Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 154
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Analysis & Features
Is poultry feed decision the tipping point for GM?
Most major retailers have relaxed their rules on GM poultry feed. How important was Waitrose’s refusal to join them?…
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Comment & Opinion
Farewell Fresh & Easy
So farewell Fresh & Easy. And I for one am feeling sad because this venture didn’t have to fail…
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Comment & Opinion
After Portas, do the town centre personality test
Despite the cold Easter, visitor numbers rose more than 6% on UK high streets over Good Friday and Easter Saturday…
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Analysis & Features
Big four keep tight lid on beef prices after 'Horsegate'
The horsemeat scandal: an opportunity to increase fresh beef prices? Or time to slash prices?…
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Comment & Opinion
Steve Parfett hails wholesale security success story
Criminal activity increases during difficult economic times and this has been borne out by our experience since 2008…
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Analysis & Features
What was to blame for the great Easter egg shortage?
The weather? A distaste for heavy stocking of low-margin lines? Or an obsession with an efficient supply chain?…
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Analysis & Features
Counter culture
It you think older shoppers prefer to go to the supermarket, while students like shopping online, think again. New research sheds a different light on shopper demographics…
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Analysis & Features
Easter promotional push reflects retailers' hunger for deals
All of the major supermarkets increased their deals in the run-up to Easter, with uplifts from Tesco and Asda…
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Analysis & Features
How Aldi topped the loyalty table without a loyalty card
Loyalty schemes are not the only way to generate shopper loyalty, reveals our latest Supermarket Loyalty League
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket fashion: Too much TU, not enough FROW?
Supermarket clothing no longer grabs the column inches. What can the mults do to get back on fashion’s front row?…
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Analysis & Features
What does the Costcutter P&H tieup mean for convenience?
The megadeal creates the second-biggest symbol group in the UK and a joint venture with £5bn buying power.
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Comment & Opinion
Duty fraud: we need legislation to help stamp it out
With the Budget days away, I will illustrate the imbalance in importance of anti-duty fraud measures proposed by HMRC…
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Category Report
Discounters: why it pays for indies to think like them
Richard Jorden and Mike Colley urge indies to take a leaf out of discounters’ book if they want to compete on price…
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Comment & Opinion
The high street needs a vibrant local economy
The Irish retail sector is facing many of the same challenges as the British high street…
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Comment & Opinion
The compliance contentment trap
A well-known grocery brand manager said he was “happy” to achieve 15% compliance for his point-of-sale material…
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Comment & Opinion
Will Tesco change its spots with a new strategy?
It has been a tough few years for Tesco. The business that could once do no wrong stopped listening to customers…
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Analysis & Features
Has Tesco opened a can of worms with its Price Promise?
Tesco’s ambitious latest entry into the price comparison arena may run into trouble over non-applicable items…
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Analysis & Features
Lidl
Founded in Germany in the 1930s as a wholesaler, Lidl is today one of the largest grocery retailers in Europe.
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Analysis & Features
The world's 50 best grocers
What makes a grocer one of the best in the world? The Grocer set out to find the formula based on six categories…
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Comment & Opinion
The Budget could make a real mark on beer
We are just a few days away from a decision that could potentially wipe out the illegal trade in beer…