Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 127
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Comment & Opinion
Why supermarkets need to relax cosmetic standards for produce
It’s not just the EU’s restrictions that are bonkers. Some of the cosmetic standards supermarkets insist on are crazy too
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Analysis & Features
How Morrisons tie-up with MFG could shake up forecourt sector
The move has been described as “massive” by one of MFG’s forecourt rivals
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Analysis & Features
Black Friday: what you need to know about the US phenomenon
With 21 days to go before it kicks off again, what’s in store for retailers in 2015?
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Comment & Opinion
Lidl is top dog as first supermarket Christmas ads arrive
Hooray. Christmas is upon us, and first out of the blocks with their seasonal ads are Lidl and Asda
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Comment & Opinion
Asda and Lidl are first off the mark with their Christmas TV ads – but do they deliver?
The first of the seasonal supermarket ads have hit our screens
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Comment & Opinion
Morrisons' Motor Fuel Group 'symbol' move is a smart one
On Monday came the news that Morrisons was getting back into the c-store game
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Analysis & Features
Click & collect: as Asda slows development, what now?
Asda’s announcement that it would halt plans to roll out click & collect to 1,000 locations by 2018 represents a surprise
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Comment & Opinion
Wholesalers and retailers must unite to fight illicit traders
Wholesalers are protective of their relationships with their retail customers for obvious reasons
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Comment & Opinion
Morrisons has the right attitude to data breach action
When thousands of your employees sue you, it suggests you’ve done something pretty bad. Yet it’s happening to Morrisons right now. And it hasn’t.
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Comment & Opinion
Lose the 'fear factor' around technology
We have only just met but I am going to ask you what you have in your pockets
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Analysis & Features
Darren Topp's bish bang wallop approach to BHS food
BHS CEO Darren Topp describes the continued foray into grocery as “integral” to its turnaround
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Comment & Opinion
Smart meters will help small retailers cut electricity bills
Too many small retailers have a poor grasp on their electricity costs, says Sasha Deshmukh of Smart Energy GB
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Analysis & Features
Spilt claret: Lidl launches second big posh booze push
Lidl has snapped up 5% of Bordeaux’s output for its latest ’claret offensive’. But can the retailer silence the wine snobs?
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Analysis & Features
Mark Price: the legend, legacy - and legwork for Rob Collins
As Mark Price signals his intent to take over as chairman of Channel 4, how will the MD of Waitrose be remembered?
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Analysis & Features
Facebook and the art of selling through social media
Facebook’s latest e-commerce venture offers great opportunity for fmcg brands - if they get the user experience right
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Comment & Opinion
Iceland boldly puts up the price of milk – but will others follow?
We’re used to seeing milk prices being cut, so Iceland’s move to increase the price of its four-pinters from 89p back up to £1 is eye-catching
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My Alternative CV
Nigel Edwards, Icelandic Seachill, on boats and Grimsby docks
My first proper job was at the Seafish Authority as a fish technologist
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Analysis & Features
Making the most of the tobacco display ban
Six months on, has the impact of the tobacco display ban for small shops been as bad as many feared?
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Comment & Opinion
Value creation chain must be the focus in trading relationship
The retailer-supplier relationship remains as contentious as ever
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Analysis & Features
How hot made all the difference for the Jethwas
Baz Jethwa spent £400,000 on a posh refurb for his store in Farnworth