Long reads – Page 315
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Analysis & FeaturesAre Post Office Locals a panacea for indies?
The Post Office Local pilot is over. Now the Post Office wants to enlist 2,000 retailers in the rollout.
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Analysis & FeaturesBritvic girds its loins for the sour taste of Irn-Bru
A surprising swoop by a smaller player on a giant bruised by the Fruit Shoot recall? Or a logical merger that’s a win win for both?
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InterviewsThe breadwinner
Commodity challenges, a boardroom shake-up and a raft of new products. What’s next for Jonathan Warburton?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe categories most at risk from soaring grain prices
As suppliers globally are hit by rocketing commodity inflation, which sectors are being hardest hit and will retail hikes result?
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Analysis & FeaturesBigger hitter Paterson arrives at Defra as Spelman and Paice exit
The arrival of Owen Paterson as Defra secretary of state seems to signal a shift to the right…
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat's the deal now as the Responsibility man goes?
Does the departure of Andrew Lansley as secretary of state for health herald a return to zealous regulation by the government?
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Analysis & FeaturesRetailers race to fill promotional space as summer events end
For months, retailers have been dedicating prime display areas to non-promotional activity to capitalise…
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Analysis & FeaturesOlive oil retail prices to soar after drought
After 18 months at rock bottom, olive oil wholesale prices are soaring and suppliers are warning of inevitable price hikes in-store.
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InterviewsNo time like the past
As he celebrates 30 years with the John Lewis Partnership, Mark Price has witnessed a transformation in Waitrose…
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Analysis & FeaturesTighter supplies of tea set to loosen in 2013
Tea prices hit the headlines at the start of last month as poor weather in key producing…
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Analysis & FeaturesUp close and personal
Clubcard and Nectar showed the potential of data mining. Now retailers are taking things to the next level.
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Analysis & FeaturesIs opposition to traffic lights coming to an abrupt halt?
With Tesco and now Aldi doing a u-turn at the traffic lights, has the time come for suppliers to abandon their opposition?
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Analysis & FeaturesConvenience stores are determined to stay hot on the newspaper trail
Infuriated by OFT intransigence, small retailers are going to the Competition Appeals Tribunal. Are…
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Analysis & FeaturesInflation kept in check by price-cutting Morrisons
At first glance, the topline inflation figures of the GPI suggest nothing much…
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Analysis & FeaturesMove over Barclays...
With consumer faith in the banks at all all-time low, the supermarkets are ramping up their finance arms. But…
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Analysis & FeaturesFlower power?
Grocers are growing green fingers. Can they flourish in this quirky sector, or will their interest wilt?
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Analysis & FeaturesNestlé in pharma-style legal battle to protect Nespresso
A German court ruling has gone against Nestlé, but the Swiss giant is fighting on…
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Analysis & FeaturesCan 'simple' vouchers save Morrisons' year?
Morrisons has high hopes for its simple, inexpensive new voucher scheme system…
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Analysis & FeaturesRise in glucose prices to have a big impact
Droughts in the US and Russia have already had a devastating effect on grains prices…
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Analysis & FeaturesEnergy drinks market drained of power
The price of energy drinks has plummeted in the past 12 months as more and more cheap products have flooded the market…