Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 364
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Integrated marketing is key
Products will be able to send smartphone messages to passing shoppers as the UK high street adopts Apple’s iBeacon…
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Shore Capital worried by supermarket price war
Is Britain’s supermarket industry in the foothills of a price war?…
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Why Steve Parfett welcomes the Budget
In the toughest conditions I can ever recall a budget that does not further harm prospects is a good thing…
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Paul Flowers' Newsnight performance was a self-pitying failure
I don’t know what persuaded the Rev Paul Flowers it was a good idea to be interviewed this week…
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Could a supermarket do 'an SSE?'
SSE stunned the energy sector with its price freeze until 2016. Could a supermarket achieve something similar or would it …
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Burgers for breakfast
Research suggests Brits are eating more and more burgers for breakfast. Are we seeing a new trend?
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Local means local
After all the excitement of the Budget last week, it was time for the alcohol industry to get back in the dock.
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Food & Drink Expo 2014: Telling stories
It is evident that most food brands do have a story to tell – and one of the tricks to successful brand building is finding out what that story is and how to tell it effectively.
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Make it pay while the sun shines: strategic and sensible selling
How’s the weather been for your business recently?…
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Salmon's a-leaping
Good news for food and drink exporters yesterday: the world, it seems, is buying more British produce – with food and non-alcoholic drink exports up 5%to £12.8bn.
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Shoppers want simplicity
The problems at Morrisons reflect the general squeeze on the middle-ground retailers…
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Hugh's Fish Fight is a well-intentioned distraction
Hugh’s Fish Fight has generated a lot of public interest in tuna sustainability…
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Food Prices - The Shocking Truth: 'surprisingly intelligent'
The Channel 4 documentary showed a willingness to investigate the issues in a thorough and rigorous fashion…
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Supermarket price war is pure folly
Yesterday’s villains have a habit of becoming today’s heroes…
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Does your blog work for you and your customers?
The way your customers make purchase decisions is changing…
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Be well informed about wellness trends
Retailers will increasingly juggle health requirements of customers, government, consumer groups and health professionals…
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Online pound shops will have to piggyback
The domain name that I own, poundshop.co.uk, was the first-ever transactional online pound shop…
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Price wars and The Budget: good news for consumers
Who stands to lose most from this price war isn’t yet clear…
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Organic food at the crossroads
Is the growth in value of the organic market down to people buying more, or simply due to price inflation?
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A toast for George
One quirk of Budget Day is that the chancellor is allowed to have a Budget tipple while delivering his speech…