘number one commitment of driving sales’.
She ruled out a review of Sainsbury’s retained corporate ...
16 Jul 2003
Retailer Sainsbury’s has hired Frank PR to add a grass-roots dimension to its football sponsorship...Sainsbury’s ‘nutritional proposition’. The three-year competition was devised by Frank and is thought ...
the Sainsbury’s English Schools FA Cup to life by actively involving a nation of young football lovers and their families.’
The deal aims to bring a grass-roots element to Sainsbury’s existing football sponsorship deal ...
18 Jun 2004
| by Ian Hall
Supermarket giant J Sainsbury’s is set to unleash a barrage of promotional activity co...planks of Sainsbury’s strategy to boost overall sales as it bids to regain ground in the UK’s increasingly competitive supermarket wars.
Sainsbury’s has just 0.3 per cent of the UK clothing market, behind Tesco on 1.5 per cent and Asda with 3.3 per cent.
The Tu range will be cheaper than Sainsbury’s ...
15 Oct 2004
| by Tom Williams
Sainsbury’s fell to the bottom of this week’s Reputation Monitor after financial woes deepened when...The announcement of Matthews’s departure takes the number of resignations from the supermarket group’s operational board to eight since Justin King became chief executive.
The Financial Services Authority is looking into a possible case of selective
disclosure at Sainsbury’s after Merrill Lynch said ...
17 Nov 2005
| by Ian Hall
Sainsbury’s is locked in talks with agencies to convince consumers it is back on track under chief...The country's third-largest supermarket is one year into King's much-touted plan to 'make Sainsbury ...
'Try Something New Today' strategy. Sainsbury's unveiled its interim results this Wednesday ...
of bringing in an agency to complement our in-house team.' Sainsbury's has just launched its pre ...
07 Jan 2005
to manage his private office amid recent reports he is considering a bid for ailing supermarket Sainsbury’s.
16 Jul 2004
it was prepared to launch a standalone general merchandise store.
Sainsbury’s remained at the bottom ...
09 Jul 2004
). Few would disagree that Sainsbury’s endured a difficult few days in the media spotlight, along...But out of the furore emerged a careful optimism. Sainsbury’s story was marked by a clean break, which provided a positive mandate for change. ‘The departure of [Sir Peter] Davis clears the air ...
Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King. ‘You would expect me to be confident, but I’m not dismissive of the size ...
22 Oct 2004
| by Joe Lepper
High-street institutions Sainsbury’s, WH Smith and Marks & Spencer all fared poorly in this week...Sainsbury’s propped up the table again following claims it could lose 100,000 customers by the end of 2004 and the issuing of its third profit warning this year.
WH Smith was in the bottom five on the back of reports of its worst-ever trading results.
M&S plummeted to second from bottom after analysts ...