Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 149
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Comment & Opinion
Are the big four taking the discounters seriously enough?
You only have to eye the Kantar figures since August to know how tricky times are for the supermarkets…
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Analysis & Features
Will Morrisons online deliver?
Morrisons will make its online debut on 10 January with a house call by Dalton Philips himself…
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Analysis & Features
Click & collect: what's next?
Click & collect is evolving. But just how big will it get? Is it the future or just a drop in the (supply chain) ocean?…
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Big Interviews
Lidl UK MD Ronny Gottschlich: Big interview
In Lidl UK’s first-ever interview, MD Ronny Gottschlich talks about the discounter’s astonishing growth…
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Comment & Opinion
Brand Match vs Price Promise
Sainsbury’s has taken considerable umbrage at the decision by the ASA to ignore its complaints surrounding Tesco’s Price P…
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Analysis & Features
Is Sir Philip Green serious about moving BhS into grocery?
Could retail legend Sir Philip Green turn BhS into “an affordable M&S Food” or is convenience conversion a ruse to flog it…
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Comment & Opinion
Xbox One: Grocers go gaming
How can supermarkets capitalise on the launch of the Xbox One games console?
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Comment & Opinion
Could subscription services end the weekly shop?
The subscription economy opens up a worldwide market conservatively estimated at $500bn…
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Comment & Opinion
There's no end in sight for austerity
The past few years have been a story of simultaneous squeeze and squander…
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Category Report
Focus on World Foods
The explosion in world food has been attributed to package holidays and celebrity chefs; but the biggest source of growth …
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Comment & Opinion
Life in the Freezer shows Malcolm Walker's magic touch
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker this week released his autobiography. And he doesn’t pull his punches…
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Profiles and QandAs
Malcolm Walker gains revenge on Grimsey & co
As if a three-part BBC documentary weren’t enough, Iceland’s boss has penned his life story…
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Analysis & Features
Grocer Price Index shows inflation at big four below 2%
Falling commodity costs and a fierce price war driven by sluggish sales have helped cut supermarket price inflation…
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Comment & Opinion
Marketing your product online: Four key steps
Brand owners need to be aware of the challenges online retail poses. The four key steps are essential to making a brand stand out online.
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Analysis & Features
October hits promotional high as Halloween meets Christmas
It may seem a little early for some but the big retailers are already ramping up their Christmas promotional activity…
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Analysis & Features
Discounters and Sainsbury's come out top for top-up shops
New exclusive research for The Grocer can show for the first time how the discounters are making such huge inroads.
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Analysis & Features
Out-of-date food: isn't it best we bin our jitters and sell it?
In the fight against food waste and food poverty, every little helps. What can Britain learn from Greece?
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Analysis & Features
The depot that tears up the rule Booker
After buying Makro in April, Booker converted Makro Sheffield into a hybrid depot servicing both sets of customers…
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Comment & Opinion
Don't give up on the CTN just yet
Even Charles Wilson may be powerless to stop the loss of trade to duty-avoided tobacco; but don’t give up on CTNs yet…
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket price inflation falls as commodity costs plummet
Supermarket price inflation has fallen for a fourth month in a row following sharp drops in commodity costs over the summe…