Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 344
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High streets on a knife edge
The threat facing our high street shops remains as clear and present as it was before Mary Portas’ intervention
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Learn from Steve Jobs: no detail is too small in business
To seriously believe you’re going to change the world means you have to be solely and seriously focused on one thing: succ…
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Yoghurty fumblings in Soho as Titania mourns Chokablok
OMG. Recovering from a night out on the town with a client from New York…
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Mary Berry's unicorn gets the horn at Cake & Bake expo
The annual Cake & Bake Show, held at London’s glittering Earls Court, is a serious flour ‘n’ eggs expo for the bigwigs of …
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Andy Higginson's perfectly poised speech stole the show at IGD
This year’s IGD Convention was as good as any I can remember, with a lot less grandstanding and some much-needed humility …
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Lidl is catching up and even overtaking Aldi with its marketing
Lidl and Aldi are proving that the Germans have a sense of humour – and really get social media too…
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Stop the big price-matching yawn and focus on lower prices
There have been two notable developments in the price-matching world recently…
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More needs to be done to make the most of the protein trend
Once dominated by macho-looking black and silver sports nutrition jars…
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Fmcg brands hold their own on powerhouse list
Brand consultancy Interbrand today released its annual list of the world’s 100 most valuable brands
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Retailers are not seeing the big brand presentation picture
Take a walk down a British high street and look at the signs above the doors…
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Dealing with discounters: a lesson from French supermarkets
The facts say it all. Hard discounters like Aldi and Lidl have seized more than 8% UK market share…
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The Great British Bake Off finale: perfectionism triumphs
To the final of The Great British Bake Off, and everyone was on splendid form…
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Male grooming heads south
Half of British men feel under pressure to remove or groom body hair - creating a growth market
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Are the Lib Dems 'the Morrisons' of politics?
The Liberal Democrats are the Morrisons of the UK political scene, a Lib Dem MP declared this week. But does his supermarket analogy ring true?
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Product innovation means an end to ‘garlic bread syndrome’
Brits love a curry – so why are there so few recognisable, mainstream curry brands? asks Ajaz Ahmed.
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Music retail plan strikes a bum note
UK retailers are not happy with a plan to release music albums on a Friday
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Discounter copycats are a threat to brands and consumers
Imagine you’ve been out of the country for five years and now you are walking around an Aldi or Lidl…
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Memories of Sophie Wittams as Karoline makes an email error
I think Sophie Wittams used to be an intern here…
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Mascot Fred gets saucy – and scary – in new Homepride ad
Pale-faced Fred is apparently some sort of giant Lego undertaker
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Sainsbury's Brand Match 2.0 ignores the elephant in the room
Mike Coupe has promised no stone will be left unturned at the interims in November as he seeks to arrest an alarming deter…