Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 130
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Analysis & Features
Food price deflation at big four again picks up pace
The level of supermarket price cuts is increasing once more after three months of more modest deflationary figures
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Comment & Opinion
Free parking: an unfair advantage for the supermarkets
Disillusionment with UK supermarkets grows apace, but free parking still gives them one crucial, unfair advantage
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Comment & Opinion
Like Ryanair, discounters will find low prices are not everything
As price becomes less of a priority for shoppers, lessons can be learned from similar upheaval in air travel
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Analysis & Features
A real living wage: is it time for the grocery trade to pay up?
The introduction of the national living wage by George Osborne has only fuelled calls for a higher living wage to be paid
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Analysis & Features
Nisa hits the road in fight to restore profitability
Out on the road, CEO Nick Read has found members supportive
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Comment & Opinion
Aldi and Lidl may prove decisive in living wage debate
There are fewer hot potatoes in grocery right now than the living wage…
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Comment & Opinion
Bad summers pose pricing challenge for independents
As we keep waiting for summer, Steve Parfett reflects on how the weather affects trading for wholesalers and indies
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Comment & Opinion
Lidl proclaims triumph over Heinz in tomato-based twosome
Precisely what Heinz has done to irk Lidl we’ll never know, but each of the discounter’s new ads…
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Analysis & Features
Fresh and chilled brands a growing force in online
Coca-Cola is the biggest online grocery brand in the UK, according to a new report from CheckoutSmart
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Analysis & Features
Paypoint row: Time to think outside the box?
Market conditions have forced PayPoint to cap commissions, it claims. That’s rubbish, say independents. So what happens next?
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers need to wake up to the mobile shopping revolution
Remember when your customers used to panic when they reached the till and found out they had forgotten their wallet?
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Comment & Opinion
Retailers look alike because they all want the same shoppers
Selling starts with understanding the needs of your customer. It’s fundamental
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon Echo: what fmcg brands need to know
Matthew Knight of global media agency Carat looks at the implications of Echo for online grocery shopping
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Comment & Opinion
Fresh speculation continues as Amazon remains tight-lipped
Fresh suppliers are getting nervous as rumours of the speedy grocery delivery service run rife
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Analysis & Features
Christmas range 2015 sneak peek: Lidl
A clear extension of its plan to dispel the myth that it can’t satisfy premium palates
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Comment & Opinion
Sunday Trading: who will benefit and who will suffer?
Opening the doors to longer trading hours on a Sunday may provide a shot in the arm to Tesco’s ailing superstores, but it will be Asda that benefits the most
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Analysis & Features
Milk prices for one and two pints cut by Sainsbury's and Tesco
Aggressive price competition on four-pint bottles of milk has been a staple of the supermarket milk price war for years…
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Comment & Opinion
Click & Collect still an unsettled proposition
The industry is still figuring out exactly how to make logistics, delivery and the internet profitable
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Comment & Opinion
Ferrero's pursuit of its Cinderella is no Cadbury story
There are a number of reasons why this deal has been broadly welcomed…
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Comment & Opinion
Opinion: Time for Tesco to show support for British farmers
Tesco made a number of commitments to British agriculture at the NFU annual conference in 2013…