Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 123
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Comment & Opinion
Grocery needs a ‘big data’ revolution
Grocery has been uninspired in its use of data so far. It’s time to change that
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Comment & Opinion
David Potts' deal with Amazon is an accomplished move
David Potts has shown his skill, expertise and experience in extending Morrisons’ ecommerce reach…
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon deal represents a potentially game-changing move for Morrisons
A renewed confidence at Morrisons has been created by Potts in a subtle, understated but significant way
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Comment & Opinion
Shopping rewritten by disintermediation
”Sir; All the old bets are off in traditional/retailer supplier relationships”
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Comment & Opinion
Why the lure of selling direct is seriously tempting suppliers
“Disintermediation is easy to overestimate in the short term and underestimate in the long term”
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco to buy Morrisons? It doesn't need to
Dave Lewis and Tesco don’t need Morrisons even if they can have them (which they probably can’t)
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Comment & Opinion
Food waste: the final mile
If supermarkets are to ensure more surplus food makes it to the hungry, retailers have to empower local people
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Analysis & Features
Goodbye middleman?
The online shopping revolution is bringing fmcg brands and consumers closer together and threatening to cut middlemen out. How worried do retailers need to be?
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Analysis & Features
The gig economy: what can online grocery learn from Uber?
Is there a way for the gig economy to help online grocery become more profitable? Or is it more trouble than it’s worth?
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Analysis & Features
Is Aldi rattled by rivals or just setting the record straight?
A ‘misleading’ ad came under fire but does Aldi have a point in claiming the price gap is not being closed?
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Comment & Opinion
Suppliers selling directly to consumers is a disruptive tactic retailers must watch keenly
‘Disrupt yourself before someone else disrupts you.’ It’s the kind of maddening advice you read a lot in consultancy white papers on the…
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Analysis & Features
The Big 30 Wholesalers report 2016
Consolidation, specialists, new disruptors, fresh food fails, the NLW and tobacco are all challenging wholesalers
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Analysis & Features
Asda Renewal: suppliers asked to stump up millions
The struggling Walmart giant has launched category-by-category negotiations with suppliers
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Comment & Opinion
Cost cutting by retailers needs to be 20% not 2%
What many retailers really need to do is dramatically change their cost position
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Analysis & Features
New year trading put in more sober light by latest data
A number of surveys this week provided contrasting reads on the market for the second month running
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Analysis & Features
How a strong own-label offer got non-negotiable
Customers now expect own label at the local c-store as well as the supermarket. So how have symbol groups delivered?
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Analysis & Features
Can Amazon lure more than shoppers in their prime?
Bridgethorne research explored the appeal of Amazon in grocery
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Comment & Opinion
Grocers still need help getting to grips with e-cigs
As specialist vaping chains and online players cashed in, it seems the grocers were unworried, or out the back having a fag
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Analysis & Features
Lidl Deluxe Lemon & Raspberry Semifreddo: acid test
Meaning ‘half cold’, semifreddo is an Italian dessert similar to ice cream but not churned, and allowed to thaw slightly
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Analysis & Features
Can Stelios achieve lift-off with the EasyFood concept?
If EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou didn’t know it already, he will now – there is nothing easy about grocery retailing