All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 7
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News
Marketing boss Lancaster quits Morrisons
Richard Lancaster has quit Morrisons just months after being handed a beefed-up role as corporate marketing and operations director.
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco's video nation
Yesterday Tesco made the overdue admission that it’s time to freshen up its advertising. Today came further evidence of the chain’s efforts to change the conversation…
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Comment & Opinion
Goodbye, red brick road?
News of yet more upheaval came from Tesco today, as the supermarket giant very publicly invited agencies to pitch for an advertising account worth £110m a year…
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NewsBudweiser ad rapped for linking drinking with sex
AB InBev has been rapped by the advertising watchdog over a radio spot for Budweiser that linked drinking with sexual success.
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Comment & Opinion
The domino effect
As the grocery trade continues to digest the demise of wholesalers DBC and Eskimo, there were further dispatches today from the doom and gloom department…
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NewsFSA unveils elite ‘safety squad’ for Olympics
The Food Standards Agency has assembled an elite ‘Food Safety Squad’ to lead inspections in the run-up to this summer’s Olympic Games.
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NewsBritish flavour to Morrisons’ fresh produce overhaul
Morrisons is revamping the look of its fresh produce in the latest stage of its own-label overhaul.
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Comment & Opinion
When the going gets tuff...
“You should never be afraid to copy what your friendly multiple’s latest idea is!” That advice came last weekend from Paul Delves, MD of leading independent Harry Tuffins…
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NewsClarke resumes UK control as Brasher quits Tesco
Richard Brasher has stepped down as Tesco’s UK chief executive after just a year in the role.
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NewsWaitrose grows but counts cost of spending spree
Waitrose grew like-for-like food sales by 3% in the past year, off the back of new own-label ranges including Love Life and Good to Go.
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NewsTesco exec blasts ‘red’ South Korean policies
Tesco’s boss in South Korea has ignited a political storm after blasting lawmakers in the key Asian market as “red”.
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NewsIndian owner ponders sale of Whyte & Mackay stake
The Indian owner of Whyte & Mackay could be force to sell a stake in the Scotch whisky brand as it wrestles with debts worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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NewsBurchell comes on board at Welsh whisky maker
Former Loseley and Rachel’s Organic boss Neil Burchell has been named chairman of Welsh distiller Penderyn.
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NewsTesco slides again in latest Kantar rankings
Tesco’s market share has slid to a new seven-year low in the latest rankings from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Comment & Opinion
Campbell jogs the memories of sobering times
There’s none so zealous as the converted. Panorama had retired spin king and former boozehound Alastair Campbell…
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NewsP&G to axe thousands of jobs in $10bn cost-cutting drive
Procter & Gamble is to axe 5,700 jobs as part of a harsh new cost-cutting drive.
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NewsNew Covent Garden in hot water with shoppers over elusive farm prize
Shoppers have blasted New Covent Garden after the soup maker announced that nobody had claimed the top prize in its ‘Win a Farm’ competition.
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NewsRussian woes take toll on Carlsberg profits
Carlsberg has reported a fall in profits for 2011, as the Danish brewer wrestled with rising costs and falling share in the key market of Russia.
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NewsDrought set to spark new spike in food prices
Shoppers have been warned to expect a new wave of price rises on food, as areas of Britain face the prospect of their worst drought in decades.
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Comment & Opinion
Nancy fancies refurb king
Watchers of Marks & Spencer will have been intrigued to see the retailer’s former boss, Sir Stuart Rose