UK retailer Tesco heeds consumer demand, to sell extra large condoms

September 22nd, 2009 Consumer items shielded from health care taxesWASHINGTON — The Senate is backing away from a health care tax that would have affected consumer products like contact lenses, thermometers, condoms — and even scented maxi-pads. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus says he will exempt consumer products costing up to $100 from his proposed $4 billion-a-year tax on manufacturers of medical devices.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - Condoms are the cheapest way to reduce carbon emissions, claims a controversial new report. According to the report for the UK's Optimum Population Trust, putting the brake on global population growth would be five times cheaper than any other method of tackling the world's greenhouse gases.

August 26th, 2009 Charming Shoppes swings to 2Q profitBENSALEM, Pa. — Women's clothing retailer Charming Shoppes Inc.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - With more and more recession-hit couples opting for nights in rather than going out, the sales of sexy undies has gone sky high. And top supermarket chain Tesco decided to help cash-strapped couples by launching a new line of cheap designer smalls.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A British couple were left surprised finding that they had received 24 toasters as wedding gifts. Claire and Stuart Linley, who married at Howden Minster, East Yorkshire, last Saturday, had asked for cash or vouchers from their 160 guests, which they planned to put toward a honeymoon.

June 16th, 2009 Tesco reports solid quarterly salesLONDON — Tesco PLC, the world's third largest retailer, reported solid growth in quarterly sales on Tuesday with its international businesses making a strong contribution to the increase. Tesco, which ranks behind U.S.

May 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - British retailing giant Tesco may be called in to help India modernise its farming industry in the wake of the Congress Party victory in the country's general election. ccording to The Telegraph, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has suggested that the expertise of Western retailers in modern sourcing and storage systems must be introduced to aid Indian farmers.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Soggy sandwiches will soon be history, for the world's first non-leaking tomatoes are about to go on sale in the UK. Leading retail-chain TESCO will be selling drip-free tomatoes by the end of the week.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - Indian-born businessmen Shandip and Ketan Shah are scoring it big in Britain with a new vegetarian condom that has proved to be a runaway success with health stores. The brothers' Fusion condoms are manufactured without any milk-based casein - unlike other brands - and have now been officially registered with Britain's Vegan Society.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - England soccer captain John Terry's mum and mother-in-law have been accused of shoplifting goods worth 1,450 pounds, which is almost twice the amount of what was first thought. The true scale emerged yesterday, fuelling anger that Sue Terry and Sue Poole were not being prosecuted.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Shoppers looking for TVs in a Tesco store got an eyeful when the screens started showing a naked couple romping in graphic sex scenes. People at the shopping centre saw porn on more than 20 flat-screen sets, reports The Sun.

March 20th, 2009 LONDON - A new Government campaign in the UK to encourage young women in their late teens and early 20s to carry condoms tells them that men are attracted to girls who carry the contraceptives. The Department of Health has labelled the 5.2 million-pound publicity drive: "Condom confidence boosts sex appeal".

March 16th, 2009 LONDON - A head-teachers' leader has warned that Brit schools are on the verge of becoming Tesco-style identikits in which teachers are prevented from showing flair. John Dunford, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, claims that the education system has become "over-centralised and over-bureaucratic" in recent years, with staff spending more time complying with new Government edicts than educating children Speaking at the ASCL annual conference in Birmingham, Dunford revealed that schools were forced to deal with almost 80 new policy documents last year.

March 10th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - HLL Lifecare Ltd, premier manufacturer of contraceptives and various healthcare products, expects a 40 percent growth in turnover this fiscal from last year's Rs.3.16 billion (Rs.316 crore) despite the economic downturn, a top official said. 'The truth is that there has been no problem in our business and maybe we are doing extremely well on account of new variants of our condoms and a vigorous promotion exercise,' M.

January 30th, 2009 LONDON - Britain-based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain Tesco plans to launch an online fashion store by the year-end. The website will offer thousands of items and sell Tesco's label.