Flash ReportLegacy UK Retailers Tesco and Marks & Spencer Think Radically to Expand Margins and Revive Revenue Growth Coresight Research January 29, 2019 Executive Summary Tesco will cut around 9,000 store-level jobs as it closes fresh-food counters across a swath of stores. M&S and online grocery platform Ocado are said to be in talks for some form of partnership — possibly for M&S to supply its products to Ocado. Both moves underscore the pinch legacy retailers are feeling from twin structural shifts to discount formats and to the online channel. Incumbent retailers are adapting by stripping out costs and searching for new revenue streams in e-commerce, including through wholesaling to online retailers such as Amazon and Ocado. Please Login to read the full report. Not a member? To access this content for free, register for a free account. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: 3Q25 Retail Inventory Insights: Execution Discipline Drives Performance into Holiday 2025Sentiment by Age—Younger Consumers Are More Optimistic but Older Consumers’ Sentiment Improves: US Consumer Survey InsightsFive Ways AI Is Being Used in Apparel and Footwear Retailing—and What’s NextInnovator Profile: Kalder—Monetizing Customer Loyalty with White-Label Cashback and Rewards
