All articles by Daniel Selwood – Page 5
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Comment and Opinion
DTC brands like Who Gives a Crap can benefit from bricks-and-mortar moves
A retail presence can build brands, protect in the event of digital decline and even attract new subscribers
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News
Bulldog launches AI tool to guide men on skincare products
Customers receive an in-depth skincare analysis, product recommendations and care tips
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News
Pukpip makes debut with frozen snack made from wonky bananas
The brand’s mission is to ‘help consumers eat more fruit in fun, delicious and convenient ways’
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Analysis and Features
Bakery & bread 2022: Hectic year for bread as value returns
It’s been one heck of a year for bakery. And not just because bread loaves are back in the black
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Analysis and Features
Table sauces and seasonings 2022: Mayo bucks trend of fall in sauce sales
Brits have spent an extra £11.5m on mayo across Hellmann’s and Heinz lines – all of which either kept volume losses to a minimum or shifted more packs
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Analysis and Features
Personal care – oral 2022: Sales to smile about as Brits brush up
Brits have spent an extra £24.8m on toothpaste and toothbrushes in the past year
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Analysis and Features
Canned goods 2022: Baked beans fall victim to price spikes
Heinz Beanz became a poster child for inflation’s effects this year
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Analysis and Features
Household cleaning 2022: Pandemic cleaning boom ends
While the other six sectors in this report have registered little or no value gains, fabric cleaning products have raked in the cash
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Analysis and Features
Household paper products 2022: Tissues grow by £33m as post-Covid sniffles surge
The sector’s added £33.4m with volumes up 15.4% as a surge in sneezes and runny noses boosted demand
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Analysis and Features
Alcohol – beer & cider 2022: Lager’s new players buck sales slump
Lager has lost its fizz, but new and nascent lines have proven to be impressive outliers
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Analysis and Features
Home baking 2022: Baking boom over as values freefall
Don’t tell Mary Berry: Britain’s home baking boom is well and truly over
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Comment and Opinion
Belvedere promises ‘best minute of your life’ with 007
Daniel Craig has found time to appear in the campest ad of the month. Possibly year. Maybe even century
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News
Bakkavor Spalding strike suspended following new pay offer
The action would have affected production of own-label soups, sauces and deli products for Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and M&S
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Category Report
Why own label toiletries could clean up: Personal care category report 2022
Shoppers are already trading down to own label as inflation rises. What will the next year bring, and can brands fight back?
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Reports
How brands and retailers are battling period poverty
More than 137,700 girls in the UK missed school last year because they couldn’t afford sanitary products
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News
Recycling Association CEO Simon Ellin to retire
He will leave in March 2023 after almost 12 years at the head of the trade organisation
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News
Ornua seeks ‘next generation of leaders’ with latest graduate programme
The initiative is inviting applications from graduates in Ireland, the UK, Nigeria, North America, Germany and Spain
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Comment and Opinion
Brits’ changing spending habits offer opportunities for own label and brands alike
If consumers choose not to eat out, even premium food offerings can be a way of downtrading
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Analysis and Features
Dairy’s rising stars: meet six of the best aged 30 and under
The dairy industry is suffering from high vacancy rates – but is also benefiting from the passion and energy of many motivated young workers, across branding, tech, sales and more. Meet some of them in our rising stars roundup
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Comment and Opinion
Frozen’s food waste push could help cool cost of living concerns
The BFFF’s Frozen Food Week campaign comes as food and non-alcoholic beverages’ annual inflation rate hit 12.7%