All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 50
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Comment & OpinionEditor's Comment: Less money sloshing about in the economy is bad news for any retailer
The Second World War was not only the time of the last coalition government, it was also the last time the country was this broke.
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Comment & Opinion
Never mind the politics, it's been a long week in grocery
Is a week a long time in politics? I’m not sure. As you read this you will know the result of the General Election, but by my best guestimate it’s taken David Cameron the best part of a year to squander a 14-point lead in the polls.
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NewsThe penny drops: an interview with Asda's Rick Bendel
Asda’s chief marketing officer Rick Bendel is confident the retailer’s new Price Guarantee pledge can reverse its declining market share, he tells Adam Leyland
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NewsTesco taps up Datson to replace Coles-bound Church
Trevor Datson has been appointed the new media director for Tesco, replacing Jon Church, who is joining Coles, the Australian retailer, in July.
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Editor's Comment: What effect will Asda's attempt at transparency have on the market?
Never knowingly undersold. It's worked for John Lewis for years. And now Asda underselling in another sense of the word, according to the latest stats is hoping its new Price Guarantee website will "end the phoney war" of prices and promotions....
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Analysis & FeaturesIs price guarantee a bluff or did Asda just play a blinder?
Asda has taken price rivalry to a new level with a guarantee that it will refund the difference if shoppers can buy cheaper elsewhere. Adam Leyland and Elinor Zuke report
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Editor's Comment: Revamped G33 adds new insight to a decade of price trends
This week The Grocer is launching two important new initiatives.
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Editor's Comment: Bolland must show brilliance if he is to forge a simple M&S
Context is good. So while I wouldn't agree with Sir Stuart Rose's claim that he'll be going out on a high, Marks & Spencer's anticipated profits of £620m-£630m for the year end, on sales of £9bn, suggest Marc Bolland is not exactly joining a disaster zone.
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NewsGel-ignite: 20 challenges for Marc Bolland at M&S
On 4 May, highly groomed Dutchman Marc Bolland will enter the minefield that is Marks & Spencer. Adam Leyland outlines the 20 biggest challenges that could ruffle his super-slick feathers
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Editor's Comment: The Tories want to rein in the FSA - but it may get larger
Happy birthday to the Food Standards Agency, 10 years old today.
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Editor's Comment: PepsiCo’s first health report suggests they think the recession is over
How was it for you, Darling? The Budget, I mean. To me the Chancellor managed to be both punitive and non-committal, like he was dodging a bullet while a brigade of tanks is parked just round the post-election corner.
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Product Chain buy kicks off Esom brand venture
Steven Esom, the former Waitrose and M&S exec, has acquired a majority stake in Product Chain, one of the UK's best-known sales agencies, to help deliver his vision of a "seed to harvest" solution for startups and fast-growth fmcg companies.
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NewsHot Topic: Retro, modern and timeless all at once, Coke is a class act in branding
Let's raise a glass of something fizzy to Coca-Cola. Once again crowned Britain's Biggest Brand this week, in 2009, Coca-Cola became the first-ever grocery brand to record retail sales of more than £1bn, we reveal.
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Editor's Comment: Is it in indies' best interests that Today’s and Landmark are such bitter enemies?
Whether the percentages now flatter wholesalers or not, the 80/20 rule in grocery retail is still useful. It helps to instruct us not only on the balance of the market but how we should approach it: focusing on the main chance while stuff at the...
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NewsCurry sees red
Sir Don Curry is the first to admit he’s taken on a complex task as head of the Better Regulation Executive. Not least because of a strange reluctance by industry to name the most costly and damaging red tape. Will he reveal his own targets? Adam Leyland reports
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Editor's Comment: We need cuts and Sir Don Curry can do it
What's with The Guardian at the moment? It's been running a series of 'scoops' about supermarkets and their price promotion tactics. They obviously don't read The Grocer.
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Editor's Comment: Success of independents and Morrisons has changed Bond's mind on smaller stores
The demise of Thresher and Woolies was no surprise. Recession hunts out the weak and infirm. But who would have predicted, a year ago, that Aldi a discounter, with a strong price message would go through more bosses than Portsmouth FC?
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Editor's Comment: Warburtons entry into bagged snacks is bizarre - and I like it
Warburtons? Making crisps? Now that's what you call a brand extension and a half. Yet you can see why. Exactly a year since Walkers launched Red Sky, sales of the premium potato chips have come from nowhere to challenge established players...
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Editor's Comment: Only half the global supermarket share prices are back at pre-Lehman levels
Tim Mason, the Fresh & Easy chief, has cashed in quite a few chips these past weeks. Others are dealing, too: Sir Terry Leahy, Richard Brasher, Colin Holmes. And who can blame them?
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NewsWill Kraft be able to stop the brain drain at Cadbury?
Can Kraft win the hearts and keep the brains of Cadbury’s best people? Perhaps, if Irene Rosenfeld respects the Cadbury culture, says Adam Leyland