Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 158
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Analysis & Features
Supermarkets missing out on the bigger ticket toy trick
Supermarkets are doing a roaring trade in pocket money toys but are failing to make the most of the opportunity…
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Analysis & Features
What happened to Waverley - and can a buyer be found?
WaverleyTBS became the third wholesaler this year to exit The Grocer’s Big 30 last week, in another sign of the duress…
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Analysis & Features
Promotions up across the board as block-booking is reduced
There has been a sharp increase in the number of featured space promotions…
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Comment & Opinion
We're more than a Brand Match for rivals
There is no question that this has been a good summer for Sainsbury’s…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco calls an end to the space race
Houston calling’… ‘This is the end of the space race’. And so Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke announced that supermarket development…
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Comment & Opinion
Decimating town centres? Or benefiting them?
Do the costs of food store development in town centres outweigh the benefits? It’s time we moved on from the dogmatic…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco's Talking Shop blog is a one-way street
Tesco chief executive Philip Clarke isn’t hanging around to see if the first global profits drop in almost 20 years is just an anomaly.
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco will look wistfully at Aldi, not Sainsbury's
How irksome for Tesco boss Philip Clarke to update the City on its £219m decline in half-year profits on the same day Sainsbury’s revealed its 30th consecutive quarter of growth.
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Analysis & Features
More questions than answers for Tesco
Is Tesco taking a step in the right direction - or are the problems piling up for CEO Philip Clarke?
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Analysis & Features
The full shop: how Aldi's top duo cut through
It’s not just sales that are soaring at Aldi. Its range is growing fast too. We talk to UK bosses Matthew Barnes and Roman Heini.
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Analysis & Features
Top five all cut prices as inflation falls to just 1.2%
The top five supermarkets slashed prices again in September despite…
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Analysis & Features
Scaling fresh new heights
Will the vertical hydroponic plant display being built at East End Foods’ new depot help revolutionise the way fresh produce is grown?
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Analysis & Features
Can retailers ride out the high street storm?
A survey has revealed the biggest dangers to the high street, but the problems are myriad… and a wide range…
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Comment & Opinion
Wallop's Poundland 'exposé' lacked teeth
Secrets of Poundland (C4, 8pm, 17 September) pulled in Dispatches’ second-biggest audience on record…
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Comment & Opinion
Write to your MPs over extension of Sunday trading hours
I write with regard to the article concerning Morrisons’ plans for a push into convenience and an extension of permissible Sunday…
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Comment & Opinion
Learning from the mults can help indies stay independent
I found the article in The Grocer (‘Fair of fascia’, 18 August) very interesting as it described the requirement for convenience stores…
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Big Interviews
Bloch-busting plans for mySupermarket development
If online success was as simple as getting Google sussed, mySupermarket boss Allon Bloch would be laughing all the way to the bank…
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Comment & Opinion
Why relaxed Sunday trading will hurt indies
The London Olympics and Paralympics have led to new pressures on the UK’s retail and distribution infrastructure…
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's Jon Rudoe on winning our quarterly Online 33
I am very proud that we have won again - the teams work so hard to ensure our customers get a great shopping experience…
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Comment & Opinion
Is online shopping penalising the poor?
We were struck by a comment from Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips at the group’s meeting for analysts…