Comment & opinion – Page 347
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Comment and OpinionApps are increasingly important in online shopping
As shoppers’ enthusiasm for online grocery grows, apps are an increasingly important customer touchpoint…
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Comment and OpinionBendGate, iPhone 6, Kit Kat and the lessons for social media
The excitement of the iPhone 6 and the iWatch was dampened by the leaking of private celebrity pictures…
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Comment and OpinionBuy British Day appeals to hearts and wallets
Popping to the shops today? You may want to take the time to look for a ‘Made in Britain’ label
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Comment and OpinionSupermarkets have forgotten their shoppers
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are suffering severe downturns in trade and are rushing to blame the discounters…
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Comment and OpinionTesco is not a basket case, says Kevin Hawkins
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions,” according to Shakespeare…
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Comment and OpinionLewis puts his stamp on Tesco with Feet on the Floor
Dave Lewis is wasting little time putting his personal stamp on Tesco, despite the turmoil caused by its £250m black hole
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Comment and OpinionTesco’s ‘Feet on the Floor’ plan is a positive step
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has told HQ staff to reconnect with what’s happening on the shop floor. It’s about time, says Catherine Shuttleworth, of Savvy Marketing.
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Comment and OpinionDoes Coke Life make Coca-Cola big, bad and stupid?
Has the obesity and sugar debate turned Coca-Cola into the company we all love to hate? asks Karen Connell.
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Comment and OpinionWhy smart retailers needs to think ‘omni-channel’
Grocery has never seen the same level of demand for online shopping as other retail sectors, but there is still a core demand for online, says Stuart Higgins.
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Comment and OpinionDairy industry draws battlelines
Today brought the latest in a long line of farmgate milk price reductions
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Comment and OpinionTesco deserves a pat on the back for its disclosure on meat
To suggest the meat cross-contamination cases we reported at Tesco are an “embarrassment” for the retailer is a serious misreading of the facts
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Comment and OpinionSustainability is also about a culture of support for staff
In these tumultuous times, should we not invest equally in the sustainability of our people and our workforce?…
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Comment and OpinionTesco's Cheshunt Four have been treated appallingly by the media
Announcing its Scale for Good manifesto in 2013, Tesco admitted trust among its supplier base was lacking…
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Comment and OpinionAccounting error at P&F as Paul McCartney sings for veggies
Karoline (with a K)’s rather sheepishly announced that P&F is actually deeply in the red…
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Comment and OpinionCosta Del Nightmares: Gordon Ramsay stages a comeback
Gordon Ramsay has had a nightmare with his hair, hasn’t he?…
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Comment and OpinionVolvic's ad gets the epic treatment
Is there any grocery category more boring than bottled water? Newsflash! It all tastes the same and comes out of taps anyw…
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Comment and OpinionTesco finance crisis: You’re only as good as your accounting
Professor Lisa Jack, a former auditor and now a forensic accounting expert at the University of Portsmouth, explains the key lessons from Tesco’s shock profit warning…
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Comment and OpinionCoke Life and the new 'third way' for sweetness
So finally they get it. Coca-Cola, Lucozade and a host of others are launching half-sugar versions of their classic drinks…
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Comment and OpinionIt's about price, stupid
What do shoppers want? It’s a question retailers and suppliers never tire of asking
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Comment and OpinionThe lessons from the Scottish referendum for our food system
Whitehall breathed a sigh of relief at the Scottish referendum result….