Archive of all category reports – Page 81
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Category ReportTop Campaigns of the Year: 11- 20
Which brands delivered the most entertaining and memorable TV ads in the past year? Nielsen analysed every fmcg ad aired to find out
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Category ReportTop Campaigns of the Year: 1- 10
Which brands delivered the most entertaining and memorable TV ads in the past year? Nielsen analysed every fmcg ad aired to find out
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Category ReportOC&C Top 150 Suppliers: Land of the giants
The fight for survival rages on in food & drink. And this year’s OC&C Top 150 reveals that the UK’s biggest manufacturers are standing tall. By Catherine Wheatley.
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OC&C Top 150 Suppliers 2011: How lack of bank lending froze M&A activity
Companies big and small turn to mergers and acquisitions to boost top-line growth, but last year corporate takeovers remained thin on the ground thanks to the ongoing dearth of bank lending.
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OC&C Top 150 Suppliers 2011: Walking with giants
Following in the footsteps of giants is a risky business. But with a little bit of nous, smaller suppliers can learn to not just survive but thrive. Here’s OC&C Strategy Consultants’ guide to avoiding getting trampled.
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Category ReportAnuga 2011: A showcase to the world
With exports of British food at record levels, exhibitors at this year’s Anuga Trade Fair have a lot to smile about. What do they want to get out of the experience, asks Virginia Matthews
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Category ReportThe Dairymen 2011
Despite the potential cost of failure in a tough economic climate, our Dairymen supplement is full to the brim with examples of how the industry has responded to changing consumer needs with innovative new products.
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Category ReportFocus On Male Grooming: The rise of the retrosexual
Male grooming has hit a plateau recently. Recession-driven economising is partly to blame – but is the decline of Metrosexual Man also having an effect? Daniel Selwood investigates
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Category ReportOC&C Global 50 Suppliers
As growth slows in the ‘Old West’, global suppliers are venturing into new territories. But they’re facing stiff competition from domestic players.
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Category ReportMeat & Fish Supplement 2011
Hardly any brands have managed to crack fresh meat, fish or poultry. Julia Glotz investigates why – and finds out where future opportunities might lieFresh food has traditionally been a tricky hunting ground for brands.The highly commoditised nature of many fresh food staples, after all, means adding value and delivering ...
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Category ReportGrocery Retail Structure 2011
Tesco and Booker have increased their estates this year, while The Co-op and Spar were among those reducing numbers. Beth Phillips reports
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Category ReportThe Grocer Power 100
From retail barons to celebrity chefs, who are the most powerful figures in the grocery industry today?
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Technology & Supply Chain 2011
Don’t be fooled by appearances. Today, hackers pose perhaps the greatest threat to business, stealing customer data on behalf of their highly organised criminal paymasters. So what can businesses do to protect themselves? Rob Brown reports They used to wear masks and tote shotguns. Today they sit in darkened ...
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Focus On Beauty & Suncare
Cleansers experienced a setback in 2010, with poor sales of medicated facial cleansers. Anti-ageing products declined in both value and volume.
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Top 100 Advertisers 2011
The battle for customer loyalty reached a turning point in 2010, with supermarkets splashing out unprecedented sums on advertising. Rob Gray analyses The Grocer’s first-ever survey into advertising’s biggest spendersThere is a war raging. It’s being fought over the hearts, minds and wallets of shoppers on our TV screens and ...
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Britain's 100 Biggest Brands 2011
How did it become a universal truth that big brands can’t do innovation? Perhaps it was the fact that so many multinationals swallowed up fast-growth companies all too literally. Even for Coca-Cola, Britain’s Biggest Brand once again, the past is littered with failure, as it has openly acknowledged in acquiring ...
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IFE 2011 Preview
The appetite for locally produced products has overtaken organic to become the number one food sustainability issue, and will be a key theme at the IFE11 show, says Virginia MatthewsIf the unveiling of a working English Regional Kitchen at next month’s IFE11 – the first such innovation at a major ...
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Top 50 Independent Retailers 2011
The Top 50 posted a whacking 35% hike in profits last year. But that doesn’t mean they’re all in rude health – or that the recent flurry of deals signals a new wave of M&A activity, writes Beth Phillips Deal or no deal? After three years of virtually no mergers ...
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Hot 100 Convenience Stores 2011: A first for the industry
No one’s done it before. But now 37,000 of the country’s c-stores – their locations, facilities, competition and customer bases – have been weighed up so we can reveal the UK’s 100 hottest spots for convenience retailing. Nick Hughes reports
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Hot 100 Convenience Stores 2011
No one’s done it before. But now 37,000 of the country’s c-stores – their locations, facilities, competition and customer bases – have been weighed up so we can reveal the UK’s 100 hottest spots for convenience retailing. Nick Hughes reportsIn all the scrutiny that accompanies Tesco, the role of its ...