All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 8
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NewsKing: 'Don’t blame us for high street decline'
Justin King has waded into the debate over the future of the British high street, blaming traditional retailers for failing to adapt to the changing needs of society.
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News
Cravendale hops on to the great green bandwagon
Some performers bring such joy that you don’t begrudge them slumming in a few ads if it means we get to bask in their glow for a few extra moments each day.
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NewsKapoor unveils masterplan to shake up Reckitt
Reckitt Benckiser has vowed to spend an additional £100m a year on advertising its key brands as part of a revamped strategy to improve performance.
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NewsMaximuscle beefs up GSK performance but OTC catches a cold
Lucozade maker GlaxoSmithKline has reported sales growth of 5% across its consumer healthcare business for 2011.
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Comment & Opinion
Girls smell too in Lynx's brave new world
Lynx users live in a world where every woman is a model-in-waiting desperate to tear off her clothes. That may be a side-effect of using aerosols in a confined space.
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Comment & Opinion
Baking's answer to Ant and Dec
If baking is the new rock’n’roll (it isn’t), Mary Berry must be Mick Jagger, strutting and jutting her turkey-neck in judgement over our muffins…
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NewsUnilever and unions to talk through ACAS
Unilever will sit down for talks via the conciliation service ACAS in a bid to avert further strike action following the decision to shut its final-salary pension scheme.
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NewsProperty chief Masters is latest exec to exit Asda
Asda retail development director Steve Masters is leaving the business, according to press reports.
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NewsTesco replaces Robbins as UK chief operating officer
Tesco has replaced Bob Robbins as UK chief operating officer. He will take on a new strategic role alongside UK boss Richard Brasher.
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NewsTesco frees up £450m with new store sale-and-leaseback
Tesco has announced the latest in a series of sale and leaseback arrangements designed to free up cash from its vast property portfolio.
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NewsTesco market share at lowest since May 2005
Tesco’s market share has dropped to its lowest point in almost seven years, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsUnilever signs major chocolate supply deal
Unilever has signed a major new supply deal with chocolate giant Barry Callebaut.
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NewsRobert Wiseman sold to Müller in £280m deal
Robert Wiseman Dairies has agreed a sale to the German yoghurt maker in a deal worth £279.5m.
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NewsBrand Match helps Sainsbury’s to biggest share since 2003
Brand Match helped Sainsbury’s grow its market share over Christmas, as growth in the market continued to lag behind inflation.
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Comment & Opinion
The XXL Factor
Fat men with weird facial hair bestowing gifts on total strangers is, of course, a tradition at this time of year.
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Comment & Opinion
Panorama, the BBC's whimpering neutered Watchdog
Remember when the Panorama theme tune reduced adults to salivating wrecks? Not any more.
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NewsGlanbia warns of global dairy slowdown
Glanbia has issued a robust assessment of trading for the year to date, but warned of weakening demand globally for dairy products.
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NewsCadbury bests Nestlé as battle for colour purple rolls on
Cadbury has struck a blow against Nestlé in a long-running legal dispute over Cadbury’s famous purple branding.
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Analysis & FeaturesIt’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
From the cabbage patches to the killing fields
The Great British Food Revival (Thursday, 7pm, BBC2) has a neat premise: top cooks trying to convert the great unwashed to ape their deviant gastronomic peccadilloes.