Comment & opinion – Page 345
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Comment and OpinionPrice cuts are not the only tactic in retail war
Some smart firms are playing the long game when it comes to promotions, says Andrew Marwick, managing director at Opia.
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Comment and OpinionRetailers should harness media brands in the run-up to Christmas
Advertisers could do worse than partner with magazines, websites and radio stations this Christmas, says Krissie Ford of Bauer Media.
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Comment and OpinionAldi's organic range is its poshest move yet
In a few weeks Aldi’s luxury Christmas range will hit the shelves
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Comment and OpinionSupermarkets need to look forward and not back
The rapidly changing supermarket landscape in the UK is the source of much industry debate at the moment…
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Comment and OpinionPoundshop.com reopens online battle
The online pound store wars have started again – with a truce, Poundshop.com has merges with rival outfit Hereforapound.com
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Comment and OpinionWhat sort of innovation do consumers want?
The number of new innovations in the European food sector had fallen over the last decade… but what do consumers look for in new food products?
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Comment and OpinionAim to speed up the initiation process for new employees
Facebook’s chief information officer, Tim Campos, famously claimed all employees joining the business would be up and runn…
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Comment and OpinionPrawn sandwich brigade line up for Roy Keane's book
Infamously aggressive former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane has a new book out…
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Comment and OpinionTesco executives admit they have no idea what's gone on
How Tesco must wish that everything would go as smoothly as the Strictly Come Dancing event it put on…
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Comment and OpinionSilence is deafening at the supermarkets
An eerie silence has descended over grocery. One supplier called Tesco “leaderless” this week…
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Comment and OpinionDaily Brunch with Ocado: flat TV and a missed opportunity
Daytime TV has a well-deserved reputation for vacuous repetition, and the first episode of Daily Brunch with Ocado…
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Comment and OpinionPortman Group's increased interference is unacceptable
I have written before of my concerns that initiatives introduced by local authorities…
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Comment and OpinionStealthy spread of SMOs should concern consumer goods industry
The war between citizens and Big Food Inc is an asymmetrical affair yet, as with David and Goliath…
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Comment and OpinionShould the Responsibility Deal become law?
A report this week by think tank 2020health called for a radical new approach to tackle obesity
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Comment and OpinionHow retailers can emulate the online experience this Christmas
Online retail sales hit £91bn in 2013, with £11bn of that spent in December…
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Comment and OpinionHow we at Burton's are driving the evolution of biscuits
We live in an increasingly busy world, where efficiency and convenience are often no longer a preference but a necessity…
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Comment and OpinionNectar disappointment
As someone that buys grocery shopping each week and reuses their bags but does not drive, I feel I have been hit…
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Comment and OpinionSupermarkets are on the frontline of the low wage war
Calls for supermarkets to pay the Living Wage are not going to go away
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Comment and OpinionNectar change far from sweet for Sainsbury’s shoppers
Sainsbury’s decision to slash Nectar point rewards in store did not go down well with consumers
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Comment and OpinionHigh streets on a knife edge
The threat facing our high street shops remains as clear and present as it was before Mary Portas’ intervention