Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 80
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Analysis & Features
How is the food and drink supply chain coping with coronavirus?
The impact of Covid-19 is only getting worse. Can the industry cope, and what needs to be done?
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Comment & Opinion
Food and drink is doing a great job, keeping calm and carrying on amidst the panic buying
Shoppers have been voting with their feet and their fingers as panic has set in
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Analysis & Features
Do supermarket meat and fish counters have a future?
Meat counters are going out of fashion in UK supermarkets. But with some insisting they’re ‘vitally important’, can they evolve to survive?
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Comment & Opinion
What UK retailers can learn from Asian e-commerce operations
UK retailers would do well to look overseas for e-commerce inspiration, says Kantar’s Maiko Skorupski
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Whitepapers
Business behaving badly: what makes Brits want to ditch their provider?
Six in ten Brits (62%) like it when companies have a moral message – but three in ten 30%) think they treat ethics and sustainability like a fad.
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Analysis & Features
Locked out: behind the supermarket restrictive covenant scandal
Tesco still has a string of ‘unlawful’ restrictive land agreements, 10 years after they were banned. But other supermarkets have them too. So is it such a crime?
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Comment & Opinion
Can a land value tax save the high street?
There are easier and better solutions to the business rates conundrum
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Videos
Cutting plastic out of supermarkets: how did Thornton’s Budgens do it?
Hear Thornton’s Budgens owner Andrew Thornton discuss the impact the plastic free zones initiative has had on sales and customers
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Analysis & Features
Can a land value tax save the high street?
Opponents would rather see swift reform of the existing system, reducing the burden for retailers
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Analysis & Features
What does ‘micro-fulfilment’ mean for the future of rapid delivery?
Demand for fast delivery is bringing online distribution centres into smaller, urban spaces. What’s the best way to integrate them? And what are the pitfalls of ‘micro-fulfilment’?
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Comment & Opinion
Millennial shopping habits are putting grassroots grocery at risk
Property developers’ ‘improving’ pressures are threatening thriving businesses, says Joanna Blythman
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Analysis & Features
Ethical business: what are the retailers doing to give back?
Here’s what the major UK supermarkets are doing to help people and the planet
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Analysis & Features
How Aldi is tackling slavery in its global supply chains
In 2018, Oxfam ranked the discounter bottom for protecting human rights
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Analysis & Features
The 30 biggest wholesalers in the UK 2020
Find out how the UK’s biggest wholesalers like Booker, Brakes and Costco have performed this year
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Comment & Opinion
Amazon’s ‘traditional supermarket’ may be more ground-breaking than it looks
There are no whizzy Amazon Go features, according to reports. But you can bet the giant will be using its technological expertise at every turn
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Big Interviews
Eleanor Herrin: ‘Why I dropped Amazon for Farmdrop’
Eleanor Herrin worked at Amazon for 17 years. So why did she quit to join Farmdrop? And what changes has she been making as its CEO?
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Big Interviews
Why Abel & Cole MD Hannah Shipton is thinking outside the fruit & veg box
For too long, Abel & Cole has only been known for its fresh produce boxes, says its MD. She’s on a mission to change that
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Analysis & Features
Is Iceland’s new packaging trial really the best way forward?
New packaging cuts plastic by 93%. Can that be better than packaging-free trials?
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Comment & Opinion
Why grocers must monetise their media estates to stay competitive
For grocers to thrive over the next few years, they need to focus on new revenue streams to improve profitability, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Analysis & Features
Failure to deliver: the trouble with grocery deliveries and how to tackle it
Rural homes, high-rise flats and even customers not answering the door pose problems for online grocers. Is there any way to eliminate the issue?