Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 397
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Giraffe deal benefits Tesco not Giraffe
Tesco’s horsemeat traumas have evidently not deterred it from getting involved with other four-legged beasts…
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Titania survives the IFE sales pervs, but misses Bacon Week
Karoline’s idea of an online venture has only the flourishing parts of the high street: loan sharks, bookies, c-stores…
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Auto-enrolment: don't wait, make pension planning a priority
It’s been a busy two months for those of you who employ between 10,000 and 29,999 staff…
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Size isn't everything
“We are the largest convenience retailer with a store in every postcode so we are well placed to handle the competition,” The Co-operative Group’s CEO Peter Marks declared as the society unveiled its full-year results this morning.
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Osborne raises the spirits
George Osborne is the toast of beer drinkers up and down the land today, after announcing he was scrapping the beer duty escalator and cutting 1p from the price of a pint in today’s Budget…
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An idea with a catch
With fish firmly on shoppers’ radars, following the recent airing of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight…
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Crime campaign cock-up as Daddy declares class war
Exciting news breaks this week from Australian scientists suggesting that aspirin can make you go blind…
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Smelling of (Wait)roses
Gardening is proving more than a hobby for the supermarkets.Tesco has plans to open a store combining a supermarket with a Dobbies; Morrisons opened 129 temporary in-store garden centres last year; and now Waitrose is embarking on a major expansion of its gardening business.The move into gardening makes a lot ...
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Tesco - and the giraffe in a hamster wheel
This week has been pregnant with pronouncements. But they have raised many more questions than they’ve answered…
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Costcutter: Exodus or Revelation?
Costcutter’s problem has been that it doesn’t and hasn’t historically cut costs…
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Duty fraud: we need legislation to help stamp it out
With the Budget days away, I will illustrate the imbalance in importance of anti-duty fraud measures proposed by HMRC…
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Milton Keynes models itself on Singapore
The wise elders of Milton Keynes have tabled a plan to ban chewing gum from the city…
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History of the high street
Empty and soon-to-be empty units on the high street are potentially making way for yet another wave of convenience stores…
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Walkers takes gurning Gary Lineker on a tasty tractor trip
Gary Lineker returns for another Walkers ad, this time pushing the brand’s ‘home grown’ relaunch…
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The high street needs a vibrant local economy
The Irish retail sector is facing many of the same challenges as the British high street…
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The compliance contentment trap
A well-known grocery brand manager said he was “happy” to achieve 15% compliance for his point-of-sale material…
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Will Tesco change its spots with a new strategy?
It has been a tough few years for Tesco. The business that could once do no wrong stopped listening to customers…
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A case of identifying the pigeon
This week marked the return of MasterChef. And phew, it stuck to the tried and tested formula…
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Andrex's poo obsession and Coke's happy exercise plan
Karoline positively bounces into the meeting, buoyed by the sheer amount of bad advertising that has suddenly appeared…
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Think broadly about your brand before you commit to a TV push
Investing in your brand can never be wrong, right?…