sainsbury's in comment and analysis
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment It was described as the nearest thing the UK had got in the 1980s to a really tough business school and the same Mars management training has also turned out some of the UK's top business leaders today, including Justin King at Sainsbury's, Allan... [11 Jun 2008]
Just why is Domino's alone in delivering online?
Comment Essentially, it's not even a new idea - the logistics of online food ordering was thrashed out by the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. Last week, fast-food chain Domino's Pizza made £1m from online sales in one week alone. [10 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.08.06
Round-Up Sainsbury's meanwhile was a close third on 14 per cent. Where's the creativity? That's about 1,650 tons of bananas.or laid end to end, a line of bananas that would stretch 1,375 miles in length - or far enough to connect London to Russia or even... [25 Aug 2006]
Opinion: Insourcing - when the honeymoon is over
Comment From Sainsbury's and Accenture to Prudential and Capgemini, the media would have you believe that companies are falling over themselves to call time on outsourcing relationships and bring operations back in-house. [31 Jan 2006]
Opinion: It's all about 'right-sourcing'
Comment Sainsbury's recent decision to bring its outsourced IT function back in-house, and pay its way out of a seven-year deal with Accenture, follows similar terminations by JP Morgan and Cable and Wireless. [31 Oct 2005]
Leader: Retailers can't afford to ignore IT
Leader Over the past year the empty shelves at Sainsbury's and incomplete orders at MFI have served as perfect illustrations of how not to approach supply chain projects. The retail sector was hit by yet another tale of IT woe this week, after a major... [26 Jul 2005]
Leader: CIOs must put the business before themselves
Leader It's no coincidence that Sainsbury's, which has been dogged by IT problems in the past year, didn't even make the top 10 list. It's not just brand recognition that has put Tesco's IT at number one - its deployment and use of technology has been a... [08 Jul 2005]
Why are Oracle and SAP fighting over Retek?
Comment In addition to Gap and Best Buy, it includes Abercrombie & Fitch, Nordstrom, Radio Shack, Britain's Sainsbury's, Tesco in Germany and Sears, Roebuck. News.com's Mike Ricciuti contributed to this report. [10 Mar 2005]
Opinion: How broad is broadband?
Comment It concluded that asymmetric broadband internet access is in a separate market from narrowband internet access and as the government spokesman Lord Sainsbury expressed it: "This revised definition takes account of responses to earlier... [23 Feb 2005]
Boardroom Despatches: Sainsbury's cautionary tale
Comment But this failure at Sainsbury's was about both business and IT leadership. To those of us on the outside it looked like Sainsbury's had bitten off too much. In the UK, Tesco has just released bumper figures again, figures that must make tough... [19 Jan 2005]
Leader: Nice to hear some IT success stories
Leader Considering the ample press given to IT cock-ups - the recent multi-million-pound mess at Sainsbury's comes to mind - it's easy to think such projects are without benefit. So it's nice to hear the situation's not so pessimistic - that some... [16 Nov 2004]
Leader: Retailers, be brave with IT
Leader This week's news about how supermarket stalwart Sainsbury has stumbled in its use of IT highlights a polarisation that seems to be occurring in the retail world. Morrison's, like Sainsbury yesterday, has also taken 'back to basics' approach to... [20 Oct 2004]
Leader: Firms still failing online security test
Leader The credit card mix-up on Sainsbury's online shopping website this week that allowed a customer to view someone else's credit card details in her account highlights some issues around how to handle a security problem when it's discovered. [30 Sep 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Orange with rage?
Comment After all, has Orange done anything to stop Sainsbury's use of its shade of orange, as per its usual branding, in the running of its virtual mobile service? Some have characterised easyMobile's future as undercutting existing virtual operations... [13 Aug 2004]
New e-gov supremo looks a safe pair of hands
Comment In 2002, Accenture UK hit the £1bn mark in the UK and numbered BP, Sainsbury's and London Stock Exchange as major technology clients. It has scooped two NHS contracts - the National Insurance deal has quietly slipped away - and has held on to... [26 May 2004]
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