Channels reports, insight and analysis – Page 96
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Comment & Opinion
Getting the balance right will be vital to Jack's success
It will be interesting to see how much more of the Tesco brand is reflected in the new stores
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Analysis & Features
Pricing analysis: Jack's prices vs Tesco, Aldi and Lidl
On the evidence of products selected from a flyer sent out to customers ahead of its launch in Chatteris this week, Jack’s
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Analysis & Features
Tesco launches Jack's discount store: analysts' reactions
Following yesterday’s launch of Tesco’s first Jack’s store in Chatteris, here is the reaction from city analysts
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Comment & Opinion
Jack’s is here – and its pricing strategy is somehow still unclear
Jack’s has been in the works for more than three years but there was last-minute feel about the big reveal, writes The Grocer’s chief reporter
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Analysis & Features
First look: Inside Tesco's new discount chain Jack's, Chatteris
The new chain is designed to ”bring customers great-tasting food at the lowest possible prices” and promises ”no fancy fixtures or fittings, and no added extras”
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Analysis & Features
Wholesale: are we seeing the death of the cash & carry?
According to Him, the percentage of retailers using delivered wholesale for their main shopping mission has risen 22 percentage points to 89%
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Grocer 33
Lidl offers cheapest shop but Asda closes the gap to 8.8%
Guest Lidl has ended Asda’s three-week winning streak but in its last guest appearance Lidl was 9.8% cheaper
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Comment & Opinion
The best operators are defying a tough market in cash & carry
While Blakemore was unable to sell most of its depots when it closed its cash & carry operation this summer, the biggest casualties in recent years have actually been delivered
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Analysis & Features
Is Jamie Oliver's Tesco role any more than an ad coup?
It may seem a bitter medicine to some but Dave Lewis thinks an Oliver-backed health initiative is preferable to DH intervention
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket buyers: as the role changes, what next?
With creativity now well and truly superseded by data, what does a buyer look like in 2018?
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Analysis & Features
Why Amazon is going big on coffee for its own-label strategy in the UK
The online retailer has launched 30 own-label coffee lines in recent months. We take a look at what it’s selling and how coffee fits into its broader grocery strategy
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Analysis & Features
Can M&S's new celebrities win over young families?
Social focus and celebs like Amanda Holden and Rochelle Humes mark a shift in M&S’s marketing
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Comment & Opinion
From Jack’s to Jamie Oliver, Tesco is keeping everyone guessing
Two men whose names begin with J look set to have a big say in Tesco’s future
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Comment & Opinion
Sleeping with the enemy will become retail's 'new normal'
Partnerships, networks and ecosystems will enable companies to create customer value and drive growth, says Accenture Strategy’s Richard Wolff
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Comment & Opinion
Product recommendations make a real difference to e-commerce sales
New research shows product recommendations lead to a 70% increase in purchase rates, says Shikhin Agarwal of Monetate
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Comment & Opinion
How retailers can use premium fruit & veg to take on the discounters
Premium supermarkets must keep abreast of consumer trends and make sure they’re first to market to defend against the discounters, says Cindy van Rijswick of Rabobank
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Comment & Opinion
Street dancing and Elvis Presley: what retail can learn from Poundland’s fun approach
“Shouldn’t retail, and life in general, be a bit more fun?”
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Comment & Opinion
Shoppers have an appetite for smart retail tech – but they’re picky
The latest Nielsen data shows UK consumers are keen on innovation but not across the board, says Harry Walker, industry head, grocery retail at Google
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Comment & Opinion
Government is playing to the gallery on recycling
We need proper incentives for on-shore recycling facilities and for using the resulting recycled product, says Steve Parfett of AG Parfett & Sons
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Analysis & Features
Five reasons why Coca-Cola has bought Costa Coffee
Coke is to buy Costa Coffee from Whitbread for $5.1bn