All comment & opinion articles – Page 482
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Putting Liverpool on the chavmap
If you hadn’t heard of Armand de Brignac or Ace of Spades Champagne before, then this week’s PR coup, the supposed £200,000 bar tab in Liverpool, has put the brand firmly on the chavmap.
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Raspberry ripple: it's the new crack
It’s always tempting to finish that lonely-looking second litre rather than put the ice cream tub back in the freezer. And now we know why.
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Workfare schemes are not without merit, but they do need reform
Tut tut, Tesco. OK, your market share may have slipped to a seven-year low and you may have issued your first profit warning in 20 years, but to resort to slave labour?
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Shoppers will stick with organic
I am not one of those rushing to write an obituary for organics. Since the recession, sales of organic food have slowed a bit, but so what?
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Are you a Walsh or a Moody?
Walsh or Moody? Our annual reviews are approaching and Karoline
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Three minutes to change your life
If your dieting resolve has weakened of late, have no fear. As Obese: A Year to Save My Life ended, so Supersize vs Superskinny began.
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It's remarkable that Tesco's £40bn supertanker can turn so quickly and simply
Little details really do count in retail. And they can turn around the performance of a £40bn sales supertanker in a matter of weeks…
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Beware the likely mission creep
Whatever you think of tobacco, it’s important to remember that it is still perfectly legal to sell it.
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Thinking broadly, an unusual step might be just what you need
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of meeting up with two ex-retailer marketing executives who had both recently moved into an agency environment.
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Ownership matters hugely to this country's self-esteem but not, it seems, to sales
We are all aware it’s a big year for Britain - perhaps the “biggest ever”, as Coca-Cola’s Nick Canney maintains. And some will begrudge Coke boarding the GB bandwagon in 2012.
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Retailers must embrace m-commerce
Former New Look boss Phil Wrigley caused a bit of a storm recently while coining a neat phrase that will no…
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Insects, glorious insects
I was surprised you did not mention of a very widely eaten insect: the cochineal beetle used to colour so many things red “naturally”.
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Is the tunnel in sight, if not the light?
The new year has brought disappointment in financial markets with downgrades to profit expectations - not just for Tesco…
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No quick fixes for our high streets
As the situation in the high street goes from bad to worse, can anything be done to stop the slides in footfall, sales and profits?
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Demonising fags and booze I get... but cheese?
If you went to watch a Green Bay Packers game in Wisconsin late last year, you would have seen a curious public advertisement.
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Pick up the Olympic baton at your peril
What mileage can we all make out of the feelgood factor that is the Olympic Games? Very little, frankly - if any.
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Waitrose lorry fines under fire
Your article ‘Suppliers: fines from Waitrose are an abuse’ really touched a raw nerve.
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The tenuous link in grocery between performance and pay
I couldn’t help feel a tad ambivalent when I discovered that it’s not just bankers who’ve seen their pay packages squeezed of late.
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Buyers want category returns, not mates. Show them the money
If you can’t demonstrate how your product will make money for them then get out your wallet and get down on your knees.
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Campbell jogs the memories of sobering times
There’s none so zealous as the converted. Panorama had retired spin king and former boozehound Alastair Campbell…