All articles by Adam Leyland – Page 54
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NewsDefiant in the gloom
Sainsbury's chief executive Justin King explains why he's still looking up. By Julia Taylor and Adam Leyland
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: There are reasons to be cheerful in food and drink retailing
We're not saying all is rosy, but we thought it was time someone pointed out the many reasons to be cheerful in food and drink retailing
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: The market needs big suppliers to provide credit - but don't expect supermarkets to follow
Hurrah and huzzah. The Bank of England's dramatic 1.5% cut in interest rates this week is a shot in the arm after a series of snips that seemed not to grasp the severity of the situation. If nothing else, the cut will lower mortgage payments...
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Cadbury chooses a good day to bury good news
W ill the London 2012 Olympic Games be an advertisement for sport and fun, or health and safety? I ask because my abiding memory of Britain's toe-curling contribution to the Beijing closing ceremony involved a young girl, 'representing' British...
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Reckitt boss slams Tesco for putting small suppliers at risk
As Tesco's tough negotiations with its suppliers continued this week, Reckitt Benckiser boss Bart Becht has said he believes the supermarket giant may drive small suppliers out of business.
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Editor's Comment: Tesco would be unwise to target small businesses in this climate
"Every time we meet,” the boss of one big supplier says of his invites from Sir Terry Leahy, “it costs me money.” After a two-week-long series of invitations to Cheshunt’s cosy cubicles – to discuss price cuts, trade term changes and contributions...
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Woolies is on ice, but what of Malcolm’s own empire?
Malcolm Walker has now ruled out a Woolworths takeover, but the future of Iceland is even more intriguing. Peter Cripps and Adam Leyland report
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Silence over bank nationalisation bodes ill for the food and drink industry
Is the glass half full or three quarters empty? Will it get any worse? How long before it gets any better? At this week’s IGD conference, the industry attempted to answer questions normally addressed by economists, soothsayers and astrologists. I’m...
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Britain’s biggest chameleon
On a busy results day for Sir Terry Leahy, Adam Leyland talked exclusively to Tesco’s CEO about discount brands, the downturn, Fresh & Easy and the noble art of retailing
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Million-dollar baby
Jonathan Warburton talks exclusively to Adam Leyland about family values, building a mega brand, and that ad...
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: The TV ad that got people talking again
Cadbury’s gorilla ad has divided opinion ever since it launched. Was it a triumph of style over substance, a surrealist image that could be used to draw attention to any product with sufficient budget? Or was it a piece of marketing genius that...
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Gramias bang the drum for Cadbury campaign
The Glass and a Half Productions ad campaign for Cadbury Dairy Milk – better known as the drumming gorilla ad – was the not-so-surprising winner in the television/cinema category at The Gramias last night.
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Ariel unveils new cold-water gel
A cold-water washing detergent that is more effective than hot-water alternatives – that is the stunning claim being made by Procter & Gamble with the launch of its new Ariel Excel Gel.
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Get ready for a trade credit crunch
What a boring week it’s been. So far, anyway. No banks have gone under. No mergers were rushed through on the QT. When I last looked, Wall Street was still standing. Just. Instead, we’ve been privy to our Prime Minister reassuming his mantle of...
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Editor's Comment: Do the big four really need to reinvent themselves as discounters?
With the collapse of Lehman Bros, a bumper worldwide wheat harvest, the return of tertiary brands at Tesco, and Asda’s launch of a 5,000-strong product price war, events threatened to supersede our special Green Issue this week. But saving the...
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Comment & Opinion
Editor's Comment: Multiples damn the products on their own shelves
The supermarket price war that’s been threatened since the start of the year amounted, until this week, to localized skirmishes. Yes, there’s a lot of promotions (up 7% year-on-year). Yes, there have been 50p deals. But loss leaders on booze are...
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Suppliers shocked as own-label blitz launched on brands
Branded suppliers were left reeling this week as Tesco and Sainsbury’s both launched concerted campaigns promoting their own-label ranges at the expense of brands. Sainsbury’s announced a massive Switch & Save campaign, across all media, that will...
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Can you build a brand without advertising... or PR?
For a century the grocery market has been built on the back of advertising and PR. But powerful new brands have emerged that used neither. Mark Choueke and Adam Leyland report
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Walker planning Woolies carve up
No more than 50 of Woolworths’ stores would be converted to the Iceland fascia if Malcolm Walker is successful in buying the ailing retailer, a senior retail source has predicted. Woolworths was forced to go public last weekend on its rejection of...
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“If the new owners manage to put the sparkle back into Oddbins, I for one will be raising a glass”
I’ve always had a soft spot for Oddbins. Ever since I worked there as a student in its Wimbledon store, I’ve remained strangely, perversely loyal to the maverick retailer, even as I’ve watched the heart and soul, great staff, and most of the decent...