Archive of all comment and opinion articles – Page 420
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A Penny for your thoughts, Dalton?
Questions are sure to resurface over Morrisons’ top table with the news that Richard Pennycook is heading for…
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Penny for your thoughts, Dalton?
At Morrisons’ Q1 results in May chief executive Dalton Philips described as “baloney” any suggestion that there were any issues with Morrisons senior team…
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Fears for Morrisons figures
Sir Kenneth Morrison CBE is one of the world’s greatest grocers. When he speaks, people listen…
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The not-so-secret secrets of Secret Eaters
I wasn’t expecting much from Secret Eaters. It was, after all, presented by Anna “Davina-lite” Richardson.
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Are festivals the way to get cut-through?
Morrisons has jumped on the festival bandwagon with the launch of MFest, a family-friendly festival that seeks…
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Giving retailers an Olympic boost
With the opening ceremony of The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games just around the corner…
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There's more to life than Booker
For many years, and under different regimes, independent wholesalers traded against a market leader…
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Hank says thanks for Mattessons' belated name-check
Red-hot trends of the summer: Cockney rhyming slang, due to the Olympics coming to Stratford Rec…
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Milky desserts, Porkinson's demise and ale for the ladies
Our campaign to restore milk-based desserts to their rightful place on the nation’s tables…
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The best that Mac can get?
Procter & Gamble today issued its second profits warning in as many months, cutting sales and earnings for the coming quarter and the year as a whole.
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The best that Mac can get
Procter & Gamble today issued its second profits warning in as many months. The consumer goods giant, whose portfolio includes Gillette, Head & Shoulders and Duracell, cut forecasts for sales and earnings for the coming quarter and the year as a whole…
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Sayonara, Tsurakame
So much for a clean break. Tesco yesterday revealed the details of its long-awaited exit from Japan, first announced last summer.
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Sayonara, Tsurakame
So much for a clean break. Tesco yesterday revealed the details of its long-awaited exit from Japan, first announced last summer…
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In my day, lad...
Sir Ken Morrison last week used the AGM of the supermarket he founded to reflect on the good old days when Morrisons didn’t concern itself with fads like the internet.
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In my day, lad...
We all know the past looks rosier the further you get from it. Sir Ken Morrison last week used the AGM of the supermarket he founded to cast an admiring eye back to the good old days when Morrisons didn’t concern itself with fads like convenience retailing and the internet…
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Start of the Mapping Wars
Location, Location, Location! The Mapping Wars have begun.
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How Richard Nixon made us fat
Admit it, you thought The Men Who Made Us Fat was going to be a hatchet job too.
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Not just milk prices falling fast
Trewithen Dairy this week persuaded Professor Splash - a mental American whose primary talent is jumping off things into other things…
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Fail to innovate and you're sure to fail
Clinton Cards is the latest in a long list of brands that have succumbed to the current austere trading conditions on the high street.
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Sainsbury's understands its customers
In the wake of aggressive supermarket price wars and low consumer confidence, Sainsbury’s appears to have understood…