All articles by Jon Yeomans – Page 11
-
Category ReportFocus on batteries: Not a happy bunny
Battery sales are running on empty, with market leader Duracell looking particularly sluggish. So how can sales be re-energised?
-
Category ReportEver smarter phones raise demand for mobile juice
Half of all adults in the UK now own a smartphone [Ofcom] and the number of households with a tablet computer has more than doubled…
-
Category ReportBatteries: NPD
Panasonic’s entry into the burgeoning portable charger sector comes in the form of a three-strong range…
-
NewsFood sales edge up in August but miss the Olympic effect
Food sales in August missed out on a certain Olympic bounce this year – but still managed to climb 1.4% on a like-for-like basis, new figures have suggested.
-
NewsDanone welcomes Fonterra’s all-clear on contamination
Danone said today it welcomed the news Fonterra’s products had been given the all-clear on botulism contamination.
-
NewsSyngenta challenges EU ban on neonicotinoids to protect bees
Agri-giant Syngenta has launched a legal challenge to the European Commission’s ban on the use of the pesticide thiamethoxam over fears it could harm bee health.
-
NewsHain Celestial chalks up record UK sales
Fmcg giant Hain Celestial chalked up record UK sales in its fourth-quarter and full-year results, it announced yesterday.
-
NewsAsda launches ‘Chosen by Kids’ food range
Asda is rolling out a 180-strong children’s food range – with products taste-tested by kids themselves.
-
Comment & OpinionTesco's walled garden
Tesco is keeping mum over reports this week it will launch its own tablet computer in time for Christmas. But such a move would make a lot of sense…
-
NewsDiageo’s Paul Walsh joins United Spirits board
Former Diageo boss Paul Walsh has been appointed to the board of United Spirits Limited (USL), it was announced yesterday.
-
NewsTesco fined £300,000 over half-price strawberry offer
Tesco has been fined £300,000 for misleading consumers with a half-price offer on punnets of strawberries.
-
NewsTesco stays coy on tablet computer plans
Tesco is reportedly planning to release a tablet computer in time for Christmas.
-
NewsRed Bull backs off in Redwell trademark fight
A small Norwich-based brewery was celebrating yesterday after Red Bull backed down in a trademark battle over its name.
-
NewsAsda sales growth slows in second quarter
Asda’s like-for-like sales grew 0.7% in the second quarter, down from 1.3% in the first three months of the year, it said today.
-
NewsBRC drops call for business rates freeze in favour of cap
The British Retail Consortium has explained its decision to end calls for a freeze on business rates.
-
NewsFood sales lead the way in July as retail picks up
Food volume sales rose by 2.1% year on year in July – the biggest increase since April 2011, according to the Office for National Statistics.
-
NewsLeaner Bakkavor grows profits and turnover
Ready-meal maker Bakkavor grew like-for-like sales by 6% in the second quarter, after selling off its French and Spanish businesses.
-
NewsRed Bull takes flak after targeting Redwell Brewery over name
Energy drinks giant Red Bull has been criticised on social media after pursuing a trademark dispute with a tiny Norwich-based brewery.
-
NewsUK’s food supplies would run out today without imports, NFU warns
Today marks the day that Britain’s home-grown foodstuffs would run out, if all the food produced in Britain was stored and eaten from 1 January.
-
Comment & OpinionBurnt fingers
Labour shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant has been contorting all over the shop in the last two days…