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Asda reshuffles management team

British supermarket chain Asda has reorganised responsibilities within its executive leadership following the departure of manager Liz Evans. The retailer used Evans’s exit as an opportunity to reassign duties across the management team, with multiple senior executives receiving new roles and responsibilities. The brief announcement was published by Lebensmittelzeitung (Redaktion LZ) on 2026-06-23. The report does not detail the specific executives or titles affected beyond noting a leadership reshuffle prompted by Evans’s departure.

Asda Posts Nearly £1 Billion Pre-tax Loss

British supermarket chain Asda reported a large pre-tax loss for 2025. According to a Medienbericht cited by Lebensmittelzeitung, Asda recorded a pre-tax loss of £989 million in 2025 amid a decline in revenue as the retailer pursues a low-price positioning in a highly competitive UK grocery market. The article was published by Lebensmittelzeitung (Redaktion LZ) on 2026-06-22. No further financial breakdowns or management commentary are provided in the published piece.

UK Brands Raise Retail Media Spend; 'Disconnected Commerce' Slows Growth

UK brands are increasing investment in retail media, with industry estimates showing retail media grew 17.5% year-on-year in 2025 to £3.7 billion, representing just under 10% of the UK’s £40 billion digital ad market. While grocers and marketplaces (notably Amazon) are expanding video and upper-funnel ad formats, many UK campaigns remain focused on traditional shopper-marketing activations and in-store conversions. Industry executives point to inconsistent measurement, limited self-serve tools, and organisational fragmentation between trade/sales and marketing teams — described as “disconnected commerce” — as key barriers to shifting more upper-funnel budgets into retail media. Retailers such as Tesco have launched video inventory and report rising campaign volumes, while Amazon continues to dominate spend share in the sector.