Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 132
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Analysis & Features
Retail clubs: a perfect soft launch into symbol retailing?
What do retail clubs offer for indies that want to take on the mults but retain their independence?
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Analysis & Features
Sourced Market has found a platform for success at St Pancras
Since arriving at St Pancras station in 2009, Sourced Market has gone full steam ahead
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Analysis & Features
YouTube: a serious vlogging opportunity for brands
Over a billion people watch YouTube every day and a staggering five hours of video are uploaded every second, so even a niche product can find a huge audience to advertise to
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Profiles and QandAs
Dave Lewis Uncut: the full exclusive interview with Tesco's CEO
In this specially extended web version, Adam Leyland talks to Dave Lewis about his first months in the job, and what’s next for Britain’s biggest supermarket
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Analysis & Features
Morrisons-Dia link-up would 'cannibalise' sales says analyst
Analysts have dismissed the potential for Morrisons to launch a Netto-type tie-up with Spanish discounter Dia
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Comment & Opinion
Social media is queen at P&F as Titania considers her career
Ever since Karoline (with a K) started dropping heavy-handed hints about my future career prospects, I’ve been looking at …
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Analysis & Features
Brands at the heart of mults battle with the discounters
This year the grocery price war has intensified, with all the major supermarkets investing millions into lowering prices…
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Analysis & Features
The Grocer Says: What's going on at Thorntons?
It has been a strange week for the share price of Thorntons as it plunged more than 20% since Monday, but just what is behind the drop?
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket land banks: up for sale?
If you believe the hype, the supermarkets are sitting idle on huge land banks up and down the UK. What’s the truth?…
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Analysis & Features
Asda CEO Andy Clarke unmoved despite wonky sales
Asda CEO Andy Clarke and CFO Alex Russo exuded an aura of calm as they gave company updates
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Analysis & Features
Why is Poundland cosying up with neighbouring 99p Stores?
99p Stores has been touted for sale since 2011. So it wasn’t entirely unexpected when Poundland announced…
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Analysis & Features
Big 30 wholesalers: are they transforming fast enough?
Wholesalers are feeling the pressure of grocery’s wider problems. So how are they transforming to make sure they can compete in such a cut-throat market?
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Grocer 33
Lawrence Hene, Ocado, on winning the G33 online star order
For us, good customer service is in our DNA and is core to our proposition. If we continue to deliver to plan…
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Analysis & Features
How safe is it for Tacon to strongarm Tesco's suppliers?
Christine Tacon has stated she will force suppliers to come forward and give evidence, but can this process be considered fair to suppliers, even if they want to complain?
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Analysis & Features
99p Stores deal is a "step change" for Poundland store opening programme
Poundland’s shares soar on news of 99p Stores takeover - pushing market cap past £1bn - but what opportunities does CEO Jim McCarthy think a combination brings?
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Comment & Opinion
Is Tesco really a national disgrace?
Much hand-wringing has occurred at Tesco’s closures and abandonments, but can the supermarket fairly be blamed?
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Comment & Opinion
Why the high street should be afraid of Amazon rumours
The prospect of Amazon moving into bricks and mortar should send shivers down the spine of retailers
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Analysis & Features
Tesco price cuts put Asda and even Aldi in its sights
In September 2011, then Tesco UK boss Richard Brasher announced a £500m onslaught against its rivals, which he claimed…
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Analysis & Features
Building a new Co-operative Movement
The crisis that almost engulfed The Co-op has been averted. We talk to the architects of the rebuild
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Analysis & Features
Max 99p takes discounting to the max
It’s a growing market but Max 99p believes wider aisles, customer service and teaming up with Nisa will give it the edge…..