British Retailer Sainsbury's: On the Road to Recovery
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Case Details:
Case Code : BSTR302
Case Length : 26 Pages
Period : 1995-2008
Pub Date : 2009
Teaching Note :Not Available
Organization : Sainsbury's
Industry : Retail
Countries : UK
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Background Note
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Sainsbury's made its beginning in 1869, when its first store
was opened by John James Sainsbury (John) and his wife Mary Ann Sainsbury (Mary)
at their home in Drury Lane, London. The store offered high quality food at
reasonable prices. Initially only fresh food was sold. Later, the store started
to stock some packaged grocery items like tea and sugar. From the very start,
the emphasis was on cleanliness, hygiene, quality, and order of keeping things
within the store. This kind of organized store, a new concept in those times,
drew several customers who till then, had to be content with small, cluttered
family-owned shops, and unhygienic stalls and carts of the street vendors...
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Beginning of The Fall (1995-2000)
During the mid-1990s, Sainsbury's enjoyed supremacy in the retail industry. At that time, the entire retail market was going through a lot of changes. Many big and small retailers, including hard discounters entered the market with new initiatives and marketing strategies...
Efforts to Recover Under Peter Davis (2000-2004)
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In March 2000, in an attempt to revive the company and get back market share, a new CEO, Sir Peter Davis (Davis), was appointed in place of Adriano. Davis had earlier worked with the company between 1976 and 1984 and had handled marketing and buying operations...
...And Then Came Justin King
On March 29, 2004, King was appointed as the company's new CEO. He had earlier been employed with the food division of Marks and Spencers (M&S) (since 2001), before which he had worked with Asda. (Refer to Exhibit V for a brief profile of Justin King)... |
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