All Daily Bread articles – Page 105
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Comment & Opinion
Unilever makes Peace
Unilever’s Lynx Peace marketing campaign has been kicking up a stink this week, as the deodorant brand landed itself in hot water over the “co-opting” of the CND’s peace logo.
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Emperador arrives
News that Philippine-based spirits business Emperador Distillers Inc (EDI) has acquired Scotch whisky brand Whyte & Mackay came out of left field. Who is Emperador?
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At 10 for One
Ethical fmcg brand One celebrated its 10th anniversary at Number 10 this week, and expansion was on the agenda.
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Myners' strike
On the same day Lord Paul Myners released his 184-page review into the corporate governance of The Co-operative Group, Paul Flowers was in court pleading guilty to possessing drugs.
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Comment & Opinion
Is Tesco's Hudl phone smart?
Will Tesco’s Hudl smartphone be as big a hit as its tablet? It may have a job on its hands.
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Morrisons wings it
When Morrisons decided to beam an advert for a baguette onto the 54m-wide wings of the Angel of the North last Friday night, it can’t have imagined the furore that would result.
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Morrisons, cheaper
Morrisons’ price cuts and marketing blitz have been broadly welcomed by analysts. Its task now is two-fold…
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It's a small world
It took a meeting in a Paris – a croissant’s throw from a Disneyland park – to bring home to me that grocery can be a small world.
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Prime time
Amazon has unveiled its latest crack at the grocery market: Prime Pantry is a delivery service that can ship a box of groceries to your doorstep for the sum of $6.
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Comment & Opinion
Digital in vogue
Of the 28 recommendations on how to save the high street by Queen of Shops Mary Portas, way back now in December 2011, not a single one mentioned anything about digital technology. In fact, in the climate at the time and for a good while after, if online was spoken ...
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Comment & Opinion
A changing mindset
The scourge of binge drinking facing the nation may be less of a crisis than the government and health campaigners had led us to believe.
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Family dinners
Are family dinners a thing of the past, or are fears about the decline of mealtimes overstated?
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Tesco pulled in two directions
Tesco is torn between a price war and a store refresh programme. Can it possibly succeed at both?
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Pie and mash-up
Behold, the M&S fish and chips pie! Is this a belated April Fool, or the start of a new wave of supermarket NPD?
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Looking overseas
Tesco is returning to the US? No, your eyes do not deceive you – the UK’s biggest retailer is making another foray stateside. But this is no repeat of Fresh & Easy.
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Power struggle
Is The Co-operative Group turning away the very help it needs to ensure its survival?
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Cutting a dash
‘Cart abandonment’ may put you in mind of an upturned trolley in a ditch, but it’s a serious problem online, as retailers fight to make ecommerce as easy as possible.
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Supermarket psychology
David Cameron went to Asda on Monday - having last week outed himself as a Waitrose shopper.
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The Co-op heads to the pub
The Co-op is building stores on 54 pub sites - but it’s aiming to co-exist with existing pubs, it says.
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Comment & Opinion
Chantler review takes us back to the start
Where does the government’s tobacco policy stand after yesterday’s Chantler review into plain packs?