INSIGHT: Fashion focus drives growth at Sainsbury’s
Author: Leonie Barrie | 11 November 2009
UK supermarket group Sainsbury's has ambitious plans for its non-food offer - which includes fashion and footwear - after sales continued to accelerate around two and a half times faster than food despite the difficult economic environment.
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