Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 377
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E-commerce is dead. It's about commerce
One maverick online auction house highlighted the gulf in attitude between clicks and bricks…
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Do we want good value food or good food 'values'?
Value or ‘values’? Over the past 20 years we have heard one diatribe after another against ‘cheap food’ sold by supermarke…
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We need a welfare scheme for cattle AND badgers
Justin King got more than he bargained for when he responded to a question at the Conservative Party conference…
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'The art of selling' hasn't died
Have you noticed that astute young sales directors and wise old ones agree that the ‘art of selling’ has died?…
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Titania looks forward to some Brazilian PR opportunities
Apparently something happened on Tuesday and the year of Brazil is upon us…
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Goat milk energy drink for sleepy felines
Do cats need more energy? Bogof’s spends its time either asleep on the microwave or maniacally clawing furniture…
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Don't give up on the CTN just yet
Even Charles Wilson may be powerless to stop the loss of trade to duty-avoided tobacco; but don’t give up on CTNs yet…
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The holy grail
The Grocer this week caught a glimpse of food history - Cadbury’s heat-resistant chocolate…
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Self-serving?
What’s all the fuss about self-service tills? Has anything so mundane ever been so divisive? Every few months a new survey comes out about the popularity of self-service tills. It doesn’t really matter what the numbers are, those rabid commentators on the Mail Online have a field day arguing amongst ...
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Closing the net
It’s all happening online in grocery.As The Co-operative Group and Morrisons prepare to make their long-awaited and much overdue debut online later this year, Sainsbury’s is ratcheting up the competition.Just two weeks after the supermarket revealed its online grocery sales had hit £1bn a year for the first time, Sainsbury’s ...
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Another direction emerges in the food world
People smile at the tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes. But something like it is going on in the food world…
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Marketing for society and profit
“We were hearing that Tesco has got to put in more [to society] because people think all we do is take out.”…
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Lessons in licensing for retailers and suppliers
Licensing is an intriguing industry. Everywhere you look there are successful examples of its work…
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Good leaders need common sense and emotional intelligence
There’s been much coverage recently about bullying and poor leadership in some high-profile organisations…
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Titania battles foot pain, nausea and chest-gazing at Anuga
Anuga. OMG. Karoline (with a K) told me it would be a great way to meet new clients and brush up on fmcg trends…
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The IGD Convention's Great Entertainers still came with flaws
Irwin Lee’s presentation at the IGD Convention this week was hugely entertaining…
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The NCA opportunity
The UK has a new weapon in the fight against organised crime as of this week, and the food industry should take note.
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Positive thinking
The strapline of this week’s IGD conference was “energy innovation and positive thinking”. But positivity wasn’t always display…
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Tesco's Finest hour?
Tesco has relaunched its Finest range with a view to growing sales by double digits. Can it succeed?
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What can be learned about recruitment from The X Factor?
I developed the Pareto concept around a core philosophy: the significant few against the insignificant many…