Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 102
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Category Report
Only the finest: Own Label Category Report 2018
You might expect the supermarkets’ value lines to be stealing the show. Yet the reality is altogether different
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Comment & Opinion
As takeover gets go-ahead, Co-op will need swift success to satisfy Nisa members
The Co-op will have to quickly get to grips with dealing with thousands of individual and fiercely independent business owners
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Analysis & Features
Cashless payments: can retailers keep up?
Late last year, Brunel University students became the first UK shoppers to pay for groceries with only a touch of their fingertips
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Comment & Opinion
Wetherspoon’s social withdrawal may prompt brands to rethink their strategies
’The way most companies run social media is a total waste of time and money’, says one guru, but what to make of JDW’s bold announcement?
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Comment & Opinion
Poundland turns to Russia for Unicorn Poo advice
The letter concerns the retailer’s actual ‘Unicorn Poo With Glitter’ product
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Analysis & Features
The dark side of digital: how will the Cambridge Analytica scandal affect grocery?
Grocery has always been reluctant to embrace online advertising, and now the Cambridge Analytica scandal has raised further questions about digital ethics. So how are brands and retailers reacting?
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Comment & Opinion
AF Blakemore's decision to sell is a watershed moment
The future of cash & carry as a viable option has been a topic of speculation for many years
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Comment & Opinion
Is it exit stage left for Bargain Booze?
While C&C Group is set to snap up Matthew Clark and Bibendum, uncertainty remains about the future of the retail side
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Whitepapers
Understand why today’s consumers demand more from convenience
Convenience, a growing sector predicted to be worth £47.1 billion by 2022, used to mean an acceptance of higher prices with limited choice, but that isn’t the case today.
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Comment & Opinion
The cat’s out of the bag, so who will buy Blakemore’s cash & carry division?
The key to this is not likely to be the price but rather who will want the sites
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Comment & Opinion
Conviviality receivership marks another wholesale tragedy
Investors were being asked to risk more money for Conviviality while having zero visibility about future leadership
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Analysis & Features
As Conviviality administration looms, who are the likely buyers?
Sources close to the situation claim numerous suitors have expressed an interest
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Analysis & Features
Sainsbury's showcases its strategy at Redhill refit tour
The store is a ‘manifestation’ of Sainsbury’s strategy of competing with discounters, implementing technology and partnerships
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Analysis & Features
The Co-op leads the way on Easter special offers
In the lead-up to Easter, the Co-op was offering better deals on branded and own label products than other mults
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Comment & Opinion
Mults need be more agile to get the most out of SMEs
What are the retailers doing to put successful branded SMEs off, and how could they become more nimble?
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Comment & Opinion
A bad week in Australia as Pat chats to Lidl
I was rather upset to see those naughty Australians get found out this week
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Comment & Opinion
Ignore Lidl’s ‘official line’ – it’s going online
When is Lidl UK going to start selling online? According to the discounter it’s a question of ‘if’, not ‘when’
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Comment & Opinion
Stay within the Groceries Code's spirit
Across the country, sole traders are desperately trying to keep their income below the £85k VAT threshold
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Analysis & Features
The evolution of the European food hall
Food halls are back in town, with a surge of new openings in the UK following the burgeoning trend in Europe and the US. And the modern take on the hallowed halls of the past is all about the experience
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Analysis & Features
Top shops crowned at 2018 Convenience Retail Awards
The winners of the Convenience Retail Awards collected their trophies to classic rock riffs delivered by a live band