Asda posts ninth consecutive quarterly sales slip

More than a year into an 18-month turnaround plan and it would appear that Asda is no clearer on what it needs to get more shoppers through its doors after it posted its ninth consecutive quarterly sales drop.
Sales for the Walmart-owned business, excluding fuel, slipped 5.8% in the three months to the end September. While an improvement on the previous quarter’s 7.5% decline, the most recent quarter offers little optimism that the business has settled on a winning strategy yet despite muc