Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 159
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Comment & Opinion
The Imbys... how refreshing
At long last the silent majority have made themselves heard, defying the noisy, usually well-heeled oppositionist cliques.
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Analysis & Features
Retailers race to fill promotional space as summer events end
For months, retailers have been dedicating prime display areas to non-promotional activity to capitalise…
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Analysis & Features
Olive oil retail prices to soar after drought
After 18 months at rock bottom, olive oil wholesale prices are soaring and suppliers are warning of inevitable price hikes in-store.
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Comment & Opinion
We need self-service and manned tills
Sir: The news that customers would like to see more self-service tills in store…
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Analysis & Features
Up close and personal
Clubcard and Nectar showed the potential of data mining. Now retailers are taking things to the next level.
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Comment & Opinion
Supermarket prices: too complicated by half
The cost of food is one of the top worries for consumers, alongside energy and fuel…
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Analysis & Features
Is opposition to traffic lights coming to an abrupt halt?
With Tesco and now Aldi doing a u-turn at the traffic lights, has the time come for suppliers to abandon their opposition?
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Analysis & Features
Convenience stores are determined to stay hot on the newspaper trail
Infuriated by OFT intransigence, small retailers are going to the Competition Appeals Tribunal. Are…
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Analysis & Features
Inflation kept in check by price-cutting Morrisons
At first glance, the topline inflation figures of the GPI suggest nothing much…
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Comment & Opinion
Imbys are missing the point on new supermarkets
Sir: Rob Brown’s article ‘Meet the Imbys’ (11 August) did not point out that residents in favour of a new…
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Comment & Opinion
Finally, Tesco has seen the (traffic) light
There’s no doubt that our nation’s health is a matter of vital importance. After the magnificent spectacle of…
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Analysis & Features
Can 'simple' vouchers save Morrisons' year?
Morrisons has high hopes for its simple, inexpensive new voucher scheme system…
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Comment & Opinion
This week: water and watersheds
While the sun(shine) was reminding us, last weekend, of its its value to the trade, the Mail was clearly working…
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Comment & Opinion
Manchester united
Media interest in The Co-operative Group has never been greater after the society scored a deal to…
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco's crossroads over traffic lights
There will have been a few red, amber and even green faces at Tesco HQ this week, the way the news…
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Analysis & Features
Paddling pools and BBQs fail to feature in summer promotions
Discounters have already started flogging some of their Olympic merchandise, but mascots Wenlock and Mandeville…
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Analysis & Features
The candymen can: mults plot American revolution
Is a lack of innovation from UK manufacturers the key to our growing hunger for ‘weirder’…
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Analysis & Features
The campaigners who want a Tesco in their town
The Nimbys have got competition. From the Western Isles to Wiltshire, action groups are clamouring for the supermarkets to come to their towns.
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Analysis & Features
Retailers remain chastened by their Workfare experience
Muddle of government initiatives is branded ‘a jigsaw without a picture’ despite High Court giving notorious scheme the all-clear.
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Comment & Opinion
Fish labels are still fishy says Which?
Buying sustainably sourced fish should be straightforward given the amount of focus on over-fishing…