Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 348
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Smallest-ever Waitrose betrays big plans for convenience
Waitrose’s new store in London’s King’s Cross - its smallest yet - is its first move into travel convenience.
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Hudl headache is price of success for Tesco
Tesco’s Hudl tablet made headlines with the news that a security flaw meant that users’ sensitive data could retrieved even after performing a factory reset on the device.
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Placement problems: the trouble with the misunderstood range
In the first of a new blog, Jimmy Cregan looks at the predicament of a misunderstood range…
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Tesco UK must be top priority for Dave Lewis
The announcement of Philip Clarke’s pending departure from Tesco was melancholy for all concerned…
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Titania sings the praises of the brands below the top tier
Nobody would consciously choose Galaxy when they can have Dairy Milk, would they?…
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How do we solve the ‘junk food’ problem? And what is it anyway?
What are the right policy tools to help people cut down on so-called ‘junk foods’?
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Portman Group says voluntary action is tackling alcohol abuse
From this week’s headlines, you wouldn’t think the overwhelming majority of adults in the UK drink responsibly…
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Adjudicator Tacon should be heeded over forensic audits
The fact that so many retailers are blitzing the accounts before magnanimously stopping the practice is an outrage…
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McVitie's biscuit bag breaks the bank
Remember those Pepsi can-shaped pencil cases people had at school?…
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Sweets Made Simple: not healthy, but delicious TV
Unless you reject delicious things, you risk missing out on the ultimate prize – a place in a care home!…
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99p Stores has made a bold leap into mainstream grocery
99p Stores is taking on a bewildering array of rivals with its food-to-go move – from M&S to Greggs…
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Alcohol abuse: no harm in providing more information
“Alcoholic drink pictorial health warnings a step too far but what’s the harm in providing more information?”…
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Introducing 'the world’s first free supermarket'
Imagine a supermarket where absolutely everything was given away for free. Implausible? Maybe, but there’s one called Freemarket opening in Copenhagen this Saturday.
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Independent retailers are as responsible as the multiples
There has been a great deal of use, particularly by government, of the term ‘responsibility’ recently…
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99p Stores thinks big in Northampton
99p Stores’ Abington Street branch is the first of a brand new concept for the chain. What’s it like?
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The human side of global supply chain pressure
August is traditionally silly season territory, but there is nothing silly about the summer of 2014.
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Foodservice must wise up as new rules approach
From December 13 diners will be able to ask restaurant staff whether any of the 14 key allergens are contained in the food on their plates and the staff will need to be able to tell them – by law.
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What Wellcome Trust can do for Co-op farms business
So what does the Trust want with the largest lowland farming business in the UK?…
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Advertisers misunderstand how shoppers love brands
There’s a fashionable school of thought in the advertising business right now…
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Titania makes account manager and ponders smelly Brit blokes
I’m reluctant to reveal that I’ve been promoted to the even-loftier role of account director…