Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 168
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Comment & Opinion
Peter Marks' very long game
Peter Marks, boss of The Co-operative Group, declared this morning that trading conditions were “the worst” he had seen “in over 40 years of retailing”.
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Comment & Opinion
It's cheese, James, but not as we know it
Few product launches whip up the media storm swirling around Alex James and his new line of cheeses, with surely only some of the attention due to his former life as bassist for Blur.
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Analysis & Features
Despite that slump in sales, Palmer & Harvey can still make a packet
The tobacco giant’s sales are down for the first time in five years, but profits are up and there are plans to win new customers, says Elinor Zuke
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Comment & Opinion
The cool blue approach to stopping shrinkage
Forensic daily analysis combined with cross-department teamwork slashed stock losses at Iceland, says…
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Comment & Opinion
Poundworld hero has pants firmly inside trousers
The makeover in superhero movies is usually more dramatic than in Undercover Boss. No facepaint or titanium vest for Poundworld…
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Analysis & Features
Asda roars ahead of rivals in driving up promo levels
The distraction is back. After scaling back its activity, Asda has upped the ante again, running 24.1% more deals last month than a year ago.
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Analysis & Features
Fish Special: The start of the line?
The first MSC-certified line-caught fish from Iceland is hitting Sainsbury’s now. Nick Hughes visits the country to see if its tie-up with Saemark presents a blueprint for the future
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Grocer 33
Waitrose, Rickmansworth
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
How much ground has been lost by Waitrose web woes?
Waitrose has been the retailer seemingly impervious to hitches and glitches – until it came to the launch of its online delivery service.
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Comment & Opinion
Carrying the can
Today’s figures from Wrap represent the first time since records began that the number of single-use carrier bags being handed out has gone up instead of down.
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Comment & Opinion
Something wifi
Tesco is reported to be offering free wifi access in four of its stores, and is expected to roll the service out across its estate should the trial prove successful.
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Grocer 33
Waitrose, Cheltenham
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
Tim Mason's two-way Main Street
Today the Financial Times talks to Fresh & Easy boss Tim Mason about his wider brief at Tesco since taking on the group deputy chief executive job earlier this year.
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Comment & Opinion
The not so mighty Quinn
Musgrave Group today announced plans to pick up the debris from the sudden - if not entirely surprising – demise of Irish retailer Superquinn.
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Comment & Opinion
How to win friends and influence people
Tesco today announced plans to launch a loyalty card in the US. The card will initially be available at seven stores in California.
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Comment & Opinion
Risks of damage by association
The News of the World phone hacking scandal, which caused major retailers including Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative Group to withdraw their advertising support and other retailers to stop selling the newspaper before it folded…
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Comment & Opinion
It's not you, it's me
Is there such a thing as an amicable divorce? Yesterday Sainsbury’s announced that its 11-year romance with Jamie Oliver is drawing to a close.
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Comment & Opinion
Advertisers let off the hook by News of the World's swift demise
Blimey, what a day! Just a few short hours ago, we were questioning how many retailers would follow The Co-op’s lead in pulling advertising from the News of the World.
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Analysis & Features
Is a career in finance a key asset for prospective COOs?
Following the surprise exit of Simon King, Asda has found its new COO in Judith McKenna, its long-term financial chief. Ian Quinn looks into the reasons for casting CFOs in operational roles
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Comment & Opinion
Support vital for countryside and its people
National Countryside Week is a chance for industry to show support for farmers and conservationists, says Mark Price