Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 166
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Analysis & Features
Brand matching continues to drive surge in promotions
Year-on-year, the number of deals offered by the supermarkets is up by nearly 20%, with Heinz and Kellogg’s more than doubling their deals.
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Grocer 33
Sainsbury's, Hereford
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Comment & Opinion
My festive wish-list for how government could help suppliers
What I want for Christmas is for Whitehall to draw up a coherent obesity strategy
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Analysis & Features
Seasonal cuts kick of - but they’re not as good as 2010
The Christmas trading season has brought the usual price cuts in the supermarkets, but the discounts are not as big as last year.
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Comment & Opinion
Asda pitch-perfect, M&S cheap and tacky?
Asda’s surprisingly classy ad leaves M&S in its wake. For proof that Christmas isn’t a slam dunk…
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Analysis & Features
Xmas Crackers
Take one celebrity, add kids, tinsel and a lot of packshots. Throw in fake snow and a festive jingle and hey presto - a Christmas TV ad! So how does the class of 2011 rate? We commissioned a survey, trawled web forums and spoke to ad industry execs to find out.
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Comment & Opinion
Double-dip recession
Can a positive mental attitude, and the seizing of opportunities, make the difference?
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Analysis & Features
Promotions soar as big four buff their value credentials
The big supermarkets have upped their promotional game once more in November – pushing the limits of available space in stores.
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Analysis & Features
It’s Goldenballs! (Just don’t mention those fish fingers..)
His GO3 franchise was swiftly sent off by supermarkets, so is David Beckham really such a great ambassador for Sainsbury’s? Charlie Wright reports
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Comment & Opinion
Instead of a point of difference, supermarkets crave uniformity
I’m sure you’ve heard the joke before. Q. What’s the difference between a supermarket trolley and a retail analyst?…
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Grocer 33
Asda, Workington
The Grocer 33 is a weekly mystery shopping survey, tracking price, service and availability at the five leading grocery retailers: Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose. Each week the winning store manager is interviewed by The Grocer.
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Analysis & Features
Booker's blueprint for the future
Booker’s depots are changing fast, with a host of new initiatives set to transform the C&C giant’s offer across its estate.
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Analysis & Features
What's the deal with Tesco's resurgent discount ranges?
Tesco has trebled the number of lines in its discount dairy brand. What does that say about its own-label strategy?
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Comment & Opinion
Justin King isn’t dead, but there's a new king at Sainsbury’s
I think the Gok Wan clothing range will have a more material impact on Sainsbury’s bottom line…
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Comment & Opinion
Hell toupee for 99p shop in wig horror show
After the riots in Croydon, the last thing the less-than-leafy London borough needs is a race row on the high street.
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Comment & Opinion
The Big Price Drop sums up UK grocery
Despite the price wars, consumers are still sceptical: only 17% think supermarkets are doing enough to help.
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Comment & Opinion
Price war comes at the expense of quality
As the economy recovers, consumers will look for new points of difference not just price cuts, says Simon Crouch
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Comment & Opinion
How to deliver the Portas vision?
Whatever the Queen of Shops proposes will need a realistic assessment, says Kevin Hawkins
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Comment & Opinion
Where will it end?
There’s a power dynamic in any relationship, even those where both parties secretly suspect they could do a bit better.
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Comment & Opinion
We must grit our teeth during the downturn and just get on with it
I lost count of the times I was asked what I thought of the IGD Convention this week. Perhaps because I was so rude about it last year…