Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 145
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Analysis & Features
Easter egg promotions rose by nearly 50% on 2013 levels
Shop staff could have been forgiven for becoming a little fed up with building Easter egg displays this year…
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Comment & Opinion
Digital in vogue
Of the 28 recommendations on how to save the high street by Queen of Shops Mary Portas, way back now in December 2011, not a single one mentioned anything about digital technology. In fact, in the climate at the time and for a good while after, if online was spoken ...
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Analysis & Features
Morrisons proves slow to shift the focus of its promotions
Just over a month ago, Morrisons finally woke up to the threat of the discounters…
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Comment & Opinion
Sunday trading laws: why keep them?
The only sensible change is to let retailers decide for themselves…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco mustn't be distracted from the big task in hand
A big push on price leaves Tesco in danger of neglecting its turnaround strategy.
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Category Report
Own Label Category Report 2014
As the price war heats up retailers have a tough choice: good, better, best, or all three?…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco pulled in two directions
Tesco is torn between a price war and a store refresh programme. Can it possibly succeed at both?
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Category Report
Focus on toys and collectables 2014
Supermarket toy sales are falling. Could new film, TV and World Cup licensed lines help them?…
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Comment & Opinion
Pity a supermarket CEO in light of the latest Kantar numbers
Ouch. If you think Kantar’s 12-week numbers look bad, you should see the four-week ones…
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Analysis & Features
Why are Sunday trading rules back in the open?
And, as the debate resurfaces, what chance of a relaxation?…
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Comment & Opinion
Cutting a dash
‘Cart abandonment’ may put you in mind of an upturned trolley in a ditch, but it’s a serious problem online, as retailers fight to make ecommerce as easy as possible.
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarket psychology
David Cameron went to Asda on Monday - having last week outed himself as a Waitrose shopper.
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Comment & Opinion
The Co-op heads to the pub
The Co-op is building stores on 54 pub sites - but it’s aiming to co-exist with existing pubs, it says.
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Comment & Opinion
Spring's Supermarket Secrets: Gregg Wallace explores eggs
Gregg Wallace famously enjoys a swift one-two…
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Big Interviews
Asda's Andy Clarke: The Big Interview
Asda boss Andy Clarke speaks out on restructuring, hypermarkets, changing technology and the rise of the discounters…
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Analysis & Features
Big business steps in to steer high street rescue mission
Four of big high street names are launching a new phase in the battle to save it…
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Comment & Opinion
Shore Capital worried by supermarket price war
Is Britain’s supermarket industry in the foothills of a price war?…
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Comment & Opinion
Could a supermarket do 'an SSE?'
SSE stunned the energy sector with its price freeze until 2016. Could a supermarket achieve something similar or would it …
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Analysis & Features
Was Asda's promo blitz the prelude to a price war?
The price war announced by Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips two weeks ago appears to have got off to a slow start…
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Analysis & Features
Can Philip Green's BHS c-store/pound zone hybrid actually work?
There was a new entrant into the supermarket price war this week as Sir Philip Green unveiled his BHS Food offer…