Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 413
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Lab rats and peacocks in a tale of two twitters
Yesterday Daily Bread flagged up the French study into the effects on health of the Monsanto herbicide Roundup and a GM strain of maize resistant to it…
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Coy Darcy keeps us waiting
Costcutter retailers and suppliers descended on Birmingham yesterday for the symbol group’s annual exhibition and gala dinner.
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Doh! A messy exit at Reckitt
It’s unfortunate for the maker of Harpic and Cillit Bang to leave an unsightly mess in full view of the public. Then again, perhaps Reckitt Benckiser is of the opinion that “it’s better out than in”.
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Why relaxed Sunday trading will hurt indies
The London Olympics and Paralympics have led to new pressures on the UK’s retail and distribution infrastructure…
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Is online shopping penalising the poor?
We were struck by a comment from Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips at the group’s meeting for analysts…
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We need consistent underage penalties, please
A story in the Caernarfon & Denbigh Herald at the beginning of last month set me thinking about consistency…
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Wine stroke panic, coffee conspiracy and PR effectiveness
The announcement that three glasses of wine a day increases the risk of a stroke is the kind of shock…
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GSCOP will cut juggling for retailers and brands
Sir: Will Carter articulates well the juggling brand manufacturers must do to succeed (‘Will inflation be the death of brands?’)…
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Blood, sweat and loyalty points
The loyalty market is a very different place to that in which we launched Nectar, back in 2002.
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It's dangerous to assume prices always rise with bad weather
Is price inflation back? That is the $64bn question taxing retail and supply executives in the UK (and beyond) right now.
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Don't fret about your bigger role: learn to work with the team
Many of the people I coach often look for help as they are about to embark on a new role…
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Prices margin for error
Waitrose’s sales growth has been the envy of other food retailers for some time - but its profitability, this time last year, was rather less so…
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Murray gets the loot in, not the Gluten
So poignant Scot Andy Murray is finally proud Brit Andy Murray. And nobody is happier for him than Daily Bread.Murray’s spectacular triumph in Monday’s rain-delayed final of the US Open completes a redemptive arc that saw his traumatic loss in the Wimbledon final followed by a cathartic win on the ...
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The new edition of The Grocer is now online
“Cynical political maneuvering of the worst kind”. No, that’s not a reaction to the clockwork regularity at which Boris Johnson seems to turn up when there is something good happening in London…
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The Imbys... how refreshing
At long last the silent majority have made themselves heard, defying the noisy, usually well-heeled oppositionist cliques.
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Will inflation be the death of brands?
The food business I’ve just joined is busy putting through its third significant price increase of the year.
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Hybrid beasts and orbiting hair-dos
You’d take his cash but you might not want Duncan Bannatyne round for dinner…
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Third Party: Time for a media revolution in retail
The £1.5bn spent on media each year by the grocery sector is about to become more accountable…
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We need self-service and manned tills
Sir: The news that customers would like to see more self-service tills in store…
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The PR world's gone mad, worries Karoline (with a K)
Karoline (with a K) is slumped on her office desk and sobbing when I enter, two near-empty bottles of Campari on the floor…